DIRDCTORATT GENERAL OT' IS/ISO Clause

SHIPPING. GOVT.OF INDIA. MInIBAI No.7.1

Ref.:QMS - Subject: Amendment to the eligibility F. o.

7.O criteria for admission into GME
Course-reg. TR/cir l6(r) /2018
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Date: 14.05.2O18
Training Circular No. 16 of 2Ol8

The Directorate has been receiving representations from candidates, in

possession of engineering degrees in various streams of Mechanical/ Naval
Architecture Engineering, requesting to allow them to pursue their career in
Merchant Navy as Marine Engineer Oflicer.
1. WHEREAS the Merchant Shipping (STCW) Rules, 2014, Chapter III,
Rule 35 deals with "Marine Engineer offrcer class IV (ofiicer in charie of an
engineering watch on ships powered by main propulsion machinery"of 7s0
kw propulsion power or more (oIC Ew)" - and provides for iraining
requirements for Mechanicar and Navel Architecture Engineering degree
holders to be qualified and eligible for Marine Engineerin{officer tlasi v
Certificate of Competency (COC) examination.

2. WHEREAS there are nine streams of training available to be quarified

and eligible for Marine Engineering oflicer class IV certiiicate of compet"ncy
(coc) examination as per TEAp Manual, part A'in section il17 t anJ t'hat trre
stream 4 and 5 of the flow diagram no.rll/ 1 prescribe the eligibility criteria
for entry. into Training to qualify for Marine dngineer officer 6r""""IV-
Both
streams (stream no. 4 & 5) requires a full-time r)egree course in Mechanicar,
Naval Architecture or Mechanical & Automation Engineering from
a cottege
or Institute approved by the A11 India council for Techiical Education
(AICTE) or from the Indian Institute of Technologz or from University
Engineering.colleges (colleges directly run by UniverJy) i" p..-..qr1"it. to
undergo Training course. "

3. Noting that the engineering institutions have been granting degrees of

Mechanical and Naval Architecture Engineering in combinatiori wit*h other
streams such as Mechanical & Automob e, Navar Architecture & ship
building, etc. and that these candidates are thus not eligible to undergo
training as per the existing rures as such degrees are not ipecified in flow
diagram no III/ 1 of TEAP manual, part A,.

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 4. THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations made bv the
candidates, the Competent Authority, in supersession of
previously on this subject, has now prescribed the
all circular issued
pursuing Training course in DGS approved institutes
eligibility criteria for
and also the eligibility
to appear in COC examinations conducted by DGS and same fral
detailed in paragraph no.S, below: been

I. . . Th..infgtloying
training
categories are eligible to undertake the above said
DGS approved institutes:

(i) Category (a) - A full time BE / B. Tech in all Mechanical

Engineering streams e.g. Mechanical and Automation,
Mechanical
and Electronics,
Mechanical and Automobile etc. However, the word
"Mechanical"
should be first indicating that mechanicai engineering
is the core
and the second subject is the elective.

OR
(ii) Category &) - An Naval Architecture streams e.g.
Naval Architecture
and Ocean. Engineering, Naval Architecture ani Ship
However, the word .,Naval Architecture,, buildi;;; ;;.
be first t;a;;;;;
that Naval Architecture is the core a.rd tt"fro"iJ
e .."o"a subject is the
elective.

OR
(iii) Category (c) - BE /8. Tech in Marine Engineering.

OR
(iv) Category (d) - BE /8. Tech in Mechanical Engineering.

The above BE/ B. Tech de;-1e or any orher higher

integrated M E /M.Tech degree must have been degree such as S year
approved institute or the IITs' or from universityobtained from AI'crE
(Colleges directly run
Engineering colleges
. !v University).
combination streams i.e. Categ-ory^(ay
Fil;;r.., candidates from the
ana
'cr^"r'-rr
1t1 wili have to pu". eurt ,n,-.rUi."t
of both MEO class -IV lrr eo
candidates may be considered. for exemption .';rn
.and graae of examinations. These
Mathematics and Applied Mechanics. Cr"alJ^i."
,pp.".ing in subject of
lle ex:lpt9d from appearing^in all subjects of partfrom
A,
Category (c) and (d)
off
IV and MEO Ciass -- - both MEo class _
grade
-II o-f examl".tio.r".

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6. This issues with the approval of the Competent

zs
"rY

(Deependra Bisen)
Asstt. Director General of Shipping
To,
All DGS approved maritime training institute
AIl PO, MMDS
All SIC, MMDs
SM, Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai
rNSA/ MASSA/ FOSMA/ rCCSA/ rMF
Computer Cell
Hindi Cell - for translating and updating in the DGS website.
E-Gov. Cell.

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