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Safety Officer
A watch or a day
Watchkeeping
The certificate that gates the job
STCW V/2 (serving on passenger ships (applies to all personnel))
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 V/2
serving on passenger ships (applies to all personnel)
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.
Passenger-ship training (crowd / crisis / PSSR)
e.g. Crowd Management · Crisis Management · Human Behaviour · crowd management
STCW regulation cited
e.g. II/2
Certificate of Competency / licence
e.g. CoC
GMDSS (GOC / ROC)
e.g. GMDSS
Polar Code training
e.g. Polar Code
STCW basic safety training
Security awareness / designated duties / SSO
e.g. ISPS
ECDIS
e.g. ECDIS
Also known as
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