Will an REC honor the VSO/SSO certificates issued by a MARAD approved course provider prior to the MARAD/DNV approval date of April 2005?
The Coast Guard can’t accept training outside of the dates of the MARAD/DNV approval certificate. The affected schools will need to seek retroactive acceptance from DNV or another QSS organization. DNV or another QSS organization would need to be satisfied that the training given prior to the original acceptance was substantially similar to that later accepted. The determination of whether the acceptance can be back dated must be made by DNV or another QSS, and not the Coast Guard. Companies or mariners who attended VSO training that was not accepted under the MARAD program should contact the school that provided their training and ask that they seek retroactive acceptance of their training. Retroactive acceptance is also permitted for training that was not accepted in the MARAD/DNV program. Training organizations who gave such training after January of 2003 may request retroactive acceptance from a Coast Guard approved QSS. • Many companies and schools did not submit for MARAD/DNV cer
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