At its meeting on 8 November 2018, CESNI adopted following standards regarding professional qualifications in inland navigation:

• Standards for medical fitness;
• Standards of competence for the operational level;
• Standards of competence for the management level;
• Standards of competence for passenger navigation experts;
• Standards of competence for sailing on inland waterways with a maritime character;
• Standards of competence for sailing with the aid of radar;
• Standards of competence for liquefied natural gas (LNG) experts;
• Standards for the practical examination for obtaining a specific authorisation for sailing with the aid of radar;
• Standards for the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a passenger navigation expert;
• Standards for the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) expert;
• Standards for practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a boatmaster;
• Standards for the additional module on supervision in the context of the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a boatmaster;
• Standards for technical and functional requirements applicable to vessel-handling simulators and radar simulators;
• Standards for the administrative procedure for the approval of vessel-handling simulators and radar simulators.

These standards have been prepared by CESNI experts (CESNI/QP working group) under CESNI work programme 2016-2018. The CESNI standards are to be incorporated into EU law in accordance with Directive (EU) 2017/2397 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation. The standards will be published on the www.cesni.eu where all EU Member States have (protected) access. 

You can download the above mentioned draft standards on following links:

• Draft Standards for medical fitness;
• Draft Standards of competence for the operational level;
• Draft Standards of competence for the management level;
• Draft Standards of competence for passenger navigation experts;
• Draft Standards of competence for sailing on inland waterways with a maritime character;
• Draft Standards of competence for sailing with the aid of radar;
• Draft Standards of competence for liquefied natural gas (LNG) experts;
• Draft Standards for the practical examination for obtaining a specific authorisation for sailing with the aid of radar;
• Draft Standards for the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a passenger navigation expert;
• Draft Standards for the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) expert;
• Draft Standards for practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a boatmaster;
• Draft Standards for the additional module on supervision in the context of the practical examination for obtaining a certificate of qualification as a boatmaster;
• Draft Standards for technical and functional requirements applicable to vessel-handling simulators and radar simulators;
• Draft Standards for the administrative procedure for the approval of vessel-handling simulators and radar simulators.

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