We are affiliated to
South Shields Marine School (SSMS)
SSMS is a proud world renowned centre of excellence for marine education and training.Established in 1861, they offer programmes across the whole spectrum of marine education and nautical sciences, including navigation, operations, marine and electrical engineering, communications and catering.
They cater for all levels of education and training from deck, engine and ETO rating, maritime apprenticeships, all officer trainee programmes through to senior officer certificate and up to an honour degree level.
They also provide an extensive range of short courses for the marine offshore markets.
Our highly experienced and knowledgable team have a wealth of industry experience, so they understand the needs of employers from a broad spectrum of maritime industries from marine to offshore sectors.
They can tailor our training to the specific needs of employers and they pride ourselves on our ability to respond quickly to the legislative requirements and to meet the needs of the industries, companies and individuals they serve.
UK CoC Courses
for Non UK CoC Conversion / Upgradation Route to UK CoC
Experienced Seafarer Route to EOOW (III/1) (3+3 Program) 3 months at SME & 3 months at SSMS
Engineering Management Level (III/2) (3+3 Program)
(South Shields Marine School offers courses for seafaring marine engineers at Management Level III/2)
The course duration is 3 weeks, with a blend of tutor led teaching and learner led Q+A (latest past oral questions provided), with a mock oral exam by request.
Experiences Seafarer Route, Ratings to Officer OOW (II/1) (3+6 Program) 3 months at SME & 6 months at SSMS.
Conversion Route of OOW to Chief Mate Unlimited COC (II/2) (3+6 Program) 3 months at SME & 6 months at SSMS.
This is a five week programme of 75 hours covering topics on the Masters oral syllabus (syllabus A) to prepare you for your Masters oral examination.
This course can be attended remotely via Microsoft Teams.
Why Choose Us
SCHOOL OF MARINE EDUCATION (SME) is renowned for offering excellent support and personalised learning facility to all our students. But there is so much more to SME…
SCHOOL OF MARINE EDUCATION (SME) helps you from the beginning till the end to convert/upgrade your Indian/Panamanian/Librarian/Bahamians CoC to the prestigious UK CoC-Second Engineer, Chief Engineer
We help Mechanical/ Civil/Mechatronics/ Marine Engineering graduates to pursue to the UK Fourth, Second & Chief Engineer CoC by world-class coaching for all academic classes.
All academic courses are conducted at one centre by our experienced faculty, who run the course with an aim to achieve higher pass rate to CoC aspirants
Student services include accommodation arrangements, catering facilities, UK Visa Services, Sea Career advice
Much more focused on teaching and full academic support for the students.
We aim to be excellent in all that we do through continuous innovation and quality improvement, best practice
We provide a range of promotional offer and discounts for multi-subject course booking
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Benefits of choosing us
A commitment to ensuring that we do everything possible to help you achieve your full potential and fulfil your aspirations. We aim to be excellent in all that we do through continuous innovation and quality improvement, best practice and releasing the potential of all of our student.
Approval and accreditation
We are accredited with one of the best Marine School, in the world.
Services We Offer
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