As is the case elsewhere in the world, authorities in Canada are increasingly requesting that individuals contracted to conduct marine mammal monitoring at offshore work sites first complete a training program to become a certified marine mammal observer. This goes to show the importance placed on this kind of work and the relevance of undergoing training in visual observation and passive acoustic monitoring (OMM-PAM) of marine mammals offered by the continuous learning department of Cégep de La Pocatière in collaboration with MMON.