Courses & DE/QA Info

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With Homeport offline, Maritime Training Providers should not attempt to, nor is there any current requirement or capability to submit course or program completion certificates to the Coast Guard, until a replacement tool for uploading data is provided. Course and program completion certificates should be issued electronically or via hard copy to the mariner, so they can be included in their application for a Merchant Mariner Credential.

Course Approvals

The Course Approvals team evaluates Courses/Programs and their associated Sites, Instructors, Assessors and Proctors for approval. In addition, the team also evaluates Designated Examiner and Qualified Assessor requests.

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Training Provider Best Practices
09/16/2025

Administrative Actions

Approved Courses

Designated Examiners (DE)

Qualified Assessors (QA)

Course Submission Methods:

Course or Programs including Instructors and Proctors should be submitted to the NMC’s Course Approval Branch:

*Emails should not exceed 25MB and if so, should be sent in separate emails (please put the order of attachments in the Subject line of each email). The system will not accept any compressed (ZIP) files.

New or Alternate Site Approvals:

Requests that are submitted outside the course approval submission should be emailed to NMCSiteApprovals@uscg.mil.
Find more Site Approval information here.

Course Submission Expectations

Helpful Course Submission Info:

Preferred Method is Email in PDF format: NMCCourses@uscg.mil.
Mail (on a CD or DVD in PDF format):
100 Forbes Drive
Commanding Officer (NMC-2)
USCG National Maritime Center
Martinsburg, WV 25404

Fax: 540-317-4551
- Coast Guard-Accepted QSS Organizations that are authorized to accept certain courses on behalf of the USCG:
  
  DNV
  1400 Ravello Drive
  Katy, TX 77449
  Mehmet Soygur
  Email: Mehmet.Soygur@DNV.com
  Office: 281-396-1000
  
  ABS Americas Learning Center
  1701 City Plaza Drive
  Spring, Texas 77389
  Merwyn R. Oliveria
  Email: MOliveria@eagle.org
  Office: 281-877-6406
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Program Submittal
Guide

Course Approval Submittal
Guide

Instructor/Proctor Submittal
Guide

Site Approval Submittal
Guide

To Become a DE:

Requests for approvals of Designated Examiners and TOAR requests should be submitted to the NMC’s Course Approval Branch via email NMCCourses@uscg.mil. NOTE: DEs are not MMC endorsements and should not be submitted on CG719B forms or sent to a REC.

To locate the appropriate Towing Officer Assessment Record (TOAR) see NVIC 03-16.

Helpful DE Information:

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DE Submittal Guide

DE Website Release Guide

DE Examiners List

To Become a QA:

Requests for approvals of Qualified Assessors should be submitted to the NMC’s Course Approval Branch via email NMCCOURSES@uscg.mil. NOTE: QAs are not MMC endorsements and should not be submitted on CG719B forms or sent to a REC.

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QA List

QA Submittal Guide

QA Website Release Guide

FAQs

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Course Submission Expectations

Your request will be entered into our system within 10 business days from when we received it. You will receive an email once it has been entered. If any of these are missing with submission, you will receive an Awaiting Information email notice: Cover Letter, Site Information, Instructor List & Résumés, Framework, Schedule, Syllabus, Outline, Instructor Manual & Lesson Plans, Exams/Assessments, Critique and Sample Certificate. You will have 30 days to respond with the requested information.
Once your submission is complete, the request will be awaiting assignment for evaluation by a subject matter expert. This waiting period is approximately 60-90 days after the submission was entered.
When a subject matter expert evaluates your request and needs more information, you will be sent a detailed Awaiting Information email notice that explains what the NMC needs in order to provide you an approval. You will have 90 days to respond with the requested information.
If your submission results in an Approval, Awaiting Information or Denial, the correspondence will be emailed to the POC provided in the submission.

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Course Approvals

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Course Submission Methods:

New or Alternate Site Approvals:

Helpful Course Submission Info:

To Become a DE:

Helpful DE Information:

To Become a QA:

Helpful QA Information:

FAQs

Course Submission Expectations