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Currently Scheduled Courses

Public
CPR/AED Certification
Sat 07 Mar 2026
0900 EST
9 hours
Location: Map

Great Lakes Yacht Club
23900 Jefferson Ave
St Clair Shores, MI 48080

Members:$30USPS Members:$70Non-members:$100

Learn how to perform CPR and use an Automated External Defibrillator – essential first aid skills that can help save a life.

Passing this class grants an American Heart Association CPR/AED certification for adult, child, and infant care, and for first aid. Certification is valid for two years.

USPS members from other squadrons:
Please contact us for your discounted rate.
As a courtesy, GLYC members receive our member rate.
Topics include:
  • Adult CPR skills
  • Child CPR skills
  • Infant CPR skills
  • Safe and correct AED usage
  • First aid basics and skills
America's Boating Course
Mon 13 Apr 2026
1900 EDT
6 sessions
2 hours each
Location: Map

Trinity Health Hospital Oakland — Education Center
44405 Woodward Avenue
Pontiac, MI 48341

Park in the southeast visitor parking lot.

Go in the single sliding door labeled “South Entrance,” then walk through to the lobby. Immediately as you reach the lobby, go down the stairs with the glass railing on your left.

Cost:$20

America's Boating Course provides you with basic boating knowledge to decide what type and size boat you need, what to do when meeting another boat in a crowded waterway, and how to recognize and handle hazards.

Many boat insurance companies will offer discounts on boating insurance to boaters who successfully complete America's Boating Course. This course also provides a sound basis for continuing your recreational boating education.

Topics include:
  • Trailering, knots and lines, and water sports
  • Introduction to electronic navigation using paper charts and chart plotters
  • Safety equipment – required and recommended
  • Boating laws – federal and state
  • Finding your way
  • Types of boats and their uses
  • Communications
  • Dealing with adverse conditions
Instructor:

P/C Tom Geggie, SN