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MEO Class IV exam preparation
The first engineer officer certificate, issued after sea training as a trainee marine engineer: what the exam involves and where to prepare.
MEO Class IV is the first Certificate of Competency for a marine engineer. You sit it after your sea training as a trainee marine engineer, in two parts.
How the exam is structured
- MEO Class IV Part A examination (Heat Engines, Applied Mechanics, Mathematics, Engineering Drawing).
- Exemptions from Part A, where the stream earns them.
- Approved sea service documented in the Training and Assessment Record (TAR) book. Six months of approved sea service documented in the Training and Assessment Record Book.
- MEO Class IV Part B written and oral examination (four functions). The Part B written and oral examination across the four engineering functions.
- Certificate of Competency: MEO Class IV. The Certificate of Competency is issued by DGMA. Reference: OIC EW, Form 14.
Source: DGMA (formerly DG Shipping) training rules and the Merchant Shipping (STCW) Rules 2014. Exam dates and booking are on the DGMA website.
MEO exam plans
Each plan opens one exam group on the Marine One forum, for the written exam or the oral at one MMD, with questions and reports from candidates who sat the exam, the Machinery Troubleshooting section and Community Access, for two years.
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