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The Certification Officer (CO) and her team ensure that trade unions and employers’ associations carry out their statutory duties. Certification Officer works with the Department for Business and Trade .
New standards of training certification and watchkeeping (STCW) requirements.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
How to check if your criminal record will affect your licence application, and the information you need to provide for our criminality checks.
Blogs where government organisations talk about their work and share information and ideas.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Get a medical certificate to work at sea - ENG 1 or ML5 medical certificates, how much they cost, how to apply.
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
Guidance for maritime security guards and their employers about the medical certificates needed for working at sea.
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
How to conform with the legal requirements for placing medical devices on the market.
POA trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
Application form for revalidating an existing STCW deck or engineering officer Certificate of Competency (MSF 4201).
How ship owners, brokers and operators can apply to MCA for passenger, bunker, tanker and wreck removal compulsory liability insurance certificates
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
WALGAS TU trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) need to provide to comply with licence conditions.
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
How to comply with the safety requirements and responsibilities under ILO Work In Fishing Convention (ILO 188)
Details of General Licences issued by OFSI
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