Engineer Cadet - Higher National Diploma Route

This fully-sponsored cadet training programme leads to a HND Marine Engineering, as well as the award of a UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Certificate of Competency (STCW’95 III/I OOW).

Officer cadet training schemes typically last for around three years and are split into five phases which alternate between academic studies, practical experience and safety training at Warsash, and seagoing periods to gain practical shipboard experience.

The training consists of five distinct but complementary elements:

• A higher education entry course, designed to prepare new entrants for study at HND level.
• Engineering workshop skills training at our St Mary's campus to MNTB-approved standard.
• Academic education to attain the HND in marine engineering and satisfy the underpinning knowledge (UPK) requirements for the IAMI written exams.