Requirements:
- HS Diploma or GED
- Drivers License is Preferred
Successful program completers receive the following:
- NJCU Certificate of Completion for Maritime Fundamentals
- OSHA Wallet Card
- TWIC: Transportation Worker Identification Credential
- MMC: Merchant Mariner Credential
Merchant Mariner Training Program Open House
Educate The Block in partnership with NJCU held a successful open house to introduce the community to Educate The Block’s Merchant Mariner Training Program. The turn out was a great success with 80+ members of communities varying from Jersey City, Newark, Elizabeth, Montclair, and East Orange.
The Open House served as a means to introduce the community to the Maritime Industry and our Merchant Mariner Program.
Educate The Block Representatives:
- Alycea Nightingale (Executive Director)
- Andres Roseroviteri (Senior Instructor)
- Dan Salcedo (Life Skills & Language Arts Instructor)
New Jersey University Representatives:
- Michael Edmondson (Dean of Logistics)
- Videsh Bahadur (Associate Dean)
- Rhoda “Tayo” Arogula (Program & Employer Outreach Coordinator)
- Amit Mookashi (Port Management Program, School of Business)
Guest Speakers:
- William Bill O’Dea (New Jersey Freeholder)
- Robert Griffith (Clipper City & CircleLine Captain)
- Rolando R. Lavaro, Jr (Council President)
- Al-Tarrick Kenny (Newark One Stop/Essex County Surrogate)
- Frank Smallwood (Newark One Stop)
- Jeff Jones (Former Mayor of Patterson)
- Joseph DiFiglia (Executive Director, NJ Council for Economic Education)
On behalf of Educate The Block & NJCU we would like to thank everyone in attendance.
Jersey City Location:
NCJU Logistics Center
285 West Side Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Newark Location:
191 Central Avenue, Suite 220
Newark, NJ 07103
Entrance on Colden Street
