Training
Washington Sea Grant offers a range of classes and workshops that help marine professionals improve their skills, while promoting a safer, pollution-free environment. Other classes provide community members with tools for supporting their marine environment.
WSG Workshops
- Clean and Simple Workshops
- Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course
- Corrosion Control
- Diesel Engine Troubleshooting
- Financial Planning and Marketing for Fisherman
- First Aid at Sea
- Fishermen’s Direct Marketing
- Oil Spill Prevention Training
- One-Day Sea Safety Refresher Training
- Rules of the Road/Practical Navigation
- Marine Weather
- Marine Technology Training
- Marine Wiring
- Sea Safety and Survival 3-Day Drill Instructor Class
- Sea Level Rise Adaption Course
- Sustainable Landscape Education
- Training for Shoreline and Coastal Planners
- Vessel and Boatyard Maintenance
- Youth Coldwater Safety
Clean and Simple Workshops
Teri King, Marine Water Quality Specialist
- Email Teri King at wsgcanal@uw.edu
- Clean and Simple brochure
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Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course
Nicole Faghin, Coastal Management Specialist
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Financial Planning and Marketing for Fishermen
Sarah Fisken, Marine Operations Specialist
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Marine Safety and First Aid Training
Sarah Fisken, Marine Operations Specialist
WSG helps Washington fishermen reduce risks with port-based, U.S. Coast Guard-certified training in emergency preparedness, fire response, cold-water rescue, first aid and other safety measures, using the latest equipment and procedures. Staff specialists also train recreational boaters in first aid and at-sea safety and survival. Since the mid-1990s, WSG safety training classes on Puget Sound, Washington’s outer coast and the Columbia River have markedly reduced fatalities in several fisheries.
Topics covered in First Aid at Sea courses include patient assessment, hypothermia, cold water, near-drowning, shock, trauma, burns, fractures, choking, immobilization and important contents for first aid kits.
WSG experts also train commercial fishermen and charter boat operators in how to conduct safety drills at sea. These courses meet the training requirements of the Commercial Fishing Safety Act. The course work combines lectures and hands-on experience with the safety and survival equipment required on commercial fishing vessels. Fishermen and boaters learn about emergency procedures and develop appropriate drills for their own vessels.
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Marine Technology Training
Sarah Fisken, Marine Operations Specialist
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Sea Level Rise Adaptation Course
Nicole Faghin, Coastal Management Specialist
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Seafood Training for Meatcutters
Sarah Fisken, Marine Operations Specialist and Teri King, Marine Water Quality Specialist
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Septic Sense – Septic Socials and Septic System Landscaping Classes
Teri King, Marine Water Quality Specialist
WSG staff provide a variety of services and suggestions for managing septic systems. A well-placed and properly functioning septic system is an effective method of treatment and disposal. Its operation and maintenance requires an educated, hands-on approach.
Septic Socials
A Septic Social is a great way to meet your neighbors and entertain your friends while discovering your underground treasure. The program, which has been running for more than 20 years, was developed by WSG to bring the topic of septic system operation and maintenance to users’ backyards.
Sea Grant staff meet with the host a week before a Social to uncover the septic system and learn its layout. During the Social, participants learn to check the sludge and scum layer as well as the system’s flow. Uncovering the system and letting people explore it from aboveground takes the mystery out of how the system works.
Septic System Landscaping
Planting is recommended in septic areas because plants assist oxygen exchange and evaporation in the drainfield area. Covering your septic area with plastics, bark, gravel or patio blocks set in sand won’t provide the same benefits as planting. Landscapes can be attractive and easily maintained when you choose the right plants and adornments to conceal aboveground septic system components. How do you know which plants will do well? Which ones won’t harm your system? This workshop teaches homeowners the basics of landscaping existing and new septic systems.
To give septic system owners further guidance, WSG staff have provided the following documents:
- Septic Sense, Scents, Cents: Supreme Insights to the Fearless Flush
- Pumping Your Septic Tank
- Landscaping and Septics
For more information about these workshops:
- Email Teri King at wsgcanal@uw.edu
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Sustainable Landscape Education and Rain Garden Mentoring
Sue Blake, Water Resource Educator
- Email Sue Blake at sgblake@wsu.edu
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Training and Professional Development for Shoreline and Coastal Planners
Nicole Faghin, Coastal Management Specialist