Mariners Learning System takes 25% off its online courses for first responders, and you get it by verifying through ID.me on the first checkout screen. The school’s page defines first responders as EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and police officers.
Mariners teaches Coast Guard captain’s licensing online, along with recreational boating courses, FCC licensing and captain’s business courses. The page says you can complete the plan at your own pace, on any device, from anywhere. If you’ve thought about a captain’s license for a second job on the water, you can study around your shifts and see the price drop at checkout.
How To Get The Mariners Learning System First Responder Discount
- Choose one or more online courses on the site.
- Add them to your cart, then click Checkout.
- On the first checkout screen, click the green ID.me Military or First Responder button and get verified.
- If you’re eligible, the page says the discount is applied to your order automatically.
- Finish checking out. Verification trouble goes to ID.me’s support team, according to the page.
Who Qualifies, In The School’s Words
The page’s offer covers qualified veterans, active-duty service members and first responders. It spells out first responders as EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and police officers, and elsewhere it mentions law enforcement officers among the people it wants to thank. Retired and volunteer responders, dispatchers, corrections officers, spouses and dependents aren’t named, so if you’re in one of those groups, run the ID.me check and see what it returns before you build a plan around the price.
What The Discount Covers
The page says 25% off sitewide, and ID.me’s listing for Mariners reads 25% off all online courses and more for first responders. The page lists a few course prices before the discount. The OUPV/Six-Pack Captain’s License online course and exam is $695.00, and the 25/50 or 100-Ton Master Captain’s License course and exam is $895.00. Moving up from Six-Pack to a 25/50 or 100-Ton Master is $375.00, and a deck license renewal course is $250.00. The page doesn’t print the discounted figures, so your checkout screen is the place to see what you’ll pay.
Scholarship Wording, Explained
The page calls this a scholarship and tells you to follow four steps to get your scholarship discount. Those four steps are choosing a product, adding it to your cart, verifying with ID.me and finishing checkout. There’s no application or award decision in them. It works like a straight discount: verify, and the percentage comes off.
Before You Enroll
The school’s terms say the discount is only available at the time of purchase and can’t be applied after the fact, so verify before you pay rather than asking for a credit later. ID.me’s listing adds that the offer can’t be combined with other promotions, coupons, discounts or package deals. Mariners’ own page doesn’t say that, so check the total at checkout if you’re holding a code.
The terms also say an online course can be returned within 30 days of purchase if you return it before the course is activated or begins. Once the course has begun, the terms say no returns or refunds are allowed.
Q&A
Q: How much do first responders save at Mariners Learning System?
A: The page says 25% off sitewide, verified through ID.me.
Q: Where do I verify?
A: On the first checkout screen, through the green ID.me Military or First Responder button.
Q: Is this a competitive scholarship?
A: The page uses the word, but the steps it lists are a discount: choose, add to cart, verify, check out.
Q: Can I use it on a purchase I already made?
A: No. The terms say it can’t be applied retroactively.
Q: Do dispatchers or spouses qualify?
A: The page doesn’t name them. It names EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and police officers.
Q: Is there a degree option too?
A: If a degree is the goal, our Liberty University page is a good next stop.
More Information:
Mariners can change its terms, so read the page before you pay. More ways to cut training costs are collected in our money discounts. For more options in this category, see How First Responders Can Save Thousands on College Tuition: The Best Schools Offering Tuition Discounts.
