STCW certificate checker

Set your department, target rank, and vessel type. We'll list the STCW certificates most flag states expect for that role, plus the 5-year refreshers under the 2010 Manila Amendments. The output is general STCW guidance — the issuing flag administration and your employer set the final list.

Required: 14 · Optional / role-specific: 2

Typically required

PST — Personal Survival Techniques (A-VI/1-1, refresher every 5 yrs)
FPFF — Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (A-VI/1-2, refresher every 5 yrs)
EFA — Elementary First Aid (A-VI/1-3)
PSSR — Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (A-VI/1-4)
SAT — Security Awareness Training (A-VI/6-1)
BHT — Bullying & harassment prevention training (STCW 2024 amendments, in force 1 Jan 2026) (A-VI/1 + new module)
Mandatory under 2024 STCW amendments from 1 January 2026.
PSCRB — Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (A-VI/2-1, refresher every 5 yrs)
AFF — Advanced Fire Fighting (A-VI/3, refresher every 5 yrs)
MFA — Medical First Aid (A-VI/4-1)
OOW-NCV-II/1 — Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (CoC II/1) (A-II/1)
GMDSS-GOC — GMDSS General Operator Certificate (A-IV/2)
ECDIS — ECDIS — generic + type-specific for fitted equipment (A-II/1, A-II/2)
BRM — Bridge Resource Management (A-II/1, A-II/2)
ARPA — Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) (A-II/1, refresher every 5 yrs)

Optional / role-specific

DSD — Designated Security Duties (where assigned) (A-VI/6-2)
FRB — Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats (A-VI/2-2)

5-year refreshers (2010 Manila Amendments)

PST — Personal Survival Techniques
FPFF — Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
PSCRB — Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
FRB — Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats
AFF — Advanced Fire Fighting
ARPA — Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)

Verify with your flag-state administration and employer. See /stcw for full reference, including the 2024 + 2026 amendments.

STCW certificate checker

Required: 14 · Optional / role-specific: 2

Typically required

PST — Personal Survival Techniques (A-VI/1-1, refresher every 5 yrs)
FPFF — Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (A-VI/1-2, refresher every 5 yrs)
EFA — Elementary First Aid (A-VI/1-3)
PSSR — Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (A-VI/1-4)
SAT — Security Awareness Training (A-VI/6-1)
BHT — Bullying & harassment prevention training (STCW 2024 amendments, in force 1 Jan 2026) (A-VI/1 + new module)
Mandatory under 2024 STCW amendments from 1 January 2026.
PSCRB — Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (A-VI/2-1, refresher every 5 yrs)
AFF — Advanced Fire Fighting (A-VI/3, refresher every 5 yrs)
MFA — Medical First Aid (A-VI/4-1)
OOW-NCV-II/1 — Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (CoC II/1) (A-II/1)
GMDSS-GOC — GMDSS General Operator Certificate (A-IV/2)
ECDIS — ECDIS — generic + type-specific for fitted equipment (A-II/1, A-II/2)
BRM — Bridge Resource Management (A-II/1, A-II/2)
ARPA — Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) (A-II/1, refresher every 5 yrs)

Optional / role-specific

DSD — Designated Security Duties (where assigned) (A-VI/6-2)
FRB — Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats (A-VI/2-2)

5-year refreshers (2010 Manila Amendments)

PST — Personal Survival Techniques
FPFF — Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
PSCRB — Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
FRB — Proficiency in Fast Rescue Boats
AFF — Advanced Fire Fighting
ARPA — Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)

Verify with your flag-state administration and employer. See /stcw for full reference, including the 2024 + 2026 amendments.