Welcome to the General Organization for Maritime Training and Qualification

The General Organization for Maritime Training and Qualification in Latakia was established by Decree No. /60/ dated 2/3/2010, The organization is a legal and administrative personality, financially independent and is linked to the Minister of Transport in Syria.

Our Mission:

Training and qualifying ship crews, raising their professional level, and granting them the required qualification and imperative certificates in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention and the laws and regulations in force, in addition to training and qualifying workers in the maritime transport sector and giving them their own training certificates in accordance with the STCW Agreement and its amendments for the year 1978

Our Objectives:
  • Develop, update and develop the institution’s training curricula in accordance with the training and qualification standards approved locally and internationally.
  • Organizing qualification and inevitable courses for crews of ships with their different degrees and specializations, and granting them the required qualification and inevitable certificates in accordance with the provisions of the international agreement and the laws and regulations in force.
  • Organizing training courses for workers in the maritime transport sector and granting them training certificates for these courses.
  • Develop a system of qualitative standards for the institution in order to achieve the set objectives by covering all activities related to training and competency assessment, including assessment of qualifications and experience of trainers and assessors.