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Information about who needs a seaman's discharge book and a British seaman's card
Get a medical certificate to work at sea - ENG 1 or ML5 medical certificates, how much they cost, how to apply.
You must have an ENG 1 or an ML5 seafarer medical fitness certificate to…
How to apply depends on which certificate you need. How to apply for an…
Your medical certificate can be suspended or cancelled if: there’s a major…
Application form for a UK Discharge Book and / or a British Seaman’s Card (MSF 4509).
Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human elem…
Find out what you'll need to work at sea - training, certificates, ratings, officers
Training record book for yacht ratings and officers in charge of a navigational watch, yachts less than 3000 GT.
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
Information about the special training required by ratings and officers who work on tankers, passenger ships and high-speed craft
Employers of seafarers on UK ships to submit this form when seafarers are diagnosed by a medical practitioner with an occupational disease.
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