Marine Technician Specialist

Program Objective

The objective of UTI’s Marine Technician Specialist program is to prepare students for entry‑level technician positions with the knowledge and skills required to perform maintenance and routine service, diagnose mechanical and electrical systems, and make necessary repairs and replacements.

Marine Program Overview

In UTI’s Marine Technology program, you’ll get hands‑on experience in current technology and equipment as you train for a career as an entry‑level marine technician. UTI’s industry‑aligned curriculum emphasizes the real‑world skills needed by marine dealerships. Through a combination of classroom instruction, demonstrations and hands‑on work in the lab, you’ll diagnose, service and repair marine mechanical systems.

You’ll learn the fundamentals of gasoline and diesel engines, lower units, outdrives, fuel systems and electrical systems. You will also learn boat rigging to meet customer requirements. Customer service and professionalism are emphasized throughout the program.

Each three‑week, manufacturer‑specific course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and experience required to become entry‑level marine technicians.

UTI Courses within the Marine Technology program must be completed as follows:

• MRND-101 through MRND‑108 must be completed before starting MRND‑201 through MRND‑207.
• MRND-106 must be completed before starting MRND‑107. 
• MRND-106 and MRND‑107 must be completed before starting MRND‑108.
• MRND-109 must be completed before starting MRND‑110.
• MRND-205 must be completed before starting MRND‑206.

MRND‑101 through MRND‑205 must be completed before starting MRND‑206 or MRND‑207. (MRND‑206 and MRND‑207 may be completed in any order prior to graduation.)

UTI students have the opportunity to pursue and achieve provisional certification as factory-certified technicians for Mercury Marine outboard products. Students must complete core Mercury University requirements as an embedded component of the 51-week and 60-week marine technician training programs, as well as additional online distance-learning courses in order to achieve the certification.

The Mercury Marine technician certification program was developed in partnership with Mercury Marine and its Mercury University training division. Graduates who achieve a provisional factory certification for Mercury Marine outboard motors will have partially completed the training requirements for certification for Mercury MerCruiser Sterndrives. The provisional certification becomes active upon employment with a Mercury Marine dealership within two years of graduation.

This is an “opt‑in” process that requires UTI Marine students to complete Mercury University training components outside the normal UTI Marine program courses and to the standards set by Mercury University.

The training required for Provisional Mercury Outboard Certification includes:

• Mercury University E‑Skills online courses
• Mercury University Distance Learning courses
• Hands-on course work in MercTech 1 and MercTech 2 aligned to Mercury University