New Zealand Certificate in Maritime Crewing (Level 4) with A Strand in Engineering

Summary

Programme highlights

Want to start your marine engineering career?

If you are new to the industry with no experience and want to become an Engine Watch Rating (EWR) or start your training towards becoming a marine engineering officer, this is the programme for you.

Get basic maritime knowledge and skills about survival at sea and contribute as an engineer to shipboard maintenance and repair as well as onboard engineering.

You will gain the skills and knowledge required by the international convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) to work independently and with only broad guidance as engineering crew on vessels operating in unlimited waters. Graduates will carry out crewing duties at a support level to senior engineers.

You will be prepared for a rewarding career in a global industry which has continuous demand for well-trained and motivated people. You may find yourself working on a wide range of foreign-going ships from cruise liners, ferries and container ships through to oil and chemical tanker ships.

This qualification leads to a Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) certificate. Expand for more detail. You need to complete this qualification including sea time (2 months) and your Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) approved Training Record Book (TRB), before applying to MNZ for a:

• Engine Watch Rating (EWR) certificate of proficiency

With further sea time (6 months as a certified EWR) you could apply to MNZ for a:

• Able Seafarer-Engine (AB Engine) certificate of proficiency

Award of these MNZ certificates of proficiency will also require the completion of:

• Sea service
• MNZ medical fitness certificate
• Eyesight test (including for colour vision)
• Fit and proper person check
• Final exam * Ancillary certificates.

See maritimenz.govt.nz for all requirements needed before you apply. This is an internationally recognised programme, meeting the standards of the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) STCW code (Standard for Training and Certification for Watchkeepers), (regulation STCW III/5).