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STCW 2010
(Manila
Amendments)
The STCW Convention 1978 has been amended by
the 2010 Manila Amendments and contains new
training requirements:

Officer of the Watch (Yachts, less than 3,000gt)

candidates will be required to complete a five day
Efficient Deck Hand course, if they are applying for
their Certificates of Competency after 1 July 2013.

Officer of the Watch candidates (Unlimited or Yachts)

will be required to complete a three day Human
Element, Leadership and Management (Operational
Level) course, if they are applying for their Certificate of
Competency after 31 August 2013.

Chief Mate candidates (Unlimited or Yachts) will be

required to complete a five day Human Element,
Leadership and Management (Management Level)
course, if they are applying for their Certificate of
Competency after 31 August 2013.

All deck officers (including yachts) will need to

undertake a generic Electronic Chart Display and
Information Systems (ECDIS) course before either
applying for (or revalidating) their UK Certificate of
Competency. The MCA will accept any of the following
courses as meeting the generic training requirement:

An MCA-approved ECDIS course completed on

or after 1 January 2005.

An ECDIS course based on the IMO model

course, approved by an Administration whose
Certificates of Competency are accepted by the
MCA for the issue of Certificates of Equivalent
Competency

An MCA approved Navigation, Radar and ARPA

Simulator (NARAS) course at operational or
management level, or their replacements: the
Navigation Aids and Simulator Training (NAEST)
operational or management courses. For these
courses to be considered as meeting ECDIS
training requirements, the course must have
been completed on or after 1 January 2005.

Deck officers not meeting the above requirements will

receive the following limitation on their Certificate of
Competency:

"From the 1 January 2017 this certificate is not

valid for service on ships fitted with ECDIS".

All deck officers serving on UK-flagged vessels using

ECDIS as the primary means of navigation (this
includes all ships where the carriage of ECDIS is
mandatory) must have completed generic ECDIS
training and MCA guidance in MIN 503 further advises
that type-specific ECDIS training is required when
ECDIS is the primary means of navigation.

Type-specific ECDIS training should be delivered by

the ECDIS equipment manufacturer (or approved sub-
contractor) or a trainer who has attended an approved
programme. Warsash Maritime Academy has
Kongsberg, Sperry and Transas ECDIS equipment,
instructors certified by the manufacturers and we are
looking to extend our capabilities further in due course.

Deck (navigation)
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Entry level

Merchant Navy certification

Commercial yacht certification (Less than 3,000GT)

STCW 2010 (Manila Amendments)

See also
MSN 1858 - UK requirements for yacht deck
officers

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