College and Career

Chart your course, set your sails!

Charting your course!

Need assistance navigating your pathway towards a maritime education or a Seamanship Academy?
Look no more,
Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy is here to help!

Set your sails!

Are you ready to sail towards a future in the maritime industry?

Let us help you raise your sails as you make ready to embark on your next journey!

Kau ka peʻa, holo ka waʻa!
Up go the sails; away goes the canoe!
Mary Kawena Pukui; ʻŌlelo Noʻeau

Holo ka waʻa, holo!

After graduating from a Maritime or Seamanship Academy, the industry awaits your arrival!

Tongue Point Job Corps Center in Astoria, Oregon

For more information visit the Tongue Point Seamanship Website by using the link below!

Tongue Pt. Website

Hawaiʻi residents: Please follow the Application Process described in the documents below. The Tongue Point Letter & the List of Requirements will make applying easier.

Submit all required documents, by email to the Inland Boatmen's Union (IBU) for a referral interview into the Job Corps Seamanship Academy in Astoria, Oregon.

Hālau Holomoana participants should contact your KVA College Career Counselor.
[email protected]

Tongue Pt. Letter

From left to right: Cory Mahiʻai, graduate of Hālau Holomoana 2016, Uʻi Malakaua, KVA Captain, Isaiah Engoring, graduate of Hālau Holomoana 2015, and Captain Rusty Oppenheimer.

Required Documents List
In order to enroll all applicants will need to gather all necessary documents.

The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship

The Seafarers International Union (SIU)

Find out more!

This vocational school is located in Piney Point, Maryland, on the campus of the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education. For more information, visit their website.

The Seafarers Website

KVA staff at Piney Point with apprentices from Hawaii.

Is SIU for YOU?

As instructed by the SIU's Union Hall of Honolulu, submit an application online. The button below will give you step by step instructions & FAQ to the Unlicensed Apprenticeship Program.

Apprenticeship Awaits You

MARIMED FOUNDATION
Maritime Careers Explorations & Placement Program

The Maritime Careers Exploration (MCE) & Placement Program is a FREE career and technical training program that helps youth and adults jump start a career in the maritime industry.

We encourage interested youth and adults to be a part of this 30 day program that provides financial resources toward advanced trainings to qualified applicants. For more information visit us at: http://marimed.org/maritime-careers-exploration/