SEAFARERS' CERTIFICATION
Serrvices under Honduras:
- Certificate of Competency
- Seaman books for ratings
- Crew endorsements
Required documents
- Passport copy
- Copy of the seaman book with sea service pages
- Sea service can be a letter from employing company
- Digital photo (passport size)
- Medical examination (Request it from us)
- Honduras application form (Request it from us)
COC package include the following docs:
The following documents are issued as a whole package
- Certificate of competency
- Seaman book
- GMDSS license (deck officers)
- GMDSS record book (deck officers)
- STCW courses:
- Advanced fire fighting
- Security awareness and designated security duties
- Four basic training courses
- Engine room simulator
- Leadership and teamwork
- Marine environmental awareness
- Medical care and medial first aid
- Ship security officers
- Proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats
**Courses apply as per dept.
- Required documents
- Passport
- Photo
- COC
- GOC (if applicable for Deck officers)
- Seaman Book with sea services**
- Cook Islands Medical (download here)
- Cook Islands Application form (download here)
- Signature
**Sea services required for each application depend on the candidate’s current capacity (rank) – check the relevant section hereinafter
Required sea services for each rank as per STCW Convention (as amended):
MASTER II/2 or II/3
- 12 months as Master (if his existing COC is Master)
- 12 months as Chief Mate (if his existing COC is Chief Mate)
CHIEF MATE II/2 or II/3
- 12 months as Chief Mate (if his existing COC is Chief Mate)
- 12 months as Deck Officer (if his existing COC is Deck officer or OICNW)
3RD MATE // OFFICER IN CHARGE OF A NAVIGATIONAL WATCH II/1
- 36 months as Deck Rating
CHIEF ENGINEER III/2 or III/3
- 12 months as Chief Engineer (if his existing COC is Chief Engineer)
- 12 months as 2nd Engineer (if his existing COC is 2nd Engineer or 1st Engineer)
2ND ENGINEER III/2 or III/3
- 12 months as 2nd Engineer (if his existing COC is 2nd Engineer)
- 12 months as Engine officer (if his existing COC is 3rd Engineer or OICEW)
3RD ENGINEER // OFFICER IN CHARGE OF AN ENGINEERING WATCH III/1
- 36 months as Engine Rating
ELETROTECHNICAL OFFICER (ETO) III/6
- 12 months as ETO (if his existing COC is ETO)
- 30 months as electrician
ABLE SEAFARER DECK or BOSUN II/5
- 18 months as Deck rating
RFNW or ABLE SEAMAN II/4
- 6 months as Deck rating
ABLE SEAFARER ENGINE III/5
- 12 months as Engine rating
RFEW or OILER or FITTER III/4
- 6 months as Engine rating
ELECTRICIAN (ELECTROTECHNICAL RATING III/7)
- 12 months as electrician (or similar duties)
WIPER or ORDINARY SEAMAN
- No seagoing services required
Bundles (Certificates that will be delivered to seafarer)
* Deck Officer Bundle Inclusions:
- Certificate of Competency – Deck Capacity
- Certificate of Competency – GMDSS (if applicable)
- Seamans Discharge Book
- GMDSS – (governmental COP) (if applicable)
- Basic Safety Training – (governmental COP)
- Advanced Fire Fighting – (governmental COP)
- Survival Crafts and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats – (governmental COP)
- Medical First Aid and Medical Care – (governmental COP)
- SSO – (governmental COP)
- RADAR/ARPA – (governmental COP)
- ECDIS – (governmental COP)
- Bridge Resource Management – (governmental COP)
- Leadership and Teamwork – (Training course from the training center)
- Marine Environmental Awareness – (Training course from the training center)
- Ship Simulator and Bridge Teamwork – (Training course from the training center)
Separate GMDSS Only Bundle Inclusions:
- Certificate of Competency – GMDSS
- Seamans Discharge Book
- GMDSS – (governmental COP)
- RADAR Navigation, Plotting and ARPA – (governmental COP)
- RADAR, ARPA, Bridge Teamwork – (governmental COP)
Engine Officer Bundle Inclusions:
- Certificate of Competency – Capacity
- Seamans Discharge Book
- Basic Safety Training – (governmental COP)
- Advanced Fire Fighting – (governmental COP)
- Survival Crafts and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats – (governmental COP)
- Medical First Aid and Medical Care – (governmental COP)
- SSO – (governmental COP)
- Engine Room Resource Management – (governmental COP)
- Leadership and Teamwork – (Training course from the training center)
- Marine Environmental Awareness – (Training course from the training center) #
- Engine Room Simulator – (Training course from the training center)
- High Voltage Installation – (Training course from the training center)
Electrotechnical Officer Bundle Inclusions:
- Certificate of Competency – Capacity
- Seamans Discharge Book
- Basic Safety Training – (governmental COP)
- Advanced Fire Fighting – (governmental COP)
- Survival Crafts and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats – (governmental COP)
- Medical First Aid and Medical Care – (governmental COP)
- Ship Security Training – either SSO or DSD or Security Awareness – (governmental COP)
- Leadership and Teamwork – (Training course from the training center)
- Marine Environmental Awareness – (Training course from the training center)
Electrotechnical Rating Bundle Inclusions:
- Certificate of Proficiency – Capacity
- Seamans Discharge Book
- Basic Safety Training – (governmental COP)
- Advanced Fire Fighting – (governmental COP)
- Survival Crafts and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats – (governmental COP)
- Medical First Aid and Medical Care – (governmental COP)
- DSD or Security Awareness – (governmental COP)
DECK & ENGINE Able Seafarer & Rating Bundle Inclusions
- Certificate of Proficiency – Capacity
- Seamans Discharge Book
- Basic Safety Training – (governmental COP)
- Advanced Fire Fighting – (governmental COP)
- Survival Crafts and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats – (governmental COP)
- Medical First Aid and Medical Care – (governmental COP)
- DSD or Security Awareness – (governmental COP)
Seafarers refers to the staff working on board ships, they are referred to as seamen too, their positions onboard vary as per their education and experience, they must have proper qualification and permissions to qualify for the required position in compliance to STCW
Positions of Seafarers onboard:
- A ship can have all positions or only some of them according to its operational needs which is usually specified in MSMC
- Deck dept.
- Master
- Chief officer
- Second officer: almost called deck officer
- Third officer: almost called deck officer
- Cadet: (A fresh graduate from navigation college working as trainee)
- Able seaman: an experienced seaman
- Ordinary seaman
- Bosun or boatswain: his duties include supervising the deck sailors to see whether they are performing their jobs efficiently. In some cases, and in some ships
- Radio operator: if any two deck officers possess GMDSS operator cert then radio operator is not required
- Engine dept.
- Chief engineer
- First engineer: most of time first engineer works as second engineer
- Second engineer
- Third engineer
- Fourth engineer
- Electric engineer
- Electrician
- Motor man
- Oiler
- Deck dept.
- Level category
- Management level: includes Master, Chief officer and Chief engineer
- Operation level: includes all other officer
- Rates: include AB, ordinary seaman, oiler, electrician, motor man
Licenses:
After a seafarer obtain the above mentioned courses and sea service required, he then apply for the authority to get the following licenses
- Certificate of competency (COC): specifies the positions and duties onboard
- GMDSS operator license: GOC
- Seaman book