Classroom Licenses for Trade Schools & Colleges
Augment your on-site teaching
with state-of-the art online material
from leading marine tech experts.
Bring Expert Knowledge into your Classroom
Are you teaching boatbuilding or marine systems? Our online classroom resources can help you supplement your teaching materials and allow your students to augment their learning experience at their own pace.
- Comprehensive Curriculum – We take a deep dive into marine electrical systems & diesel engines. Our courses are grounded in the ABYC and ISO standards but go well beyond this to focus on functionality based on real world experience and testing.
- Expert Instructors – The BoatHowTo courses are from professionals with decades of experience in the industry. BoatHowTo co-founder Nigel Calder is best known for his "Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual" with over 300.000 copies sold.
- Flexible Learning – Your students can access lessons online anytime from anywhere, allowing for seamless integration into your classroom schedule.
- Affordable Licensing – We offer special pricing with significant discounts for schools and institutions, making top-tier education accessible to your students at very little extra cost.
Dan Linder
Lead Instructor, Marine Systems at IYRS School of Technology & Trades, Rhode Island
Adding the BoatHowTo content to our electrical curriculum really helped us get the students a leg up on understanding the core concepts of marine electrical. [...] I feel confident that adding the BoatHowTo content really helps our school produce a higher level technician entering the field.
Eligible Courses for Classroom Licenses
Below is a list of courses for which we offer classroom licenses at heavily discounted rates for educational institutions
A comprehensive introduction into marine DC systems that goes far beyond the basics! Students learn not only how to install components complying with ABYC and ISO standards, but also how to plan and install a complete system including calculating energy balances and drawing wiring diagrams.
The course consists of 9+ hours of video material, extensive lecture notes, access to the BoatHowTo Energy Planner spreadsheet and a large number of bonus lessons.
Click here for more information about this course.
In their latest creation, Nigel and Jan take a deep dive into the details of boat diesel engine maintenance. The course combines the theoretical foundations of engine operation, illustrated with animated graphics and illustrations with practical demonstrations recorded on 7 different example engines at a boatbuilding school in Travemünde/Germany.
The course consists of 11+ hours of video material, extensive lecture notes and dozens of bonus lessons including troubleshooting tips.
Click here for more information about this course.
In this course we cover everything that goes beyond DC systems. Apart from AC systems with a shorepower connection and without it, we dive deep into bonding and grounding, corrosion prevention, lightning protection, lithium-ion energy storage systems, high-output alternators, networks, digital switching and more.
The course consists of ~7 hours of video content including lecture notes and various text-only modules for topics mostly tailored to professionals.
Click here for more information about this course.
Mike Beemer
Marine Systems Teacher at Skagit Valley College, WA
Anytime students want more, I steer them to [BoatHowTo]. The teachers are knowledgeable, and very well organized. You start from the basics and progress at a perfect pace! The presentations are very professionally done. Organization of topics is great with illustrations and a comment section.
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One of our main goals with BoatHowTo is to increase people's safety on the water. We aim to do this by educating boaters to become more self reliant and knowledgeable, but we are well aware that not every boater is willing or confident enough to work on their own systems.
But there seems to be a shortage of qualified marine technicians, so we hope that we can do our part to share our course materials with schools to complement the hands-on classroom work.
We are looking forward to working with you!
Nigel Calder
Dr. Jan C. Athenstädt