Merchant Marine Officer

• Operate the main, auxiliary, electrical, electronic, and control systems to ensure the proper operation of. the ship

• Provide maintenance and repair for main, auxiliary, electrical, electronic, and control systems to prevent incidents and situations that could hinder the proper operation of the ship.

• Conduct leadership and management of the personnel in charge, fostering discipline, teamwork, and the practice of values to contribute to the effective control and proper operation of the ship.

• Apply regulations and measures, ensuring the reduction or prevention of environmental deterioration, and promote the optimization of energy resources and awareness of environmental protection.

• Understand the procedures, obligations, and requirements in operating a ship's systems to safeguard the lives of the crew and passengers and provide first aid.

In the Merchant Nautical Schools in:

Mazatlán, Tampico, and Veracruz, in a boarding system with a semi-militarized regime, where each school has the following educational resources:

• Planetariums

• Laboratories

• Workshops

• Real environment simulators

• Smokehouse

• Firefighting equipment

• Sailboats

• Rescue boats

• Survival crafts

• Swimming pools and waterfront.

Four years (eight semesters)

In any vessel of the National or Foreign Merchant Marine, in port facilities, in the metal-mechanical, energy, and logistics industry, as well as in classification societies, in the private sector, and in the public sector.

• To lead the navigation, operation, and safety procedures of a vessel, performing tasks related to planning, surveillance, control, and the management of resources.

• To carry out maneuvers related to the transportation of cargo, passengers, dynamic positioning, special maneuvers, as well as activities in the fishing and tourism industries, and any others directly involving the vessel.

• To operate coastal, celestial, and electronic navigation equipment.

• To understand and apply procedures and requirements regarding safety on a ship to safeguard human life, goods, and the protection of the marine environment.

• To conduct leadership and management of the personnel in charge, fostering discipline, teamwork, and the practice of values to contribute to the control of the vessel, thus ensuring its proper operation.

In the Merchant Nautical Schools in:

Mazatlán, Tampico, and Veracruz, in a boarding system with a semi-militarized regime, where each school has the following educational resources:

• Planetariums

• Laboratories

• Workshops

• Real environment simulators

• Smokehouse

• Firefighting equipment

• Sailboats

• Rescue boats

• Survival crafts

• Swimming pools and waterfront.

Four years (eight semesters)

On any vessel of the National or Foreign Merchant Marine, in port facilities, in the metal-mechanical, energy, and logistics industry, as well as in classification societies, in the private sector, and in the public sector.