As per META Manual, there are 13 streams for pre-sea engineering courses. However, detailed guidelines of pre-sea and post-sea courses pertaining to engineering stream have not been compiled and circulated.

       Draft guidelines have been prepared in the Directorate in consultation with various stakeholders. These guidelines were placed on Directorate's website and comments of training institutes and INSA, MASSA, FOSMA were solicited. Based on the responses received a meeting was held with the training institutes who had sent responses. The draft guidelines were finalized on the basis of input then received.

       After the above exercise, the guidelines for pre-sea and post-sea courses for engineering discipline have been finalized and are issued as Training Circular No.1 of 2004. (Please click here to view guidelines)

       This Training Circular should be read in conjunction with DGS Order No.1 of 2003.

       This shall come in to force with immediate effect from the date of issue of this circular.

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(Naresh Salecha)
Sr.Dy. Director General of Shipping

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