The Nautical Institute has changed the requirements for revalidation of NI DPO and DPVM certificates that are expiring from 1st January 2024. To make sure that DP operators keep pace with the developing standards in a fast-changing industry, DPOs and DPVM certificate holders renewing their certificates will now be asked to either;
Complete a NI-accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme for the required number of years as well as taking the NI Revalidation Online Exam*
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Complete the DP Refresher and Competency Assessment Course. This is in addition to completing 150 DP sea-time days.
To help you, we have published two new guides. The first explains how to book your NI Revalidation Online Exam, while the second takes you through the process of completing your online application to revalidate your DP certificate.
Booking the Remote Revalidation Exam
Revalidation Online Application Guide
*Please note that exam slots are available and applicants are encouraged to book their preferred dates in good time*.
The latest issue of The Navigator highlights the important role of the Dynamic Positioning Operator. As David Patraiko explains in his introduction, it might seem as if an automated navigation system like this would remove the need for a person. However, that is very much not the case. These systems cannot work without a highly trained and skilled DP operator (DPO). A DPO must have an excellent understanding of how each of the systems and sensors work. Even more crucially, a DPO must know what to do when things start to go wrong.
Articles by the NI’s how each of the systems and sensors work. Even more crucially, a DPO must know what to do when things start to go wrong. Articles by Capt Qasim Masood, the NI’s Head of Qualifications Marine and Offshore, look at how the system works and the career opportunities that it unlocks. Regular features explore career development, look at what we can learn from incident reporting, and offer a bitesize summary for those in a hurry. Click here to read.
The Nautical Institute is changing the requirements for revalidation of NI DPO and DPVM certificates that are expiring from 1st January 2024. To make sure that DP operators keep pace with the developing standards in a fast-changing industry, DPOs and DPVM certificate holders renewing their certificates will now be asked to either;
OR
To help you, we have published two new guides. The first explains how to book your NI CPD Revalidation Exam online, while the second takes you through the process of completing your online application to revalidate your DP certificate.
Booking the Remote Revalidation Exam
Revalidation Online Application Guide
*Please note that exam slots are available from 1 March 2024 onwards, bookings are open already and applicants are encouraged to book their preferred dates in good time*.
The online process for New, Upgrade and Conversion applications has now been updated and no longer includes the requirement for the PDF Checklist to be included with the other documents to be uploaded to the online application.
Please note that these changes will apply only to those who have completed the declaration on the checkout page when applying. If you have applied before these changes, you will still need to print and complete the checklist and send with the rest of your documents.
The Nautical Institute works with Industry Stakeholders who recognise the importance of the mandatory CPD for the DPOs and DPVMs for their DP Certificate revalidation to improve their DP knowledge through a systematic approach to continuing professional development.
The Nautical Institute revalidation requirements will help reduce skill fade and help continuously upgrade skills to provide for safer DP Operations.
The Nautical Institute mandatory CPD requirements are in place from 1st January 2024. The DPOs and DPVM certificate holders must complete and demonstrate CPD during the five-year period of their certificate validity.
The NI has developed a timeline information graphic for DPOs and DPVM certificate holders. Please check which year your certificate is due for renewal and what CPD modules and courses you require.
The current list of accredited CPD suppliers can be found on our Accredited Training Centres page.
Our FAQs can be found in our Information Centre.
The Nautical Institute has granted an immediate extension to the validity period of these DP Certificates due to expire during 2022. Please read the circular below for full details.
Due to the current crisis in Ukraine, DHL has suspended all deliveries to Russia and Belarus for the foreseeable future. DHL are however, now delivering to some regions within the Ukraine. Below is a list of the Regions/Cities that DHL are unable to deliver to.
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We will be holding documents with a return address that is in either Russia, or any of the above areas until an alternative address is provided. If you wish to update your address, you may do this by signing into your Alexis Platform account and updating your personal details.
Please note that if you wish your documents to be returned to a company address, we will also require the name and job title of the person who is to receive the documents on your behalf.
Offshore New Scheme/Shuttle Tanker Scheme Initial Training
The training time for initial certification for those on the New Offshore Scheme and Shuttle Tanker scheme has increased from four to five years. This is for those who started the scheme after 1 January 2015 and hold a grey A5 offshore logbook or a burgundy/red A5 shuttle tanker logbook. These arrangements provide an enhanced opportunity for DPOs to complete their training when fewer opportunities for on-board experience are available.
Offshore Old Scheme Initial Training
The training time for initial certification for those on the Offshore Old Scheme has been increased from five to six years. This is for those who started the scheme before 1 January 2015 hold a small blue logbook, or an A5 black logbook with a logbook number starting 121. If you are applying online, please contact us to make your application eligible.
Revalidation Applicants
DPO’s whose certificates are due for revalidation from 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2020 are still able to apply for their new certificate in the normal way. Those due for revalidation are being processed online and so applicants should ensure that their scanned documentation is clearly legible to avoid queries and delays.
When a new certificate is issued, this will be issued for 5 years from original expiry date.
All Applicants
The Nautical Institute is still accepting documents into the office and processing applications so if you are ready to apply, please complete your application online and send your documents into our office.
Please note that as of 23rd May 2022, the paper version of the DP certificate will no longer be sent via email once your certificate has been issued. This was a measure put into place because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, as NI staff were processing applications remotely and documents were delayed in being returned. All issued certificates are returned the following week, the only exception being initial applications where documents have not yet been received. If you wish to verify your DP certificate, you can do this by using the ‘Verify DP Certificate’ button at the top of the page.
Please click here to visit our accreditation pages where you can download the new version of our DP Standard for 2020
Please see below information that the NI has received from Swire Pacific Offshore in relation to fraudulent emails being sent in their name:
It has been brought to our attention that several seafarers have recently received emails from purported “representatives” of Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), offering the recipients various seafaring positions in the Company. Please take notice that this is a fraudulent scam and these purported “representatives” have nothing to do with SPO. The fraudsters operate under various psuedonyms such as ‘Philip Owens’ and ‘Christopher Douglas’.
If you have been issued with an Offshore scheme logbook with a number between 15OF0205001 to 15OF0210000, please note the training centre which originally issued that logbook will be contacting you shortly. They will supply additional pages containing the sign-off sheets for tasks that are missing in those numbered logbooks only.
These extra task sheets will need to be filled in by the DPO and Master on board and added to your application when you are ready to apply for your certificate. If you have a logbook with one of the above numbers, these four tasks will be accepted if they are signed off during Phase D DP seatime. All other tasks must be completed during Phase B, as per the scheme standard. The application will be deemed unsuccessful if the tasks in the logbook are not signed off correctly.
Please see below circular for more information and copies of the additional pages.
Circular 007/2015 with additional task sections missing in the Offshore logbook.
