In the Netherlands:U.K.
–first mate (coastal vessel) (with supplementary training) [“stuurman kleine handelsvaart (met aanvulling)”],
–coaster engineer (with diploma) (“diploma motordrijver”),
–VTS-official (“VTS-functionaris”),
which represents training:
–in Denmark, of nine years’ primary schooling followed by a course of basic training and/or service at sea of between 17 and 36 months, supplemented by:
–for the deck officer, one year of specialised vocational training,
–for the others, three years of specialised vocational training,
–in Germany, of a total duration of between 14 and 18 years, including a three-year course of basic vocational training and one year’s service at sea, followed by one or two years of specialised vocational training supplemented, where appropriate, by two year’s work experience in navigation,
–in Italy, of a total duration of 13 years, of which at least five years consist of professional training culminating in an examination, and are supplemented, where appropriate, by a traineeship,
–in the Netherlands:
(i)for the first mate (coaster vessel) (with supplementary training) (“stuurman kleine handelsvaart (met aanvulling)”), and coaster engineer (with diploma) (“diploma motordrijver”), involving a course of 14 years, at least two years of which takes place in a specialised vocational training establishment, supplemented by a twelve month traineeship,
(ii)for the VTS-official (“VTS-functionaris”) of a total duration of at least 15 years, comprising at least three years of Higher Vocational Education (“HBO”) or Intermediate Vocational Training (“MBO”), which are followed by national and regional specialisation courses, comprising at least 12 weeks of theoretical training each and culminating each in an examination,
and which are recognised under the International STCW Convention (International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978).