Careers · Electro-technical
Electrician / Electro-Technical Rating (ETR)
The Electrician operates, maintains, diagnoses, installs, repairs and tests the ship's electrical equipment safely and to a high standard, reporting to the Chief Electrician and coordinating with the other technical departments.
STCW competence
A watch or a day
Watchkeeping
The certificate that gates the job
STCW III/7
The certification behind this rank
What the rules require for this role — STCW, Indian and UK implementation.
Plus the certificates every seafarer holds: medical, basic safety, security awareness, and passenger-ship training on a cruise ship.
STCW III/7
STCW V/2
serving on passenger ships (applies to all personnel)
MSN 1860 Amd 1
UK implementation of STCW III/7
MS (STCW) Rules 2014 r.49
India implementation of STCW III/7
MSN 1866 Amd 2
UK implementation of STCW V/2
MS (STCW) Rules 2014 r.55
India implementation of STCW V/2
What employers ask for
Seen across employer job postings — a guide to what recruiters look for, not a legal requirement.
STCW basic safety training
e.g. Basic Training · STCW 95
STCW regulation cited
e.g. III/7 · III/6
Certificate of Competency / licence
e.g. CoC · License
Also known as
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