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Guidance on deck yacht certificate of competency NoE Requirements

Updated 12 March 2024

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For All Applications

  • Copy of passport, attested by a responsible person
  • An attested passport photograph, cropped to 4:3
  • College letter or Action Plan
  • ENG1 or accepted equivalent
  • 4 STCW basic safety training certificates: - Personal Survival Techniques (STCW Code A-VI/1-1) - Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (STCW Code A-VI/1-2) - Elementary First Aid (STCW Code A-VI/1-3) - Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities (STCW Code A-VI/1-4)

Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OOW) Yachts, less than 3000 GT, Unlimited Area

  • Be at least 19 years of age
  • Since the age of 16, have obtained a minimum of 36 months’ onboard yacht service. This must include at least 365 days seagoing service on vessels of 15 metres or over in load line length, made up of:
    • A minimum of 250 days’ seagoing service and
    • 115 days of any combination of the following:
      • Seagoing service;
      • Stand-by service – A maximum of 14 consecutive days may be counted at one time, but on no occasion may a period of standby service exceed that of the previous voyage;
      • Yard service – up to a maximum of 90 days continuously or in separate periods;
  • Completion of an MCA Yacht Training Record Book (You may not be required to complete a if you can demonstrate 36 months’ actual seagoing service on vessels of at least 24 metres in load line length)

Master Yachts, less than 500 GT, Unlimited Area

  • Hold an MCA OOW yachts, less than 3000 GT, II/1, Certificate of Competency;
  • While serving as a OOW Yachts, less than 3000 GT, II/1, have completed a minimum of 12 months’ onboard yacht service as a deck officer, including at least 120 days watchkeeping service, on vessels of 15 metres or over in load line length

Master Yachts, less than 3000 GT, Unlimited Area

  • While serving as a OOW yachts, less than 3000 GT, II/1, have completed a minimum of 24 months’ onboard yacht service as a Deck Officer, including at least 240 days watchkeeping service, completed on vessels of 15 metres or over in load line length and include; - 12 months on vessels of 24 metres or over in load line length, or - 6 months on vessels of 500 GT or more
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