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Overview
The City of Glasgow College offers HND top-up programmes for Deck officers holding an HNC and waiting for ships to get their HND. This can save time at Chief Mate time. The scheme consists of 26 weeks of college studies which lead towards the HND Nautical Science. This course covers all the elements required for MCA chief Mate Unlimited.
For further information see Careers at Sea.
Minimum entry requirements
- MNTB/MCA Approved HNC in Nautical Science.
Applicants whose first language is not English should have minimum SQA ESOL National 5 or equivalent for NC/NQ courses and ESOL Higher or equivalent for HNC/D courses.
What you study
During this course, you will complete further study in the following units:-
- Management of Bridge Operations.
- Marine Passage Planning.
- Applied Marine Meteorology.
- Ship Stability Theory and Practical.
- Shipmasters Business.
- Marine Vessel Structures and Maintenance.
- Shipboard Management.
- Management of Vessel Operations.
- Marine Engineering System.
After the course
This course is generally used as entry onto higher level studies.