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Navigation Officers & Rating Courses

Chapter 2 of the STCW Code for Standards Regarding the Master and Deck Department (Certification) address the requirements for navigation officers and ratings.  STCW II/1 – 5 address the requirements as follows:

1. Officers in Charge of a Navigational Watch on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more
2. Masters and Chief Mates on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more
3. Officers in Charge of a Navigational Watch and of Masters on ships of less than 500 gross tonnage, engaged on near-coastal voyages
4. Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch
5. Ratings as Able Seafarer Deck

The responsibilities are broadly broken up into two categories:

Management Level:

• The Master (Mariner Master or Captain), and
• Chief Mate

Operations Level:

• Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW) is an operational level endorsement for the other deck officers on a sea going ship, who are called the 2^nd mate or the 3^rd mate or 2^nd officer or the 3^rd officer.
• There are various ranks of deck ratings called the Able Seaman or AB, the Able Seafarer Deck (AS-D or AB Deck) and they are qualified ratings at the deck department on ocean going vessels

Management Level Courses – Master/Chief Mate Unlimited Tonnage

Operations Level Courses