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Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Prosser: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the countries whose officer certificates are automatically recognised by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. [4835] Mr. Jamieson: The officer certificates of other countries are only recognised when the training and certification system of that country has been assessed and is considered to afford an equivalent level of technical competence to the UK system. All officers whose mother tongue is not English or whose examinations were not conducted in English, must satisfy the MCA of their competence in the English Language. All senior officers, except the holders of Irish certificates of competency, must satisfy the MCA that they have knowledge of UK maritime legislation appropriate to their functions aboard ship. Recognition under STCW 95 is subject to final European Commission approval. At present, under STCW 78 we recognise officer certificates of competency from the following administrations: Belgium Denmark Eire Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden Australia Canada Croatia Estonia Hong Kong Iceland India Jamaica Latvia Lithuania Malta Myanmar Norway Pakistan Poland Romania Russia Singapore South Africa Ukraine USA.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4835; 372 c509W;372 c509-10W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Assessments Certification Qualifications Merchant shipping Standards Safety Maritime and Coastguard Agency Training Shipping Standardisation

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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