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Nigeria: seafarer documents

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  • Brief entry
  • Checked 6 October 2026
Document names
26
Issued by
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
National documents
2

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

Contents5

1 Certificates and qualifications

Name in the issuing systemAuthorityType in the referenceRelation
RATINGS AS ABLE SEAFARER DECK1Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Proficiency – Able Seafarer DeckSame document
RATINGS AS ABLE SEAFARER ENGINE2Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Proficiency – Able Seafarer EngineSame document
CHIEF ENGR <3000KW3Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 750–3,000 kWRelated document
CHIEF ENGR >3000KW3Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or moreRelated document
CHIEF MATE <3000GT4Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Chief Mate, 500–3,000 GTRelated document
CHIEF MATE >3000GT4Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Chief Mate, 3,000 GT or moreRelated document
CHIEF MATE <500GT5Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCHIEF MATE <500 GTSame document
RATING FORMING PART OF NAVIGATIONAL WATCH1Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Proficiency – Rating Forming Part of a Navigational WatchSame document
RATING FORMING PART OF ENGINE ROOM WATCH2Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Proficiency – Rating Forming Part of an Engineering WatchSame document
MASTER <3000GT4Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Master, 500–3,000 GTRelated document
MASTER >3000GT4Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Master, 3,000 GT or moreRelated document
MASTER <500GT5Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyMASTER <500 GTSame document
OOW UNLIMITED3Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch / Designated Duty Engineer in Periodically Unmanned Machinery Spaces, 750 kW or more
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OOW <3000KW3Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch / Designated Duty Engineer in Periodically Unmanned Machinery Spaces, 750 kW or more
MoreLess
Related document
OOW <3000GT4Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch, 500 GT or moreRelated document
OOW UNLIMITED4Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch, 500 GT or moreRelated document
SECOND ENGR <3000KW3Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Second Engineer Officer, 750–3,000 kWRelated document
SECOND ENGR>3000KW3Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyCertificate of Competency – Second Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or moreRelated document

2 Safety and security

Name in the issuing systemAuthorityType in the referenceRelation
Advance firefighting certificate6Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyAdvanced Fire FightingSame document
Certificate of proficiency in basic training (basic mandatories)6Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyBasic Safety TrainingSame document
Medical care certificate6Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyMedical Care on Board ShipSame document
Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (other than fast rescue boats)6Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyProficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other Than Fast Rescue BoatsSame document
Security awareness certificate7Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencySecurity Awareness TrainingSame document
Ship Security Officer certificate6Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyShip Security OfficerSame document

3 Specialist qualifications and training

Name in the issuing systemAuthorityType in the referenceRelation
High Voltage system certificate8Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencyHigh Voltage Training, Operational LevelRelated document

4 Medical documents

Name in the issuing systemAuthorityType in the referenceRelation
Seafarer’s medical certificate of fitness9Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety AgencySeafarer Medical Fitness CertificateSame document

5 National documents

Sources (9)
  1. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: NIMASA eligibility table rating rows · checked 6 October 2026
  2. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: NIMASA eligibility table rating rows · checked 6 October 2026
  3. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: NIMASA eligibility requirement table, current linked source 2019 · checked 6 October 2026
  4. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: NIMASA eligibility requirement table, current linked source 2019 · checked 6 October 2026
  5. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: Eligibility capacity rows, under 500 GT · checked 6 October 2026
  6. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: Ancillary course columns · checked 6 October 2026
  7. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: Ratings ancillary certificate column · checked 6 October 2026
  8. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: Ancillary course column · checked 6 October 2026
  9. nimasa.gov.ngprovision: Ancillary certificate column · checked 6 October 2026

Revision of 7 October 2026

Reference information based on regulatory documents, not legal advice. The reference does not verify a personal document and does not promise its recognition by any flag.

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