Seafarer documentsEducation and sea service
Attestation of Successful Validation of Prior Professional Experience – Merchant Seafarer
- Brief entry
- Checked 6 October 2026
- Document type
- Document
- Validity
- As shown on the issued document
- Names in other countries
- 1 country
Brief entry: the name, code, purpose and source. A full entry will follow.
Contents3
1 What it covers
Records successful validation of prior professional experience for the named rating function. Article 15 requires a further six months of sea service after this attestation before obtaining the final rating certificate.1
2 Validity and renewal
Document validity. The expiry date, if the issuing system sets one, is shown on the document itself. This reference does not calculate personal expiry dates.
3 Names in 1 country
How national systems name this document. The original name is given where the source has it; the English name is our editorial rendering.