Course details

Summary

Programme highlights

Progress to being in charge of engineering and technical departments on the most complex and technologically advanced ships

Develop advanced knowledge plus analytical and problem-solving skills to become a high-level trouble shooter whose resourcefulness will be called on time and again. Build on your specialist knowledge to take charge of some or all operations, and lead teams of engineers.

Career opportunities

Senior engineers and heads of technical departments onboard the most complex and advanced vessels; technical operations onboard large cruise ships; managerial shore-based positions

Programme structure

The programme includes the following courses:

• Advanced Fire Fighting
• Command Principles and Practice
• Electrotechnology
• Marine Engineering Knowledge
• Marine Control Systems
• Marine Engineering Drawing
• Maritime Mathematics
• Mathematics and Physics Preparatory
• Mechanical Technology
• Naval Architecture
• Officer's Maritime Medical
• Ship Construction
• Thermodynamics

Further training or study

Postgraduate programmes in the shipping industry.

Entry criteria

Applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

• Be an engineering officer holding a Class 3 Marine Engineer Certificate of Competency issued by the Maritime New Zealand or an overseas qualification recognised by Maritime New Zealand as being equivalent
• Have successful completion of the mathematics and engineering drawing papers* of the revised Class 3 Certificate of Competency
• Have English language competence to undertake this programme which is taught and assessed in English. Any applicant whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an overall IELTS (Academic) band score of 6.0 (with no score below 5.5) or equivalent. Prospective students may be required to undertake formal assessment of English language ability, at their own expense, where the interview panel is unable to satisfy themselves as to the English ability of the student.

Maritime New Zealand qualifying seatime as per Maritime Regulation 32, 12 months for Marine Engineer Class 2, 36 months for Marine Engineer Class 1Applicants will be accepted in order of application.

Chiefs only Y Block courses

Credit Accumulation Applications for credit transfer, cross-credit and recognition of prior learning shall only be considered by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ). MIT has no authority to approve or conduct such processes. In general, the model adopted by MNZ has been to require applicants for credit accumulation to take and pass all normal assessments.