Marine Electrical Course
Level 1
Learn the intricacies of how basic marine electrical systems work, how to prevent and fix faults, and how to make a basic marine electrical system safe, efficient and reliable.
✅ Fully online, start now, beginners welcome
✅ Self paced & interactive
✅ Professional and leisure use
The MECO Level 1 Online Marine Electrical training course is ideal for boat owners, yacht crew, trainee marine electricians.
During your course you will learn from all the relevant industry standards (rather than just one) and have access to full instructor support throughout your course. There is no assumed knowledge and beginners are welcome, there are no time limits so you can take as long as you like, and you can re-watch lectures if required.
The subject is broken down into easy to learn bite-size micro lectures of 10 minutes maximum. This powerful teaching method allows you to progress effectively ensuring you fully understand one concept before moving on to the next.
Upon successful completion, leisure and commercial learners receive course completion certification, whilst commercial learners who need a formal (MET) Certificate can complete the optional exam online, and receive their physical MET Level 1 Certification.
Ideal for owners...
- Hands on owner / operators
- Yacht Fleet owners
- Sailing School owners
- Workboat owners
- DIY / Restoration enthusiasts
Electrical faults can be inconvenient, expensive, and dangerous. Having marine electrical knowledge and skills will help you prevent, find and fix basic problems, and save money too.
Take control of on-board electrical maintenance and repairs, and learn how to make your electrical system safe and reliable.
Ideal for yacht crew...
- Yacht Skippers
- Yacht crew
- Delivery skippers
- Yachtmaster instructors
- Work boat crew
Electrically savvy Yacht crew run a safer, and more reliable ship. MECO Trained crew know what spares to take, what tools they need and how to use them, what to check before departure, and how to fix faults on route; these skills could reduce potential disaster to mild inconvenience.
Ideal for professionals...
- Boat builders
- Colleges & Universities
- Surveyors
- Marine Electrical Shops
- Apprenticeship providers
Many courses require previous in field experience, but to get this, you need training. At MECO beginners are very welcome. This course starts off from the basics of electricity and applies this to marine systems. The level 1 counts towards MECO Full MET 3 Professional.
Course Details:
- Course Name: Boat & Yacht Electrical Level 1
- Certification: MET - 1
- Pre-course requirements: None
- Aimed at: Leisure & Professional
- Duration: 12 hours
- Format: Self Paced
- Time limits: None
- Accreditation: International CPD
- CPD Points: 12
- Standards: NMEA, ABYC, ISO, RCR, RCD
- Sales Tax: Included in price, no hidden extras
- Exams: Optional - only required for Professional MET Certification.
- Recognition. Globally Industry recognised.
- Graded results: Included
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Satisfaction Guarantee: 30 days
Learn how to keep your boats electrical system safe and reliable.
The electrical system year after year is still the leading cause of boat fires. Much of this is down to poor installation, or maintenance, both of which can be rectified with detailed training.
Fuses and circuit breakers only prevent a very small percentage of fires, most on board electrical fires are caused by poor connections, incorrect cable sizing, or incorrect type or location of circuit protection devices.
All this and more is covered in great detail in the level 1 course.
MECO Boat & Yacht Level 1 Curriculum
- Introduction
- Voltage, Current & Resistance (2:44)
- Power (3:12)
- Testing (8:04)
- Batteries (10:16)
- Busbars
- Cable Sizing ISO Version (8:46)
- Cable Sizing USA ABYC (13:57)
- Switching (4:51)
- Circuit protection (9:49)
- Alternators (10:56)
- Battery Charging (Engine) (17:39)
- Battery Charging (Shore Power)
- Starter Motors (12:47)
- Monitoring Current & Voltage (4:51)
- Engine Gauges (9:21)
- Terminations (3:51)
- Standards & Regulations
- Completion
- Final Exam
Who is this course for?
MECO courses and certification are designed for both professional and leisure use.
Professional users: Acquire all the skills and knowledge needed to achieve the certification required to start working in the industry as a Marine Electrical Technician.
Leisure users: Save a fortune on repairs, evaluate the safety of your vessel making safety improvements before longer passages, and find faults en-route to keep essential systems running.
Having helped over 1200 Boat Owners, Skippers, and Marine Electrical Technicians reach their goals since 2017 we would love the opportunity to help you too.
Start your journey towards Marine Electrical expertise today.
Excellent course
Excellent Level 2 course with easy to follow lessons. The quizzes are a great way of ensuring the pertinent points have been understood.
Fantastic course
Fantastic course, brilliant pace and examples. Managed to explain all of the technical points in a very practical way with great context.
Great course
Excellent, Informative, straight forward teaching approach, with no nonsense methods. Highly recommended.
Take the first step
We will help you start your journey today from beginner to highly advanced marine electronics technician, and everything between!
✅ No previous experience is required
✅ Fully online & self paced
✅ Instructor support during and after your course
Popular with technicians, boat builders, boat owners, and commercial yacht crew the full range of MECO courses enables anyone to learn how to:
- Find & fix faults within a boat & yacht electrical system
- Fully understand how power is routed and stored on board
- Install new electrical and electronics equipment
- Evaluate the safety of existing wiring and key systems
- Fully understand the finer point of the Marine electrical and electronics systems
Formal at-home proctored exams leading to MET Certification are included at no extra cost for those who require them.
Upon completion of each level you will receive:
- Course completion certification. If this course is for personal use only this may be all you need. However if you want to use the qualification commercially, or just prefer a more formal qualification, you will need to pass the MET Exams for the MECO MET Card (see below)
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Marine Electrical Technician (MET) Card. Once each level is completed learners will have access to the Professional MECO MET formal exams, upon successful completion of which learners will receive their relevant MECO MET Card, industry recognised around the world.
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