India: seafarer documents

How a document is named in the country that issued it and who issues it. Country means the issuing country, not the nationality of the seafarer.

Brief entry
Checked 2 October 2026

Document names: 24
Issued by: Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)
National documents: 3

Country pages are brief entries for now: names and authorities with their sources. The conditions of national documents are published after bilingual editing.

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1 Certificates and qualifications

Name in the issuing system	Authority	Type in the reference	Relation
Able Seafarer Deck¹	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Proficiency – Able Seafarer Deck	Same document
Able Seafarer Engine²	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Proficiency – Able Seafarer Engine	Same document
First Mate (Foreign Going) / Chief Mate³	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Chief Mate, 3,000 GT or more	Same document
First Mate (Foreign Going) – 500 to 3000 GT⁴	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Chief Mate, 500–3,000 GT	Same document
Chief Mate (NCV)⁵	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Chief Mate, 3,000 GT or more	Related document
Certificate of Proficiency – Able Seafarer Deck and Able Seafarer Engine⁶	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Proficiency – Able Seafarer Deck	Related document
Certificate of Proficiency – Navigational Watch and Engine-Room Watch⁷	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Proficiency – Rating Forming Part of a Navigational Watch	Related document
Electro-Technical Officer⁸	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Electro-Technical Officer, 750 kW or more	Same document
Electro-Technical Rating Certificate of Proficiency⁹	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Proficiency – Electro-Technical Rating	Same document
Master of a foreign-going ship¹⁰	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Master, 3,000 GT or more	Same document
Master (Foreign Going) – 500 to 3000 GT¹¹	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Master, 500–3,000 GT	Same document
Master (NCV)¹²	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Master, 3,000 GT or more	Related document
Marine Engineer Officer Class I¹³	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or more	Same document
Marine Engineer Officer Class I – Chief Engineer Officer,NCV,up to8000kW,other than tankers¹⁴	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or more	Same document
Marine Engineer Officer Class II¹⁵	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Second Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or more	Same document
Marine Engineer Officer Class II – Second Engineer Officer,NCV,up to8000kW,other than tankers¹⁴	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Second Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or more	Same document
Marine Engineer Officer Class III – Chief Engineer Officer, NCV, up to 3,000 kW¹⁶	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 750–3,000 kW	Same document
Marine Engineer Officer Class III – Second Engineer Officer, NCV, up to 3,000 kW¹⁷	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Second Engineer Officer, 750–3,000 kW	Same document
Marine Engineer Officer Class IV¹⁸	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch / Designated Duty Engineer in Periodically Unmanned Machinery Spaces, 750 kW or more MoreLess	Same document
Navigational Watch-keeping Officer (NCV)¹⁹	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch, 500 GT or more	Same document
Second Mate (Foreign Going)²⁰	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch, 500 GT or more	Same document

2 Medical documents

Name in the issuing system	Authority	Type in the reference	Relation
Medical Fitness Certificate²¹	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Seafarer Medical Fitness Certificate	Same document

3 Education and sea service

Name in the issuing system	Authority	Type in the reference	Relation
Continuous Discharge Certificate²²	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Record of Employment on Board Ship	Same document
Continuous Discharge Certificate – Cruise Vessels Only²³	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	Record of Employment on Board Ship	Same document

4 National documents

Marine Boiler and Steam Engineering – Operational Level (India)Brief entry
Engine Room Simulator – Operational Level (India)Brief entry
Radar, ARPA and Navigation Simulator Course – Management Level (RANSCO, India)Brief entry

India: seafarer documents

1 Certificates and qualifications

2 Medical documents

3 Education and sea service

4 National documents

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