Engineering Officers and Ratings

If you need us to assess your application on an urgent basis, please ask your company to email [email protected] using “Fast Track” in the subject line.

For all applications, please email your application and scanned documents to [email protected]

If you are are required to complete a Training Record Book as part of your application, you must post this and any associated workbooks to:

Seafarer Operations
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

Please ensure your documents are included as attachments or within a .zip folder. Unfortunately, we cannot open .rar extensions or links to file-sharing services (e.g. OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox etc).

Please note that we do require a percentage of applicants to submit original documentation in support of their application.

Should your application be selected, or should we require to see original documentation for other reasons, we will be in contact requesting the submission of original physical documentation.

For more information please see MIN 655 amendment 1

It is unlikely we will consider expediting a NOE (including Resit) or Rating application within our service standard of 28 days, or within 14 days for all other applications.

If you have been waiting longer than this and need us to assess your application on an urgent basis, please ask your company to email [email protected] directly with your full name, date of birth and specific reason (including the vessel joining date).

For NOE applications, your company must also confirm to us that you meet all of the certificate requirements i.e. the only barrier to gaining the certificate is you need to sit the MCA oral exam.

For NOE resits, it is unlikely we will be able to consider a fast-track request if you’ve already had 3 attempts or more.

Information about how to book your oral exam will be emailed to you when you have met the requirements for an NOE.