Marine Mechanics Institute Launches First Mercury Marine Technician Certification Program

A growing demand for qualified marine mechanics has companies like Mercury Marine investing the future through training partnerships.

The Universal Technical Institute has announced plans to launch the first Mercury Marine technician career training certification program at its Marine Mechanics Institute (MMI) campus in Orlando.

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

Under the new program, Marine Technician Specialist program students now can pursue and achieve provisional certification as factory-certified technicians for Mercury Marine outboard products. MMI is the only career technical education school in the US with which Mercury Marine is offering this certification program.

There is no additional cost to MMI students to obtain the certification. Besides fulfilling MMI Marine program graduation requirements, students pursuing the certification must complete Mercury University components embedded into the 51-week marine technician training program as well as additional online E-skills and distance-learning courses.

“Investing in training qualified Mercury Marine technicians is an investment in our future,” said Rob Schrage, Mercury Marine director of field service development and operations. “Partnering with MMI was a natural fit for us to support the growing need for Mercury-trained technicians.”