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SSNT considers 'seamanship' to be umbrella word for everything seafarers do. The SSNT Boatmaster Certificate is a vocational program covering many of topics under Seamanship:
SSNT BM Core teaches and tests learners in:
- preventing collisions with other boats
- interpreting buoys that guide and warn
- interpreting flags used to communicate at sea
- using a magnetic compass to navigate
- using maps of the sea (nautical charts) and nautical books to navigate
- understanding the purpose and function of navigation equipment
- interpreting weather forecasts and reporting environmental conditions
- passenger boat regulations
- distress procedures
- basic search and rescue techniques
- planning voyages on the coast
- executing voyages on the coast
- anchoring the boat
- tying up or 'mooring' the boat
- using gangways
- towing in port
SSNT Advanced BM teaches and tests learners in:
- planning deck cargo operations
- planning and executing taking fuel (bunkering)
- preventing environmental damage
- preparing the boat for audits and inspection
- using radar on the coast
- using a sextant on the coast
- planning international voyages
- using the sun, moon and stars for navigation on the coast
- calculating the basic stability condition of the boat
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