What is an MCA Notice of Eligibility (NOE)?
Before sitting an MCA Deck or Engineering Officer Certificate of Competence (CoC) Oral Exam, the candidate must apply to the MCA for an Notice Of Eligibility (NOE). This is an application form where you are required to provide certificates, sea time and testimonials, (Master 200 is not required to evidence sea-time or provide testimonials). Once the MCA have accepted your application, they will issue your NOE by email, this is their confirmation that you may progress to a Part A online exam (Master 200 or OOW Unlimited) or an online Oral Exam (all other CoCs).
TRAINING RECORD BOOK (TRB)
If your NOE application requires you to submit a Training Record Book (TRB), You must retain scanned copies of the overview signature pages from the TRB and post the full physical book to the;
UK Seafarer Services
Maritime and Coastguard Agency,
Bay 2/11
Spring Place,
105 Commercial Road,
Southampton,
SO15 1EG.
MCA NOE APPLICATION FORMS
The requirements for each Notice of Eligibility (NOE) are slightly different, please click on the relevant links below.
Exam |
Application Form |
NOE Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Deck Officers (Yacht) | MSF 4343 | MSN 1858 Amendment 1 |
| Deck Officers (Workboat) | MSF 4257 | MGN 496 |
| Deck Officers (Tugs) | MSF 4260 | MGN 495 |
| Deck Officers (Fishing) | MSF 4345 | MGN 411 |
| Deck Officers (Merchant) | MSF 4274 | MSN 1856 Amendment 1 |
| Engineer Officers (Small Vessel) | MSF 4900 | MSN 1904, MIN 642 |
| Engineer Officers (Merchant) | MSF 4275 | MSN 1857 Amendment 1, MIN 511 Amendment 1 |
| Electro-technical Officers (ETOs) | MSF 4259 | MSN 1860 Amendment 1 |
Once you have received your NOE back from the MCA you can book your actual exam.
Master 200 & OOW Unlimited CoC Exams are taken in two parts, Part A is an online test and Part B is the Oral Exam. Click here for Deck Officer Part A Exam information
All other CoCs can now progress straight to the Deck and Engineering Officer Oral Exam information.