For seafarers
SailorNotebook for Second Officers
A Second Officer is a navigational watchkeeping officer (STCW Table A-II/1) who on most ships is also the navigating officer: passage planning, chart and publication corrections, ECDIS and GMDSS equipment.
For a Second Officer post companies look for watchkeeping sea service in rank, ECDIS certificates (generic and type-specific) and GMDSS. A CV that lists these with dates and issuing authorities answers the crewing officer's first questions before they are asked.
What goes on your CV
The sections a crewing officer reads first for this rank. SailorNotebook keeps each one as a record, so the CV is generated from them rather than retyped.
- Certificates (STCW and flag endorsements) with expiry dates
- Sea service, contract by contract, with ship type and tonnage
- Licences and certificates of competency, with the issuing authority
- GMDSS certificate
- Seaman's book and passport details
- Medical fitness certificate
- Special skills (tankers, ECDIS type-specific, ice, DP)
- Languages
- References
Exam practice
The Second Officer knowledge test covers passage planning, COLREG, ship handling and GMDSS, written against STCW Table A-II/1. Companies assign it through SailorNotebook; the question count is shown below.
The Second Officer bank holds 185 questions, including calculation questions, written against STCW Table A-II/1.
How companies use it
Companies post Second Officer vacancies on the public job board, receive a CV only when the seafarer sends it, and can assign the Second Officer test before an interview.