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All the Maritime (Marine Engineering and Deck) students who qualified for the KVNR selection had to do 5 entry exams during the week 17 – 21 June 2019 as part of the selection process. These exams were then checked and a final list of candidates were given to the...

After a MARINA inspection has led to the approval under provisional authority for NSTC’s training courses full course approval until March 2019 was regained in August 2016, with the hard copy approval finally arriving at the NSTC office January 2017.

Both PIT and NSTC have passed the periodical DNV-GL ST-0029 ISO 9001:2008 audit with no reported non-conformities. In March 2017 a combined PIT and NSTC ISO 9001:2015 training will mark the start of the transition towards the updated standard of the ISO 9001 quality...

To mark the 2016 Interferry Conference in Manila, the Philippines, Damen Shipyards Group has teamed up NSTC and STC-Group. Damen and NSTC will develop a training course for the Philippines-based ferry crew. The training package will feature a number of elements,...

As part of the continuous improvement and upgrading of PIT and NSTC instructors, an Assessment and Certification Course according to IMO MC 3.12 has been conducted in November 2016. Nine out of ten participants have after assessment been deemed able to prepare,...

Wijnne Barends Motorman Coursethe new "Class A"™ ships have been successfully trained in watch keeping and engine room operation and maintenance. The first time execution of this tailor-made course has been setup as a "train-the-trainer"™ programme conducted by an...

In January 2017 NSTC has successfully trained the first Batch of participants in its newly accredited Seafarers with Designated Security Duties Course (including security awareness).