ABYC Electrical Certification Course Offered in December 2013 by NSBA

ABYC

There will be a four-day ABYC Electrical Certification course taking from Monday, December 9th through to Thursday, December 12th, 2013 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Facilitator will be Ed Sherman. The  course is designed for the marine technician with at least three to five years’ experience working with marine electricity.  The student also needs some familiarity with ABYC electrical standards.

For more information go to http://www.nsboats.com/trngabycelectrical/

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