The Canadian Coast Guard College (CCGC) is a maritime training college and Canadian Coast Guard facility located in Westmount in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, near Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. CCGC trains both Officer Cadets for the Canadian Coast Guard in a 4-year program whereby graduates receive a Bachelor of Technology (Nautical Science) granted in collaboration with Cape Breton University, and Marine Communications and Traffic Services Officers through a six-month program which specializes in radiotelephony procedures for marine safety, and co-ordinated vessel traffic movement throughout Canadian Territorial Waters. Established in 1965 as a residential college on the site of the former navy base HMCS Protector located at Point Edward along the western shore of Sydney Harbour, CCGC's first mandate was to train young men in 4-year diplomas of Marine Engineering or Marine Navigation for the Coast Guard's Officer Training Program. The Officer Training Program expanded in 1973 to include women. In 1981, CCGC moved from its location on the former Point Edward naval base to an adjacent custom-built 120 acre (486,000 m²) campus in neighbouring Westmount.