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This MSN outlines the training and assessment requirements for masters and deck officers, equivalent arrangements for simulator time, and also requirements that training providers must meet for the purposes of approval by th…

• Updated: 19 December 2022

Guidance for non-UK qualified officers on how to apply for, or revalidate a Flag State Endorsement to work on UK-registered commercial vessels.

• Updated: 14 February 2025

Contains the small commercial vessel (SCV) code text and advises how the standards of the SCV code may be used for already coded vessels.

• Updated: 28 October 2004

Apply for a boatmasters' licence to run a passenger-carrying or non-passenger carrying commercial vessel - apply, replace, renew or upgrade your licence

Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate

• Updated: 11 July 2025

A report for your medical history and current health; lets your doctor decide on your fitness to work safely at sea.

A self certification process for the registration of GMDSS shore-based maintainers.

• Updated: 1 August 2025

Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.

• Updated: 1 January 2023

Information about applying for jobs with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

• Updated: 25 October 2018

Guidance for applying for a Deck CoC for Commercial and Private Yachts.

• Updated: 7 November 2023