European Maritime Certification Institute

WHY EUROPEAN MARITIME CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE (EMCI) ?
Since 1st January 2002, Dutch government stroked the protection of the degrees of several occupations from the commercial code. They herewith actively dissociated themselves from the safe keeping and maintenance of quality standards of occupations like broker, estate agent, expert, harbourmaster and surveyor. Many found this undesirable. After all, a lack of clarity was the consequence. Commissioners, consumers, company’s and organization’s need quality and professionalism. Certifying safe guards this need. The Maritime professions sail a collective course and as per 5th May 2003 they established the Worldwide Examination Certification Institute (WCEI). European Maritime Certification Institute (EMCI) is an official registered branch and trade name of WCEI. EMCI is exclusively focusing on the Maritime branch and at present on business, personal and product certifying. EMCI draws its target to bind all Maritime professions, professionals and companies by means of custom measured certifying.

INDEPENDENT
EMCI is independent. The certification is open for every one and every company, the service or products that fulfill the requirements are as it is stated in the public and transparent certification standards. The certification obviously is not connected to the membership of a branch or professional association.

ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED BY LLOYDS REGISTER NETHERLANDS
The European Maritime Certification Institute (EMCI), as official body of the Worldwide Certification Examination Institute (WCEI), is ISO 9001:2008 certified by Lloyds Register in RotterdamNetherlands. Our ISO 9001:2008 certification is registered with Deutscher Akkreditierungs Rat (DAR) and United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS). EMCI is under auspices of a supervisory board. This board is under the chairmanship of mr ing A.H. Vermeer (former member European Parliament). In analogy to the ISO 17024 (certification professionals) and ISO 9001:2008 (management process certification) EMCI sets its own certification scheme for the EMCI International Certified Maritime Practitioner®. Every professional group within this certification scheme contains its own certification standards. The certification scheme is connected to the Standards Quality Commission (SQC). The SQC purpose is to be the branch representative panel of experts. Besides the SQC, other commissions can be installed, like for example the examination commission, the accreditation commission and the commission of grievance. All certificating groups distinguish themselves by appointing a code of conduct, operational requirements, right of complaint, educational requirements, experience requirements and previous career requirements.

FOUNDING PARTNER: DUTCH ASSOCIATION OF SWORN & CERTIFIED YACHT & SHIPBROKERS
The Dutch Association of Sworn / Certified Yacht and Shipbrokers (NBMS) is one of the founding partners of EMCI. Within the Netherlands the NBMS is the only official representative organization of the professional yacht- and shipbrokers. The NBMS officially entitled EMCI as exclusive partner for the certification for the professional yacht- and shipbrokers and their companies.

EMCI holds the certification scheme:

This certification scheme has certification standards for the certification main groups:

Within the certification main groups there are different certification status standards:

Within the certification main groups there are certification standards for different certification sub groups, such as:

Within certification sub groups different categories can be registered.
Categories are not connected to specific standards.

To qualify for the personal certification for maritime professionals a candidate must comply with / pass:

To qualify for the commercial business certification for maritime companies the candidate company must comply with / pass:

To qualify for the product or service certification the product must or service comply with / pass:

All EMCI certificate holders are obliged to act accordingly to all EMCI regulations and instructions such as:

EXCLUSIVE MARKET ACCESS
More and more institutional parties, such as bankers, investors and governments, require the combined EMCI certification for companies and professionals. Therefore certification is the key factor to exclusive market access.

PUBLIC REGISTER
The public EMCI register is published at our website www.emci.nl. EMCI has approximately 400 active certified persons and companies in Belgium, Croatia, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore and South Africa. We are working on other adjustments of certification schemes. Also EMCI is in contact with other countries to establish certification schemes. 

TAILOR MADE PROJECTS FOR THE MARITIME BRANCH
We offer the maritime branch, companies, education & training providers, organizations and governments tailor made solutions for certification, examination and registration. Examination projects can be realized as a virtual internet based project or as traditional classical project; combination with registration and/or certification is possible however none obligatory. We know the maritime world, speak the maritime language and wants to perform accordingly to your goals. Please contact us for more information and your dedicated personal quote.

ACCREDITATION MARITIME INSTITUTES AND MARITIME COURSES
All certificates holders are obliged to follow a basic training course within the scope as wherefore certification is requested. The basic training courses are provided by EMCI accredited maritime institutes. Please contact an EMCI accredited institute in your region for more information. If you are an institute and you want to apply for the EMCI institute accreditation please contact our office.