Get your DDE or QMED. No travel. No lost wages. No classroom.
Study from your ship, your couch, or anywhere with a signal. BMT’s USCG-approved engine courses let you advance your credential without missing a rotation.
Traditional schools cost you more than tuition.
Every credential program built for a brick-and-mortar classroom asks the same thing of you. Time off the boat, money out of pocket, a calendar that fights yours.
Traditional School
What it costs youLost wages
Sit in a classroom or sit on the boat earning. You can’t do both. Every week of school is a week of pay you’ll never get back.
The travel tax
Hotels, flights, rental cars, meals, parking. The “tuition” is just the start. Add it up and the real cost doubles.
Inflexible schedules
Schools run on academic calendars. Your boat runs on rotation. The two don’t speak the same language.
Beacon Maritime Training
What we changedKeep your full rotation
Study during your off-weeks, between watches, or wherever fits. Nothing about your work schedule needs to change.
Zero travel cost
No hotels. No flights. No rental car. The only thing you spend money on is the course itself.
Self-paced, all year
Start any day. Move at your speed. No semesters, no cohorts, no waiting for the next class to open.
BMT was built by a Chief Engineer who lived this problem. Here’s the course that fixes it.
See the CoursesThe only fully online, USCG-approved DDE 1,000 to 4,000 HP course in America.
Approved by the United States Coast Guard. Delivered through a Moodle-based learning platform built for working mariners. Exams proctored remotely by AI. Curriculum designed by a credentialed Chief Engineer.
Two credentials. Zero classroom.
Both courses are USCG-approved and built around the rotational schedule. Start any day. Finish on your time.
Designated Duty Engineer
Move up to DDE without taking weeks off rotation. Built for the engineer who’s already turning wrenches and just needs the credential to match the work.
- Full USCG-approved curriculum
- Chief Engineer-designed lessons
- Phone, tablet, or laptop. Works at sea.
- Direct messaging with instructors
QMED · Oiler
Take the next step from unlicensed to qualified. The full 120-hour Oiler curriculum done from home, or from your bunk between watches.
- Full 120-hour USCG curriculum
- Module quizzes and cumulative final
- Lifetime course access
- Direct messaging with instructors
Same federal credential
What you earn through BMT is the same credential issued to graduates of any USCG-approved in-person school.
Zero travel cost
No flights, no hotels, no rental car. The only thing you spend money on is the course.
Built around rotation
Self-paced delivery means you study during your off-weeks and never miss a hitch on the boat.
Chief Engineer designed
Curriculum authored by a credentialed Chief Engineer with active sea time. Not by an academic.
From sign-up to certification, without leaving the dock.
Four stages, end to end. Most students enroll in five minutes, finish modules over six to twelve weeks, and have a certificate downloaded the day they pass the exam.
Enroll in minutes
Pick a course. Pay or finance with Klarna. You’re in. No paperwork queue, no admissions essay.
Study from anywhere
Open lessons on phone, tablet, or laptop. Works at sea, on shore leave, between watches.
Take exams remotely
AI-proctored finals run on your schedule. No travel to a test center, no wait for an open slot.
Certified
Download proof of completion the moment you pass. We walk you through the NMC submission packet.
In the words of mariners.
Quotes from students who chose BMT over a flight, a hotel, and two weeks off the boat.
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Credentialed
Approved Since
Curriculum
Competitors
The same systems that run major maritime certification programs.
Training an entire crew? Let’s talk fleet pricing.
Volume credentialing for fleet operators, HR coordinators, and maritime employers. Roll out QMED and DDE across your crew without pulling them off rotation. Track completion, compliance, and renewal dates from one dashboard.
Downtime
Compliance
Volume Pricing
All Credentials
Everything you need to complete your USCG application.
Direct links to the forms, fees, and credentials you’ll need alongside your course.