Shipping: Certification
(asked on 6th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for (a) Navigational Watch Rating certificates, (b) Engine Room Watch Rating certificates, (c) Electro-Technical Watch Ratings Certificates, (d) Able Seafarer Deck Certificates of Proficiency and (e) Yacht Rating Certificates, were received by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year since 2014-15; and how many were issued by the MCA in each of those years.
The MCA received the following applications and awarded the following Certificates in the years since 2014/15.
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| Year | Navigational Watch Rating Certificate (NWRC) | Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate (ERWRC) | Electro-Technical Rating Certificate (ETRC) | Able Seafarer (AB) - Deck | Yacht Rating Certificate (YRC) | Total |
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| 14/15 | 246 | 37 | - | 109 | 392 |
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| 15/16 | 202 | 27 | - | 126 | 355 |
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| 16/17 | 193 | 34 | - | 157 | 384 |
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| 17/18 | 197 | 27 | - | 133 | 357 |
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| 18/19 | 96 | 22 | - | 104 | 222 |
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| 19/20 | 97 | 18 | - | 95 | 210 |
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| 20/21 | 129 | 22 | - | 122 | 273 |
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| 21/22 | 104 | 21 | - | 121 | 246 |
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| 22/23 | 228 | 35 | - | 140 | 403 |
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| 23/24 | 252 | 40 | - | 134 | 426 |
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| 24/25 | 228 | 56 | - | 158 | 442 |
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| Total | 1972 | 339 |
| 1399 | 3710 |
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| NB | Aug 2020 received data for ratings data wiped due to a retention policy on the file |
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| Certificates Issued Annually |
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| Year | Navigational Watch Rating Certificate (NWRC) | Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate (ERWRC) | Electro-Technical Rating Certificate (ETRC) | Able Seafarer (AB) - Deck | Yacht Rating Certificate (YRC) | Total |
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| 14/15 | Non-Digital until April 2016 | Non-Digital until 06/2016 | N/A | - | Non-Digital until April 2016 | - |
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| 15/16 | Non-Digital until April 2016 | Non-Digital until 06/2016 | N/A | - | Non-Digital until April 2016 | - |
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| 16/17 | 138 | 24 | 4 | - | 126 | 292 |
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| 17/18 | 187 | 29 | 3 | - | 122 | 341 |
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| 18/19 | 133 | 23 | 3 | - | 63 | 222 |
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| 19/20 | 156 | 19 | 1 | - | 140 | 316 |
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| 20/21 | 159 | 18 | 6 | - | 145 | 328 |
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| 21/22 | 144 | 21 | 1 | - | 117 | 283 |
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| 22/23 | 145 | 24 | 2 | - | 122 | 293 |
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| 23/24 | 215 | 36 | 3 | - | 128 | 382 |
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| 24/25 | 205 | 28 | 13 | - | 116 | 362 |
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| Total | 1482 | 222 | 36 |
| 1079 | 2819 |
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This data comes with the following commentary:
- ERWRCs and ETRCs are not historically discriminated between in our records of received applications and are combined in the received application table.
- Able Seafarer Deck applications are issued and recorded regionally by MCA Marine Offices, and can be obtained using a face to face service. We do not have centralised data on the number of applications they receive annually or the dates of issue in a centralised record. If required we can provided this given time to review and collate this data.
- Records of NWRC, ERWRC and YRCs issued in 14/15 and 15/16 are recorded in physical locations and not held digitally or are retained within legacy systems. If required we can provided this given time to review and collate this data.