Ocean Training Academy is a sailing academy located in Antigua, Eastern Caribbean. It helps students gain the skills they need to launch an incredible, rewarding, money-making career in the ocean.
The mission of Ocean International Training Academy (O.I.T.A) is to create new opportunities for individuals who are exploring the yachting industry for the first time.
It equips future seamen & women with the confidence and knowledge they need to ditch their lives on land and get paid to travel the world.
The Academy team has over 15 years of experience and knowledge that they've poured into their Online Superyacht Course for students to absorb. Here are the three-course opportunities that help students master the yacht industry :
BRONZE COURSE - BEGINNER SUPERYACHT TRAINING
Whether students have spent years enjoying the ocean breeze or are stepping foot in the water for the first time, the academy's comprehensive training program teaches them the foundations of a successful yachting career.
Students take advantage of:
- Exclusive access to the academy's O.I.T.A training portal featuring nine learning modules that help students walk through all the essential steps to join the yacht industry.
- An all-access pass to private Facebook groups for industry networking
- Comprehensive Q&A's with industry experts through their Facebook portal
- Learning from industry experts with over 23 years of experience
This course is perfect for aspiring yachties as they get taught how to master the fundaments of the yachting profession.
SILVER COURSE - INTERIOR STEWARD ( ESS) TRAINING
This comprehensive training program teaches students the foundations of being successful as a steward(ess).
They can take advantage of:
- Exclusive access to the academy's O.I.T.A Bronze Training portal featuring nine learning modules that will walk them through all the essential steps to joining the yachting industry.
- Access to six steward(ess) specific modules to teach students the foundations they will need to know to impress their Chief Steward(ess)
- An all-access pass to private Facebook groups for industry networking
- Monthly live group calls with industry professionals
- Comprehensive Q&A's with industry experts through the academy's Facebook portal
SILVER COURSE - EXTERIOR DECKHAND TRAINING
This training program teaches students the foundations of being successful as a deckhand. The advantages they get are as same as the ones they can get from the previous silver course.
This course teaches students :
- Learn the basics and the foundations of being a great deckhand and all requirements
- how to properly maintain the deck and to run operations on a boat from keeping the boat clean to how to communicate on the radios
- foundation points of navigation. This will include everything from buoyage, collision regulations, and chart work.
For more information about the Academy, visit the Ocean Training Academy website.