OOW

DURATION: The OOW COC Course total course duration works out to be 7 months. If a student is able to clear all his written and oral examinations in time, he can hope to be back with his COC in 8 months’ time. If a student joins the January batch, he can hope to be back by the end of August (the same year). If a student joins the September batch, he can hope to be back by end of April next year subject to his clearing all the examinations in time. The visa period that he gets is likely to be about 12 to 14 months.

Academic Subject
Celestial Navigation	Officer of the Watch/HNC
Marine Meteorology	SQA HNC Registration
Bridge Watch keeping	Signals (Inc. exam)
Navigational Mathematics	OOW Integrated Orals
Ship Construction
Chart work and Tides
Marine Cargo Operations
Emergency Response and Communications
Marine Law and Management and Nautical Science

Short Term Courses
Navigation, Radar and ARPA Simulation (NAEST-O)	NAEST (Operational)
Efficient Deck Hand (EDH)	Efficient Deck Hand (EDH)
Human Element Leadership and Management (HELM-O)	(HELM)Human Element Leadership & management

• Advanced Fire Fighting
• Medical First Aid
• Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Craft
• GMDSS (UK)

Candidates should have a minimum 36 months of sea service (including 6 months bridge watch-keeping duties in the last 12 months sailing), and hold a valid personal medical fitness certificate recognized by the MCA. You do not need any Class XII PCM as eligibility is given entirely on the basis of your sea service and not your educational qualifications. However, a good knowledge of mathematics and science would be of help to the students in passing his examination.

If for some reason, the student is not able to complete these courses prior to going to UK, he can come back from the UK, finish the short courses, send the certificates to MCA UK and the MCA will post the COC to the student.

Students need to apply for an NOE to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), UK to be eligible to sit for the written and oral examinations in the UK. You can apply for your NOE from India prior to going to the UK or you can apply for your NOE during your stay in the UK. It is not necessary to be in possession of NOE for booking the course. However, if you have doubts that some of your sea-time may not be counted by the MCA for whatsoever reasons (for e.g. missing documents, no stamps on the CDC, company did not give sea service letter, sailed on Gulf ships, etc.), it would be advisable to do your NOE before booking your course. The processing time for the NOE is normally 28 working days but it may extend to a few months also if the MCA is not satisfied about the authenticity of your documents. If your documents are found to be forged all your documents will be seized and you will not be allowed to sit for exams in the UK again.

• NOE Application Form
• Passport Copy (NOTARY)
• CDC Original
• COC Original
• STCW Courses Certificate Original
• Sea Service Testimonials Original
• Medical Certificate (Valid DG approved)
• Watch Keeping certificate Original
• 2 Passport Size Photographs

• Advanced Fire Fighting
• Medical First Aid
• Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Craft

If for some reason, the student is not able to complete these courses prior to going to UK, he can come back from the UK, finish the short courses, send the certificates to MCA UK and the MCA will post the COC to the student.