Programme family
Maritime career pathways
Deck, engine, and rating careers each have their own requirements and certification steps. BIWD helps you understand the right sequence before you spend money on training.
Start with the right information
Maritime careers involve several steps, and taking them in the wrong order can cost time and money.
Our orientation programmes help you understand the pathway, expected documents, likely costs, and important decision points. BIWD does not issue statutory maritime certificates.
Who provides each document
- STCW basic safety training
- An approved maritime training institute — BIWD coordinates batches but does not issue the certificate
- Passenger ship safety (STCW Reg. V/2)
- National Maritime Institute, Madaripur
- Certificate of competency
- The relevant national maritime administration
- Seafarer's identity documents
- The relevant government authority
- Medical fitness certificate
- An approved medical examiner
- Employment contract
- The shipping company, usually through a licensed agency
- BIWD orientation certificate
- BIWD — an institute certificate, not a statutory maritime document
STCW safety training
PST · FPFF · EFA · PSSR · Security Awareness — the five basic STCW safety courses required for sea-going employment.
Government-approved STCW Reg. V/2 training delivered by National Maritime Institute, Madaripur, with BIWD batch coordination.
Not sure this is your pathway?
Start with the assessment. It costs nothing and it tells you where you actually stand.