Qualification Requirements
Eligibility can only be assessed upon application to the Seafarer Standards Branch of the MCA as detailed (MGN156 paragraph 11).
Candidates may be required to undergo an Approved Engine Course (as detailed in MGN156 Annex D) prior to undertaking any certificate of competency, unless they have completed the MN MEOL Basic Engineering Craft Skills Training or the MCA Approved Formal Engineering Craft Training, or equivalent training acceptable to the MCA.
All new entrant yacht engineers must successfully complete the following:
Existing yacht engineers may be exempt from the basic training courses listed above at the discretion of the training providers, following assessment.
Route flow-charts (pdf) from MGN156:
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Craft Apprenticeship Entry Route|
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Non-UK Entry Route or Non-Craft Training Entry Route|
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All yacht engineers having gained the basic training courses listed above and who have completed 6 months yacht service may gain entry to the "advanced" ancillary training courses:
Existing yacht engineers may be exempt from taking certain of the advanced courses listed provided they have successfully completed an equivalent ancillary course listed below, prior to 1 September 2000. These ancillary courses are an alternative entry requirement for existing yacht engineers applying for MCA certificates of competency and licences.
TRAINING MODULES
Basic requirements:
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Minimum age – 19 years (18 years for MEOL(Y) or AEC);
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Certificate of physical fitness and approved standard of eye sight (ENG1);
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Minimum of 3 years (over age of 16) signed on "the official crew list" of vessels over 15m.
Chief Engineer Certificate of Competency (Yacht 4)
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Skills test – exemption may be given to those candidates who have completed a UK engineering craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent acceptable to the MCA, or have completed the UK Merchant Navy Marine Engine Operator licence (MEOL) basic engineering craft skills training.
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Marine Diesel Engineering
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Auxiliary Equipment and Basic Ship Construction.
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Operational Procedures and Basic Hotel Services.
Chief Engineer Certificate of Competency (Yacht 3)
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Chief Engineer Statutory and Operational Requirements.
Chief Engineer Certificate of Competency (Yacht 2)
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Chief Engineer Statutory and Operational Requirements.
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Applied Marine Engineering.
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Advanced Hotel Services.
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General Engineering Science 1.
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General Engineering Science 2.
Oral examinations
Candidates for all yacht certificates of competency, including the Marine Engine Operator Licence – MEOL(Y) and the Chief Engineer Certificate of Competency (Yacht 1) are required to take an oral examination conducted by an MCA examiner at a MCA Marine Office.
When attending for examination the following documents should be produced for scrutiny by the examiner:
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Notice of Eligibility
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An Approved Engine Course (30 hour diesel) certificate (AEC), (if held)
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Professional Yachtsmen's Service Record Book or
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International Yachtmaster Training and Deliveries Personal Seatime Log Book or similar service record book
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Current certificate of competency (if held)
Notice of Eligibility and Application Procedure
All candidates for certificates of competency and MEOL's must have their eligibility assessed by the MCA in order to be issued with a Notice of Eligibility (NOE).
Candidates are required to hold an NOE prior to taking any written or oral examination.
Under certain circumstances and only with MCA approval, candidates may be allowed to sit written examinations without an NOE. This concession is given on the clear understanding that the results of the examination will be declared null and void if the candidate subsequently fails to obtain an NOE.
Note: This concession is likely to be withdrawn in the near future.
Application forms for NOE, together with an information pack, may be obtained from the MCA Seafarer Standards Branch.
Completed application forms, accompanied by the appropriate fee, evidence of required ancillary training, medical fitness, details of yacht service and/or sea service, yacht and/or sea service testimonials, and craft apprenticeship details, if any, and other documents listed in the applications form must be sent to the Seafarer Standards Branch.
Warsash Maritime Academy will give guidance to candidates seeking to obtain an NOE but can not intercede with the MCA on their behalf.