Glasgow Martime Academy delivers Signals Exam Only - MCA Approved every Week

 

Course Duration: 0.5 day (0900 - 1300)

 

Course dates: Every Week (Use the contact form on the right to find exact start date)

 

Course Fee: £ 150 /-

 

Entry Requirements - No formal entry requirements

 

Course Description

 

Candidates for a Deck Officer Certificate of Competency are required to pass a UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) Signals examination covering topics such as transmitting and receiving of Morse Code, identification of signal flags, understanding the single letter meaning of flags, and general communications. The signal certificate is only valid for 3 years.

 

MCA Signal exam ONLY is split into 4 steps

 

1. Receive Morse by light - 20

 

A group of letters and numbers is sent as a block.

 

 

2. Transmit Morse

 

You must be able to transmit a block of Morse code - 10

 

3. Flags

 

You have to do a computer based test on flags. Know what they are and their single letter meaning.

 

4. General

 

Code and decode using INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS (INTERCO) BOOK

 

Contact Us

 

Use the form on the right or contact Kiera on

 

Tel. 0044-1415542248

Email. enquiries@glasgowmaritimeacademy.com

 

 

Download the course content for MCA approved signals exam

 

 

Download free signal test, Download free morse code test