Replace your lost or damaged certificate, or get a new certificate after updating your personal details.

IMO guidelines about Australia's particularly sensitive sea areas—the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and Coral Sea.

Find out what safety checks you need to do before carrying a fishery observer onboard. 

See how New Zealand are recognised to obtain an Australian domestic near coastal certificate.

We have approved these courses if you want to qualify for a certificate under international training conventions.

How to get a Watchkeeper deck certificate of competency if you are a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Maritime warfare officer or Rating.

DCV Safety Alert: 1/2021 aims to raise awareness of recommendations made by the United States, National Transportation Safety Board, following the investigation into the fire and subsequent loss of the passenger vessel Conception.

Due to amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 (STCW), refresher training is required for some certificates.

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Operators and crew of these types of operations face unique safety challenges and risk.

You can prepare in case your ship is inspected during a visit to an Australian port.

A safety management system (also referred to as an SMS) is a systematic approach to managing safety.

In this edition we give guidance on managing some of the changes mentioned in Schedule 1 of MO503, explain electrical plan approval requirements, and more.

You can use some STCW certificates in place of equivalent near coastal certificates to work on a domestic commercial vessel.

In this edition we explain how to complete a shaft survey report, tell you about changes to MARS, changes to surveyor identity cards and much more.