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Marine Service Managers Certification


ABBRA's Marine Service Managers Certification is now available. MSM Certification is an important career step. It documents your career experiences and management training. It is the only credential of its kind in our industry. Why apply?


  • It formalizes your status as a professional service manager, providing you with objective peer recognition of your accomplishments by ABBRA, the leading trade association in our industry.
  • To the boating world and its customers, it signifies your commitment to providing consistent, high quality and thoughtful marine service as a highly trained professional.
  • Certification as a Marine Service Manager is a brand of excellence for your career growth within the international network of ABBRA’s membership.

How you become a Certified MSM?


The Certified Marine Service Manager designation is firmly rooted in professional experience, as specifically defined by ABBRA. To be certified you must meet the following criteria:


  • Be currently employed full time.
  • Have a high school diploma or equivalency
  • Accumulate 5 years of effective marine service management (as general service manager) experience, prior to being designated as a Certified Marine Service Manager. Three of these years must be the immediate past three years. This is measured by our experience credit form. All candidates must pass this minimum experience test.
  • Complete the MSM qualifying training courses, and separate MSM examination.
  • Complete a personal interview with a Certified MSM Member representing the MSM Review Committee. (This requirement may be waived in some cases)
  • Remain a member as an individual or boatyard where MSM applicant is employed in good standing of ABBRA. Continued membership, as an individual or boatyard, in ABBRA is also required to retain your standing as a CMSM.

Note: The criteria for certification are subject to revision by the MSM Advisory Committee. Prior to submitting your application, be sure you have the current edition of the Handbook and Application forms.

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