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An Ordinary Seaman Certificate is a required certification to obtain a job as an Ordinary Seaman, a rating in a merchant ship's deck department.It consists mostly of proof of identity, proof of some minimal health (possibly including a drug test) and some minimal age, and the standards defined under Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers ().
Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 is an International Labour Organization Convention (Number 73). It was established in 1946, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the medical examination of seafarers,...
Merchant Mariner Credential. The Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) is a credential issued by the United States Coast Guard in accordance with guidelines of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) to United States seafarers in order to show evidence of a mariner's qualifications. [1]
Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1946, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the certification of able seamen,...
Flag of the Marine Hospital Service. The Marine Hospital Service was an organization of Marine Hospitals dedicated to the care of ill and disabled seamen in the United States Merchant Marine, the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal beneficiaries.
The 1978 STCW Convention was the first to establish minimum basic requirements on training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers on an international level. Previously the minimum standards of training, certification and watchkeeping of officers and ratings were established by individual governments, usually without reference to ...
A professional seafarer who holds a restricted or limited master's certificate who has sailed in command of a ship (i.e. appropriate to the size, power or geographic limits of their certificate) can also be titled captain. In the UK, an unrestricted master's certificate is colloquially called a "master's ticket" or a "master's."
Health Protection and Medical Care (Seafarers) Convention, 1987 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1987, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to health protection and medical care for seafarers,...