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Application form for an IGF Certificate of Proficiency (MSF 4350).
MSF 4258 provides an alternative route for the revalidation of a certificate of competency.
This document MSF 4366, is the official record of your work activities and experience which enable you to hold a Boatmasters' Licence (BML).
Complete MSF 5547, when applying to Parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register for merchant and bareboat charter ships.
Information about the special training required by ratings and officers who work on tankers, passenger ships and high-speed craft
Complete form MSF 4260, to apply for an oral examination leading to the issue of a certificate of competency (STCW) for masters and deck officers of tugs.
Complete the form and return to your local Marine Office when booking a UK Load Line or UK Load Line Exemption Survey.
MSF 4807: Applying Form for a VTS operator logbook, VTS Licence endorsement or VTS Licence revalidation.
Complete MSF 3914 for a safe manning document for UK registered workboats and/or high speed offshore service crafts.
Employers of seafarers on UK ships to submit this form when seafarers are diagnosed by a medical practitioner with an occupational disease.
Complete MSF 4391 to apply for a replacement or update to a certificate of proficiency (CoP) or to apply for a certificate of proficiency in Polar Waters
Complete form MSF 4736 to notify the Register of Shipping and Seamen (RSS) about a mortgage deed when registering a ship.
Small commercial vessels must be registered, surveyed and inspected to meet UK safety laws - registering a boat, surveys and inspections
Form for assessing safety criteria before a fishing vessel is considered for registration.
Form to be completed providing new Company Security Officers (CSO) contact details or notifying us of any change of details
Complete this form to let the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) know when you have recovered any wreck material.
To be completed by seafarers for medical treatment, in accordance with title 4 (standard A4 1.2) of the MLC 2006.
Complete MSF 3902 for a safe manning document for fishing vessels.
Complete application form MSF 3900 to apply for a replacement Flag State Endorsement (Certificate of Equivalent Competency).
Complete form MSF 1010, to apply for an exemption certificate and large yacht code (LYC) equivalence certificate.
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