Director General of Shipping105
Director General of Shipping105
Director General of Shipping105
EAC BRANCH
Authorized by EACQM: 0751
File No:ENG/EXAM-17(9)/99
Dy. Chief Surveyor Instructions to Examiners Circular No. 105
with the Govt. of India Issue No. 00 Dated: 5th January, 2006
This Directorate has been issuing Certificate of Competency (CoC) in accordance with the rules and
conforming to STCW '95 requirements. The Certificates of Competency issued are valid for a period of five years.
Certificate of Competency are required to be revalidated after every five years after the candidates meet the
In order to assist the candidates and reduce the time required for revalidation of a Certificate of
Competency (in cases where a CoC booklet has been issued), it has been decided that the following procedures
will be followed by the respective Examiner of Engineers in all districts, while carrying out the revalidation of the
certificate of competency.
(1) Candidates can apply for the revalidation of his CoC at any declared examination district of his
choice.
(2) Candidates must meet the eligibility requirements for revalidation of their CoC's as enumerated in
the META Manual and other requirements as notified by the Directorate from time to time.
(3) The Examiner of Engineers of the district may revalidate the CoC after confirming and verifying the
above, records of same must be kept.
(4) Examiner of Engineers must forward details of the revalidated CoCs to the INDoS Cell and D.G.
Shipping on a weekly basis without fail.
In supersession of Circular No. 64 dated the 25th May 2004 regarding the validity of the Certificate of
(a) Candidate applying for endorsement of the revalidation of their CoC at any time before 12 months of
expiry of the CoC, revalidation will be for five years from the date of successful completion of the
revalidation course.
(b) Candidates who have done their revalidation course after the expiry of the validity of their CoC and
are applying for the endorsement of the revalidation of their CoC, revalidation of the CoC shall be
five years from the expiry of the validity of the CoC/previous revalidation
(c) In no case the validity of the CoC shall be more than five years from the date of completion of the
revalidation course.