Springdale India
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+91 9892725375

kunal.anshuman@springdaleindia.com

529, Mastermind 4, Royal Palms, Aarey Colony, Goregaon E, Mumbai – 400 065. India.

Seafarers with Panama CoC can now do 2/E and Masters CoC from New Zealand. Indian Navy sea-time now accepted for doing CoC courses in New Zealand.

NMIT 2nd Mates

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)

Nelson, New Zealand

2nd Mates Course

Course Title:

Diploma in Nautical Science (Level 6)

This qualification is an approved training programme for MNZ Watchkeeper Deck (or IMO STCW II/1 Officer of the Watch).

 

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Deck Cadets with more than 12 months sea service on vessels > 500 GRT whilst having completed the ISF TRB / MNTB TRB UK or the DG Shipping, India TRB. DNS and UK HNC / HND pre-sea course from India are acceptable to MNZ as pre-sea course.
  • Deck Ratings (Tr. OS, OS, AB or Bosun) with 36 months of sea service or more on vessels > 500 GRT.
  • You should have 6 months of documented bridge watch-keeping duties.

IMA Chennai Students:

Please note that IMA Chennai TRB is not accepted by Maritime New Zealand. Hence, you are advised to fill the ISF Training Record Book on ship if you wish to do your exams in New Zealand. If you have already signed off from the ship, please purchase an ISF TRB and get the tasks signed by your company superintendent. Then, you will need to submit both the IMA Chennai TRB and the ISF TRB when booking a seat in the college.

Prior academic qualification for e.g Class XII Science, Class X, etc., is NOT a requirement for giving the 2nd Mates exams in New Zealand if following the 36 months route. Documentary evidence of minimum 36 months of sea service is the only requirement if following this route towards MNZ Deck Watchkeeper certification. However,a good knowledge of Maths and Science is considered essential to clearing the written examinations in New Zealnad. There is NO equirement of any Training Record Book (TRB) to be completed on board ship if following the 36 months route to OOW (2nd Mates) certification.

Download a completely filled up ISF TRB by clicking on the link: ISF TRB Part 1 ?? ?? ??ISF TRB Part 2

Shipboard Administrative Assistant (SAA):

Working on board doing administration tasks is not considered work in a ?deck capacity?. However, MNZ may consider whether relevant deck work has been carried out if proper documentation is provided that includes:

  • details of the amount of time spent on deck activities and the deck duties undertaken
  • separate details of any navigational watchkeeping undertaken (and whether under supervision)
  • a master?s testimonial or reference
  • information provided by the company detailing the allocation of deck work and work in your signed-on capacity.

SAA who have a Bridge Watchkeeping certificate from the ship and can get company seatime letter specifying the deck duties done (hours worked) have a good chance of being considered eligible by MNZ. To further improve your eligibility chances, SAAs are advised to also complete the ISF Training Record Book for Deck Cadets whilst on ship.

Documentary Evidence of Sea Service:

  • Minimum of 36 months of sea service stamps on your CDC (non Indian CDC for e.g. Panama, Liberia, Bahamas, Thai, etc. are also acceptable) for Deck Ratings. For Deck Cadets, you will need 12 months of sea service stamps on the CDC.
  • You will also need company sea-time letter for a minimum 36 months of sea service. If you have done your sailing with different shipping companies, you will need to take sea-time letter from all those companies so that your total sea-time is atleast 36 months. For Deck Cadets you will need company sea service letter for 12 months.
  • The 6 months of bridge watch-keeping certificate from the Master (or the company) must mention that you have kept bridge watch-keeping duties every day as assistant to the main watch-keeper whilst the vessel was at sea.

Format for Bridge Watch-keeping Certificate and Company Sea Service Letter are as given below:

Bridge Watch-keeping Format
Company Sea Service Letter Format

Please note that Diploma in Nautical Science (DNS) and BSc Nautical Science pre-sea courses from India are not approved by the MCA, UK. Hence, students who have done the DNS or BSc Nautical Science course also need to complete a minimum of 36 months of sea service on merchant ships before they can give the 2nd Mates exams in the UK. New Zealand offers them a chance to do the 2nd Mates CoC after 12 months of sea service.

Please click on the link to read Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) Eligibility Requirements for Deck Watchkeeper Course.

It is strongly advised (though not compulsory) to obtain a MNZ Pre-Assessment done before joining the course at NMIT, Nelson. The Pre-Assessment procedure will take 4 weeks, details of which have been given below.

Maritime New Zealand contact details are as given below:

Telephone: +64 4 473 0111
Email: seafarers@maritimenz.govt.nz
Web: www.maritimenz.govt.nz

Course starting date and duration:

February ; August (every year)
Duration 11 months

Admission Procedure:

For booking a course, you will need to post the following documents to us at our address given at the end of this page.

  • Completed NMIT Course Booking Form (sample filled up course booking form for reference)
  • Scanned copy of the first and address page of your Passport
  • Scanned copy of CDC first page and 36 months of sea service stamp pages (12 months for Deck Cadets).
  • Bridge Watch-keeping certificate for minimum of 6 months
  • Company sea service letter of 36 months (12 months for Deck Cadets)
  • STCW basic courses (PST + PSSR + FPFF + EFA)
  • Scanned copy of Highest academic qualification certificate (for e.g. Class XII, Class X, etc.)
  • Pre Sea course for Deck Cadets (not required for students following the 36 months route)
  • ISF TRB and Project Book (for Deck Cadets, not required if following the 36 months route.)

Kindly email / Whatsapp (9892725375) the above documents to kunal.anshuman@springdaleindia.com
There is no upfront payment to be made for booking a seat in the college.

It will take about 3 weeks to receive your admission letter from the college. Admission letter will come by email.

Click to see Conditional Admission Letter letter copy.

You will receive an Unconditional Offer Letter (also called as visa letter) after submitting English test result.

IELTS Academic / Pearson PTE English Language Test:

An English language test is a requirement before you can apply for the New Zealand student visa. English test is not required for booking a seat in the college but you will not be able to apply for a New Zealand visa if you have not cleared this English language test.

You may sit for either of the following tests:

The score required in IELTS Academic English test is an overall score of 6 band with no sectional score below 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Spoken or Listening section.

The score required for Pearson PTE Academic English test is an overall score of 50 with no sectional score below 42 in Reading, Writing, Spoken or Listening section.

You can download IELTS and Pearson PTE app on your mobile phone and practice before you sit for the actual test. Youtube videos are also available on IELTS and Pearson PTE to help you prepare for these tests.

Tuition Fees & Living Expenses:

Fees NZ $17,500 is the tuition fees.

The above does not include the Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) assessment and tanker course / endorsement fees.
Please view MNZ fees by visiting the link below:
http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/commercial/certification/fees-charges.asp

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) does not accept DG Shipping approved advanced STCW courses and tanker courses from India. STCW advanced courses have to be done in New Zealand and are included in the course fees. Tanker course fees is not included in the college tuition fees.

  • Advanced Fire Fighting (AFF)
  • Medical First Aid (MFA)
  • Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Craft (PSC&RB)
Tuition Fees + Health Insurance 875,000 INR
IELTS English Test 13,000 INR
MNZ Pre Assessment 0 INR
MNZ CoC issuance + Endorsement 75,000 INR
Visa Fees 15,000 INR
Flight Tickets (to&fro) 70,000 INR
Food & Accommodation + Miscellaneous 350,000 INR
Total 14,00,000 INR

Students are allowed to work part time in the New Zealand which may help them to recover about 4 – 5 Lakhs INR.

Please note that college will accept only the tuition fees. Rest of the money remains with the student and he uses the same as and when required.

New Zealand Admission & Visa Procedure:?

  • The applicant sends us all documents required for admissions by email. ‘Conditional Offer Letter‘ comes in 3 weeks by email.
  • The applicant clears his English language test (IELTS Acdemic or Pearson PTE) and emails the result to us. We will forward this result to the college. ‘Unconditional Offer Letter‘ is emailed by the college. This letter is required to apply for New Zealand visa.
  • The applicant arranges funds to be shown for the visa process. Funds can be shown as cash in the bank account, fixed deposits, educational loan sanction letters or a mix of the above. Funds can only be shown by parents, grand parents, own brother / sister or the applicant himself. You cannot show funds of your uncle, aunt or friends.
  • We email the visa application procedure to the student.
  • The applicant does his INZ 1096 medical which will take 3 hours at one of the approved clinics. We will email you the list of clinics / hospitals in India where this can be done.
  • Applicant fills up the online visa application form. This procedure will take about 3 hours. All documents will also be uploaded online. The applicant will save and logout. We will then login and check the filled up visa form and documents uploaded. If everything is allright, then we logout from the online visa application form. The applicant now pays the visa fees online and then a printout of the receipt is taken. The applicant now visits the nearest VFS office and shows the original passport at the VFS office and pays the VFS service charge approx. 800 Rs. Now the visa application procedure is complete.
  • In about 4 weeks time, the applicant receives an email from ‘Immigration New Zealand’ that the visa has been ‘Approved In Principal’. The email will also state that the student needs to submit the full tuition fees to the college and submit receipt of tuition fees paid. Also, the tuition fees has to be paid from the bank account in which funds have been shown for the visa application.
  • The student remits the full tuition fees to the college by electronic bank transfer (SWIFT). UAE Exchange will get in touch with you to arrange for the electronic bank transfer to NMIT, Nelson. It will take 2 working days for college to receive the funds. The tuition fees receipt will come in another 2 days by email. This tuition fees receipt and the updated bank account statement from which funds have been sent to the college will be emailed to the visa office.
  • E-Visa will be sent to you by email. There is no visa stamping on the Passport now.
  • UAE Exchange will get in touch with you to arrange for your flight tickets and foreign exchange.

Pre-Assessment of Sea Service:

Please download and take a printout of the Pre-Assessment Form Fill the form in CAPITAL LETTERS only by pen. Deck Cadets, Deck Ratings and SAAs who wish to have their sea service assessed before going to New Zealand will need to scan and email the following documents to Maritime New Zealand.

– Pre-Assessment Form (sample filled up pre-assessment form)
– Passport 1st page and address page
– CDC copies of first page and all sea service stamp pages (36 months for Deck Ratings / 12 months for Deck Cadets)
– Company sea-time letter (36 months for Deck Ratings / 12 months for Deck Cadets)
– Bridge watch-keeping certificate
– Pre-sea course certificate (only required for deck cadets).

Please click to view the SAMPLE EMAIL that you will send to MNZ for pre-assessment procedure.

There is no fees to pay for MNZ pre-assessment. You can expect to receive your MNZ pre-assessment in email in about 3-4 weeks time.

To view latest fees structure of various services offered by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ), please visit the link below:
https://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/fees/default.asp

Before proceeding to New Zealand, please ensure that you carry the following documents with you. You will require these documents to apply for your MNZ oral examinations after you have cleared all your written examinations:

Educational Loans:

Click on the link to download EDUCATIONAL LOAN LETTER sample ( 1 ; 2 )

Whilst applying for an educational loan, you will need to show proof of tuition expenses and proof of living expenses in New Zealand. Tuition Fees details are provided in the college offer letter. For living expenses, you can submit the following
documents to the bank:

You can take printouts of both links and submit to your bank when you apply for an educational loan.

Accommodation & Airport Pick Up:

Food and accommodation expenses / month on a conservative estimate will be about 30,000 Rs/- per month. Students stay together in rented accommodation which are usually about 10 – 15 minutes walking distance from the college. Students buy groceries from the market, cook food at home and divide the cost amongst themselves.

Mr. Chandra (landlord)

+64 21 258 4739

Mr. Agha (landlord)

+64 22 396 9416

Students are free to arrange their own accommodation or they can contact the landlords given
at the above numbers on Whatsapp.

Agha-166x168
13-255x165
23-248x163
33-248x156

Food: All food items that are available in India are also available in Nelson, New Zealand for e.g. rice, wheat, dal, vegetables, chicken, mutton, fish, fruits, etc. Eating outside at restaurants, take-away, etc. are very expensive because of the high cost of labour in New Zealand and hence invariably all students cook their food together at home only. Grocery shops are located in the vicinity of the accommodation areas.

Flight tickets: You do not need to have your flight tickets whilst applying for a New Zealand visa. You however have to show 2,000 Nz$ equivalent of funds in your account to pay for your flight tickets at the time of visa appliation. Students usually book their flight tickets after having received their New Zealand student visa. It is upto a student if he wishes to book a one way ticket to New Zealand or a return ticket i.e. to and fro. Normally, a return ticket works out cheaper. We will introduce you to a Travel Agent who will help you out with flight ticket bookings or you can book through online portals like Yatra.com, Cleartrip.com, etc. A one way fare will cost around 50,000 INR whilst a return fare will cost around 70,000 INR. Prices vary depending upon season and how far is your travel date from the date of booking.

Working Part time / Full time in Nelson, New Zealand:

As per the present rules, you would be allowed to work 20 hours / week during your study period and full time during vacations (Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays). By working within the above working hour limits, a student can hope to recover around 3 – 5 Lakhs INR during your stay in New Zealand. There is no compulsion for a student to work and it is entirely upto his own discretion, however the student should not work for more than 20 hours / week during his course study period. The minimum pay rate in New Zealand is 19 Nz$ per hour and you will not be paid less than this amount. However, if you are working in night shifts, week-ends or during holiday season, you may expect to get paid higher also.

The following are the different kinds of jobs that students take up in New Zealand whilst on a student visa:

  • Working in fast food joints like Mc Donalds, KFC, Burger King, Subway, etc., as cashier, helper, delivery boy, salad cutter, cleaner, etc.
  • Working in shopping malls and departmental stores.
  • Working as security guards.
  • Working in hotels at the reception

    The following are the different ways of finding jobs during your stay in New Zeland:

    • Get in touch with senior students studying in the college. You will get to know where they are working and they could refer you to their employers if any vacancies come up.
    • Local newspapers in Nelson advertise jobs that can be taken up by students.
    • Most of the fast food joints and departmental stores stick vacancy advertisements on their glass doors so that prospective employees can just walk in to apply for such jobs.
    • Register with job placement agencies in Nelson, New Zealand.

    Funds to show for New Zealand Visa:

    Visa rules keep on changing pretty frequently and hence every student should be aware of what the present rules are.

    The funds shown for New Zealand visa will include the following:

    • Tuition Fees of 17,500 Nz$
    • Living Expenses of 15,000 Nz$
    • Flight ticket of 2,000 Nz$

    The total funds to be shown will be around 17 Lakhs INR if NZ$ = 50 INR

    Money can be shown in one of the following ways:

    • Cash in bank account or Fixed Deposits
    • Educational loan sanction letter (Please contact us if you wish to apply for a Educational Loan)
    • Mix of cash and educational loan

    Any sudden reflection of large funds in account needs to be explained with documentary evidence.
    You can also be sponsored by your parents / siblings but they will need to show their source of income.

    We will assist you with the visa application process.

    Note: After obtaining your Deck Watchkeeper (2nd Mates) CoC from New Zealand, you can opt to do your Chief Mates from New Zealand / Australia or Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton,UK.

    Thanking you in anticipation and assuring you of our best services at all times.

    Please note that our services are totally free of cost to the students.

    Contact Us:

    Kunal Anshuman,
    Springdale India
    Tel: +91 – 98927 25375
    Email: kunal.anshuman@springdaleindia.com
    Visit: www.springdaleindia.com
    Address: Office No. 529, Mastermind 4, Royal Palms, Aarey Colony, Goregaon E, Mumbai ? 400 065

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    Office No. 529, Mastermind 4, Royal Palms, Aarey Colony, Goregaon E, Mumbai ? 400 065

    Note: To reach our office, take autorickshaw from Goregaon (E) station. It will cost you about 70 Rs/- and the distance is 3.0 kms from station. It should take you about 20 minutes to reach our office in normal traffic conditions from the station. Alternatively, take Bus No. 452 from Goregaon (E) station and get down at the last bus stop i.e. Mayur Nagar. The office is about 10 minutes walk from the Mayur Nagar bus stop. If you are coming from Powai direction, it will take you about 30 minutes to reach our office by auto rickshaw and the fare will be about 150 Rs approximately.

    Please call before you plan to come to the office so that we can schedule a mutually convenient date and time.