Guidance

Small Ships Navigation and Radar Course Criteria - 2nd Edition

Second edition of the course criteria for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency's Small Ships Navigation and Radar (SSNR) Course.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 10 July 2026

Documents

MCA Course Criteria for Small Ships Navigation and Radar Course: “Small Ships Electronic Charting System (approved) and Bridge Watchkeeping” and “Small Ships Radar & Meteorology” - 2nd edition

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This guidance provides information and outlines the second edition of the syllabus for the Small Ships Navigation and Radar Course.

This guidance replaces the first edition, established in November 2023.

Significant changes in this second edition include:

• permitting UK peripatetic as a delivery type (subject to MCA approval)
• introducing a default 1:1 learner-to-workstation basis

This is guidance to all Owners, Masters, Officers, Ratings and those concerned with maritime training. This guidance should be read with with MGN 691.

Published 10 July 2026