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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
06/11/2025

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

  3. Fax: 304-433-3408

  4. Coast Guard-Accepted QSS Organizations that are authorized to accept 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

New or Alternate Site Approvals:

Requests that are submitted outside the course approval submission should be emailed to NMCSiteApprovals@uscg.mil.
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