Examination Calendar

Engineering Examination Schedule for the Year 2025
Navigation Examination Schedule for the Year 2025

Engineering Examination Schedule for the Year 2025

MERCHANT SHIPPING SECRETARIAT – EXAMINATION CALENDER 2025

(PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS-ENGINEERING)

Examination	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
Chief engineer Officer (Unlimited) Class I		13 20		23 30				07 14		23 30
Second engineer Officer (Unlimited) Class II		20 27			21 28							23 30
EWKO 750KW or More Class III			27	03			23 30				25	2
EWKO Between 750KW and 3000KW (NCV) Class III			27	03			23 30				25	2
ETO				03 10				21 28				12 19
ETR			27			27			26			20
Abel Seafarer Engine	07	06	06	10	08	05	03	07	04	02	06	11
Oral Examinations-	On the request

Time allocation is from 0915 hrs to 1215 hrs for all above examinations

Navigation Examination Schedule for the Year 2025


MASTER ON SHIPS LESS THAN 2000 GT NCV	(am)- Chart work	(pm)- Met	(am)- GSK	(am)- Chart work	(am)- Chart work	(am)- GSK
	(am)- OPS	(am)- GSK	(am)- BEQ	(am)- OPS	(am)- OPS	(am)- BEQ
	(am)- OON	(am)- BEQ	(pm)- Met	(am)- OON	(am)- OON	(pm)- Met

OICNW ON SHIPS LESS THAN 3000 GT NCV	(am)–Chart work	(am) – GSK	(am)–Chart work	(am) – GSK	(am) – GSK	(am)–Chart work
	(am) – OPS	(pm) – E.K	(am) – OPS	(pm) – E.K	(pm) – E.K	(am) – OPS
	(am) - OON	(am) – BEQ	(am) - OON	(am) – BEQ	(am) – BEQ	(am) - OON
	(am) - PON*	(pm) – App.⃰	(am) - PON*	(pm) – App.⃰	(pm) – App.⃰	(am) - PON*
OICNW ON SHIPS OF 500 GT OR MORE		(am) – Basic Mgt		(am) – Basic Mgt	(am) – Basic Mgt
OICNW ON SHIPS OF 500 GT OR MORE		(pm) – PON⃰		(pm) – PON⃰	(pm) – PON⃰
		(am) – Maths		(am) – Maths	(am) – Maths
		(pm) – Met		(pm) – Met	(pm) – Met
	February	April	June	August	October	December
CHIEF MATE ON SHIPS OF 500 GT OR MORE	(am) – B&L	(am) – SBO	(am) – SBO	(am) – B&L	(am) – B&L	(am) – SBO
	(am)–Ship Cons.	(am) – Stab.	(am) – Stab.	(am)–Ship Cons.	(am)–Ship Cons.	(am) – Stab.
	(am) – Met	(am) – Nav	(am) – Nav	(am) – Met	(am) – Met	(am) – Nav
	(pm) – ENS			(pm) – ENS	(pm) – ENS
	(am)–Eng. Cont.			(am)–Eng. Cont.	(am)–Eng. Cont.
	(pm)-Leadership			(pm)-Leadership	(pm)-Leadership

NOTES:
*- not applicable for OICNW on ships less than 3000 GT
Am- exam will start at 0900 hrs.
Pm- exam will start at 1300 hrs.
Masters on ships of 500 GT or more exams will be held on demand

	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July
Watchkeeping (II/4)	06 (pm) *	03 (am)	03 (am)	07 (am)	05 (am)	02 (am)	07 (am)
Watchkeeping (II/4)	20 (am)	17 (am)	17 (am)	21 (am)	19 (am)	16 (am)	21 (am)
Able Seafarer Deck (II/5)	20 (am)	17 (am)	17 (am)	21 (am)	19 (am)	16 (am)	21 (am)
Able Seafarer Deck (II/5)

	Watchkeeping	0930-1030	hrs	*06th Jan 2025	1300-1400	hrs

	Able Seafarer	1100-1200	hrs

** Examinations for other grades will be conducted on demand.**

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Jan

04^th & 10^th

April

04^th & 09^th

August

08^th & 12^th