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Mercury Marine is pleased to announce that it will offer additional programming for marine technicians as part of its Mercury University Accelerated Outboard Certification program. The program, which allows a select group of new technicians to become Mercury certified in only three weeks, will become part of Mercury Universityβs permanentΒ offerings.
βOur dealers have been asking for a program that reduces the time it takes for a new technician to become certified,β said to Rob Schrage, Mercury Marine director of field service development and operations. βIn this program we are able to offer world-class training in a short period of time without compromising the integrity of our industry-leading certification process. Due to the positive response we received from the dealers, we are excited to continue offering thisΒ program.β
To take part in the accelerated program, technicians must be employed by a Mercury dealership and are selected by a recommendation given by the dealership in conjunction with a Mercury Marine field service representative. Each session is limited to 14Β technicians.
Melvin Grove from Alaska Frontier Fabrication in Wasilla, Alaska took advantage of the program to get his technician certified. βTravel from Alaska is extremely expensive and time consuming. The Accelerated Outboard Certification program got our technician certified quickly, and saved us thousands in travel costs,β saidΒ Grove.
Traditionally, technicians take courses as schedules and workload allows which could take years depending on how much time a technician has to devote to training. In the Accelerated Outboard Certification Program, technicians attend one week of intense instructor-led online training through Mercury Universityβs Distance Learning and two weeks of in-class hands-on training at a Mercury University training facility in either Suwanee, Georgia or Dallas,Β Texas.
The course and exam requirements are the same for both the traditional and acceleratedΒ programs.
Mercury University will be running a fall program in October 2018 and a spring program in April ofΒ 2019.