
The Captain’s License Drug Test: A Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Application Delays
Learn what questions to ask and how to prepare for a captain’s license drug test to ensure you avoid the most common application delays.
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If you would like your certificate expedited after testing, you must pay the $45 expediting charge 24 hours prior to your final proctored exam. It will take 1 business day after the test for your certificate to be emailed to you, along as we have all the necessary information needed.
Contact our office to expedite your certificate.
Once a certificate is issued, it can be downloaded from inside your Course Locker as a PDF.
If you would like a hard copy of your certificate mailed, you can purchase it here.
Please contact [email protected] with a photocopy of a valid ID that has your picture. They will reach out regarding the next steps.
Unfortunately, because you are outside of that one-year time, you will need to redo everything, except you can still use your sea time.
Since you did take the course with us initially, we offer a discounted rate of half off the original list price. You would need to call the office at 609-303-0664 if you would like this option.
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