Competency courses prepare officers for a certificate of competency examination. Typically 4 months.
MEO Class II is the second engineer certificate, taken after sea service as a watchkeeping engineer. It covers motor and steam engineering knowledge, naval architecture, electrical technology and management to a higher standard, and is the step before chief engineer.
MEO Class II — Second Engineer.
MEO Class IV and the required sea service.
Approvals and durations as published by DG Shipping, and the duration can differ between institutes. Fees and batch dates are set by the institute.