Cayman Islands – does the RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATION AS A SHIP’S COOK expire?
Today I had an update from Cayman Islands Registry regarding whether or not there is an expiry date on the
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Update for chefs with Secrets de Cuisine Marine Cookery Assessment
March 2024: Update 1: I recently had an email with an update from the UK MCA with regards to chefs
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France – Certificat de cuisinier du navire – Ships Cook Certificate :
Spoke with a French chef today who had applied to French Govt to get his SCC. So any chefs with
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Does the UK MCA Ships Cook Certificate need revalidating after 5 years?
Thanks to chef Tamara for the question.. “do I need to re-sit or revalidate my MCA issued ships cook certificate
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MCA only accepts instructor lead food hygiene courses
The MCA has clarified its position on online e-learning food hygiene courses in an email below. NOTE: It is only
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UPDATE: MCA Approved Centres for Marine Cookery Assessment (Ships Cook Certificate)
NOTE: As at 29 March 2022 this list of MCA Approved centres at https://www.shipscookcertificate.com/which-are-the-mca-approved-centres-for-doing-the-assessment-in-marine-cookery-2/ is correct.The MCA are hoping to
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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – SHIPS COOK REQUIREMENTS
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESMARITIME ADMINISTRATIONCIRCULAR N° MLC 005FOOD, WATER AND CATERING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDINGQUALIFICATIONS OF SHIP’S COOK AND CATERING STAFF
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Cayman Islands flagged commercial vessels- what are my annual leave rights?
I had a chef ask me what his rights are on a private flagged yacht as he was only getting
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Which are the MCA approved Centres for doing the Assessment in Marine cookery?
Update as of summer 2023. Email received from MCA below lists the MCA approved providers…. NOTE: This is the list
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Which countries medical certificates are accepted as equivalent to UK ENG1?
I had a chef ask me today if his AMSA issued medical ertificate was accepted by UK MCA.. So I
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