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This will help people studying for their master 200 and the officer of the Watch (yacht 500).

By covering this content you will learn about:

1. The requirements for safe manning, hours of work and watchkeeping
2. The circumstances when a vessel requires a crew agreement
3. The content and application of the ‘Small Vessels Commercial Code’ and Large Commercial Yacht Code (LY3)
4. The Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers
5. The requirements for musters and drills including fire, emergency, and abandon ship drills
6. The legal obligation to ensure a seaworthy vessel
7. The laws of salvage

This content aligns with the 2025 The Workboat Code Edition 3 and 2024 Large Yacht Code Part A. This page summarises these two codes and the rest of the syllabus, however, candidates for their MCA master 200 / OOW Yachts 500 orals are suggested to familiarise themselves with the appropriate codes.

This online training is aligned with the UK MCA Master (Code vessels less than 200 GT) / Officer of the Watch (Yachts less than 500 GT) oral examination syllabus.

You can see the content included within the syllabus below.

1. Crewing of the vessel
   1. Maritime Labour Convention
   2. Seafarer’s Employment Agreement
2. Small Vessel Commercial Code
3. Large yacht code
   1. UK Laws
   2. MSNs, MGNs and MINs
   3. Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers
   4. Permit to work
   5. Mooring and Anchoring
   6. Seaworthiness
   7. The laws of Salvage

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