MARINE GUIDANCE NOTE
MGN 7 (M)
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION GUIDANCE – PART 7
Alternative certification – dual certification
Notice to Owners, Masters, Deck and Engineer Officers and Ratings on Merchant Vessels and those concerned with Maritime Training
This Note should be read in conjunction with Merchant Shipping Notice No MSN 1692 (M) (or subsequent amendments)
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Summary This Marine Guidance Note (MGN) is part of a series which gives guidance regarding the application of the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 1. In order for the guidance to be easy to use and to keep up-to-date, the individual Parts will retain the same Part number but the MGN number may change if and when revisions are necessary. The front sheet of any revised Part will list the latest MGN numbers. Any reference to “Part” in this Note relates to this series of Guidance Notes as listed below. Key Point STCW 95 provides for certificates of competency combining deck, engineer and radio competencies to be issued under Regulation VII/1 – Alternative Certification. However, the UK has decided to continue to issue separate deck and engine certificates under STCW 95 Regulations II and III for those participating in combined deck and engine training programmes (dual schemes) |
LATEST INDEX TO PARTS
Part No. |
Subject |
Latest MGN Number |
Issue Date |
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1 |
General requirements for certification and medical fitness | MGN 91 (M) |
April 2000 |
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2 |
Certificates of competency - deck department | MGN 92 (M) |
April 2000 |
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3 |
Certificates of competency - engine department | MGN 93 (M) |
April 2000 |
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4 |
Certificates of competency - radio personnel | MGN 94 (M) |
May 2002 |
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5 |
Special training requirements for personnel on certain types of ship | MGN 95 (M) |
April 2000 |
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6 |
Emergency, occupational safety, medical care and survival functions | MGN 96 (M) |
April 2000 |
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7 |
Alternative certification - dual certification | This note |
April 2000 |
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8 |
Education and training schemes | MGN 8 (M) |
April 2000 |
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9 |
Procedure for the issue and revalidation of certificates of competency, marine engine operator licences and tanker endorsements. | MGN 9 (M) |
April 2000 |
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10 |
Ratings | MGN 97 (M) |
April 2000 |
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11 |
Conduct of MCA oral examinations | MGN 69 (M) |
April 2000 |
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12 |
Safety training for concessionaires working on passenger ships | MGN 120 (M) |
April 2000 |
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13 |
Use of fishing vessel certificates of competency in standby, seismic survey, and oceanographic research vessels – revised arrangements | MGN 121 (M) |
April 2000 |
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14 |
STCW 95 application to certificates of service | MGN 116 (M) |
April 2000 |
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15 |
Certification of inshore tug personnel | MGN 117 (M) |
April 2002 |
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16 |
Certification of inshore craft personnel (other than tugs) | MGN 126(M) |
Not yet issued |
1 SI 1997/348 as amended by SI 1997/1911
Seafarer Standards Branch Tel 023 80 329231 E-mail: exams_section@mcga.gov.uk April 2000 MC124/1/026 Copyright Crown copyright 2000 |
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The references to “Parts” in this document are to other Parts of this series of Training and Certification Guidance Notes
1.0 Introduction
1.1 The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 (the Regulations) implement in the United Kingdom some of the requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended in 1995, (STCW 95)2 and its associated Code (STCW Code).
1.2 Chapter VII of STCW 95 – on Alternative Certification – allows for officers to be issued with a single certificate of competency combining deck, engineering and radio competencies subsequent to approved education, training and assessment.
1.3 However, the United Kingdom, whilst approving training schemes for officers who wish to combine deck and engineering training, has decided at this time not to issue certificates of competency under Chapter VII (Regulation VII). Officers successfully participating in combined deck and engineering training programmes (dual schemes) will be granted separate deck officer and engineer officer certificates of competency issued in accordance with Chapters II and III (Regulations II and III) of STCW 95 as set out in Parts 2 and 3 of this series of Guidance Notes.
2.0 Further Information
2.1 Further information, if required, is available from the MCA at any MCA Marine Office or at the address given at the beginning of this Guidance Note.
2 Available from the Publications Department, the International Maritime Organization, 4, Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR