Please note that these requirements are only valid for DPO's whose certificate's expire before the 1st January 2024.
Requirements
An Unclassed, Limited or Unlimited Dynamic Positioning certificate can be revalidated providing you meet one of the following criteria:
a) Complete a minimum of 150 DP sea time days within the previous 5 years of the certificate expiry date
b) If the DPO has less than 150 DP sea time days within the preceding 5 years, complete a DP Simulator Course followed by a minimum of 30 DP sea time days on a DP classed vessel
c) If no DP sea time days were obtained within the preceding 5 years, complete a DP Simulator Course followed by a minimum of 60 DP sea time days on a DP classed vessel
d) If no DP sea time days were obtained within the preceding 5 years, complete a DP Revalidation Course (see note)
e) If the DP professional has been engaged in an occupation The Nautical Institute considers as being equivalent to the sea service (i.e. DP lecturer/instructor, DP surveyor, DP consultant, DP auditor, DP superintendent, DP supervisor), revalidation of his/her DP certificate will require a minimum of 150 days in the activity claimed in the preceding 5 years.
NOTE: The Revalidation Course may be completed up to twelve months before the revalidation date set by the NI. The course will be valid for a period of 12 months only, in which the DPO must send in an application to the Nautical Institute. If the participant is completing the course for the first time, there is no minimum DP sea time requirement. If the participant is completing the course for a second or subsequent time, a minimum of 28 DP sea time days will be required to revalidate. This DP time may be completed prior to or after the Revalidation Course, but must be gained whilst the certificate is still valid.
Where a participant subsequently revalidates using 150 DP sea time days only, after having taken the Revalidation Course for their first renewal, that participant can then take the Revalidation Course again without a DP sea time requirement.
The entries to prove the DP occupation (e) shall be made in a Nautical Institute or IMCA logbook and signed by the accredited training centre (in the case of a DP lecturer), the vessel’s Operations Manager (in the case of a DP superintendent, DP consultant, or DP supervisor) where the you have performed the work/activity or by The Nautical Institute’s authorised person (in the case of a DP auditor).
All DP sea time to be used for revalidation must be logged in your NI logbook or IMCA logbook and the time signed off by the master.
If you decide to apply with a mix of experience that involves criterion (a) and criterion (e), then the sea time obtained during the last 5 years shall be counted towards the required cumulative 150 days. Example: 80 days as a DP lecturer and 70 days DP sea service, totaling the minimum 150 days.
If you are a Master holding a DP certificate, you can claim for DP sea time due to your direct responsibility for and supervision of the DP operations. In this case, the DP sea time shall be recorded in the NI or IMCA logbook, signed and stamped as the DP Master.
Important information - Certificate validity dates
Once you have submitted your application with all requirements having been completed, any certificate subsequently issued will have an expiry date of no more than five years from the expiry date on the previous certificate.
Jenny Daintree