Certification of Seafarers

Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration issues Seaman‘s books to citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and foreigners, who have a permanent residence permit in Lithuania.

Validity of Seaman’s book issued is five (5) years and may be extended for successive period of five (5) years.

Seaman’s book issued to person, who attend a training institution, which provide theoretical and practical training necessary to obtain the certificate of competency, is valid for the period of studies.

Certificates of competency issued by competent authorities of other States shall be recognized in accordance with the provisions of Regulation I/10 of the Convention and of the signed agreements on mutual recognition of certificates. Certificates of competency issued by competent authorities of States (apart from the Member States of the European Union) that have not signed agreements on mutual recognition of certificates of competency shall not be recognized.

A seafarer seeking to be issued with an endorsement of recognition of a certificate of competency and/or of a radio operator's and/or a GMDSS operator's certificate of competency shall, personally or by attorney, submit the following documents to the Administration:

1. an application in the established form together with a description of the applicant's professional activities;

2. a document identifying the applicant's person and nationality (the original or its notarised copy);

3. a diploma issued to the applicant by a training institution (the original or its notarised copy);

4. the certificate of competency held by the applicant (the original or its notarised copy).

APPLICATION FOR ISSUE OF RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY

CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION FOR ENDORSEMENT ATTESTING THE RECOGNITION OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (TEMPORARY PERMISSION)

List of third countries whose certificates of competency are recognized by Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration in accordance with signed Undertakings concerning recognition of seafarers’ training and certification system:

1. Azerbaijan

2. Indonesia

3. Russian Federation

4. Singapore

5. Ukraine

6. Georgia

7. Jordan

Approved medical practitioners

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Engine Room Recourse Management

Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration (hereinafter - Administration) certifies that Engine Room Recourse Management (hereinafter – ERM) training programmes implemented in Lithuania are government approved and comply with the requirement of the STCW Convention and Code, as amended. ERM training programmes are to provide training for refreshing and updating the knowledge and skills of ship engineers who are holders of certificates for chief engineers, second engineers, watch-keeping engineers and electrical engineers.

ERM training programmes have been designed to meet the requirements of Regulation III/1, III/2 and III/6 of STCW Convention, Section A-III/1, A-III/2 and A-III/6 of STCW Code, IMO Model Courses – 2.07 “Engine Rooms Simulator”, 1.39 “Leadership and Teamwork”, 1.38 “Marine Environmental Awareness”.

ERM training is intended for Engine officers and Electro-Technical officers to achieve safe navigation by appropriately managing the resources of personnel, equipment and information in the machinery space and by effectively utilizing them. ERM training programmes also cover the relevant learning objectives in High Voltage (over 1000V) systems to give seafarers responsible for the safe control and management of high voltage power systems the essential education and training in High Voltage installations to meet the knowledge, understanding and proficiency requirements set out in Section A-III/1, A-III/2, of STCW Code.

Consequently, Administration certifies that ERM Certificate issued by Administration to the holders of certificates for chief engineers, second engineers, watch-keeping engineers and electrical engineers meet the requirements of Regulation III/1, III/2 and III/6 of STCW Convention, Section A-III/1, A-III/2 and A-III/6 of STCW Code and person holding ERM Certificate are not required to compete additional High Voltage training.

Online verification of authenticity and validity of documents: https://seaman.msa.lt/

All requests regarding verification of authenticity, please send to the e-mail [email protected]

To verify the authenticity of the documents you will need to know a Personal identification number of seafarer. Personal identification number consists of 11 digits; 3xxxxxxxxxx or 5xxxxxxxxxx – for men, 4xxxxxxxxxx or 6xxxxxxxxxx - for women. Personal ID can be found in Passport, Personal Identity Card or Seaman‘s Book.

For Ukrainian seafarers please check Passport and insert 13 digits, under Record No., please enter just numbers without any symbols.