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Assessment for Merchant Navy Master Examination

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When we went for assessment there was lot of confusion for online assessment form. We actually were still confused till today and so I am writing my experience again:

You need to first submit the fees in the MMD and obtain the NUMBERED CHALLAN as the challan number need to be fed in the Online system for the application of assessment.

We were given the following link for filling the online form :
http://220.227.116.130:8000/esamudraUI/well.do?method=loadPage
however the same can be found by going to the www.dgshipping.com and clicking on the eSamudra link on the right top menu of the page, but there is a catch here too. In this case everything looks same but you need to add ":8000" after the  "http://220.227.116.130"...If you do not do this then the "examination" link will not be accessible (Came to know about this after 3 days of wasting time)

1. Prior applying you need to register :
   You can directly click the “Seafarer Registration” or
   You can click on “New User” and then select the SEAFARER  from the dropdown box.
   Note here that the password will go to your e-mail id and so be careful with this id.
   Once registration is completed you will get the confirmation of the password sent to your email-Id .Get the  password and login now from the above said link again. You can reset your password.


2. After login now you can click on the “Examination” link under the "Seafarer" Column.


3. Now There will be a link “Seafarer Update Profile” .You need to click that and start filling the required details .This basically includes
     -SEAFARER PROFILE
     -EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
     -SEAFARER PRE SEA TRAINING DETAIL
     -MODULAR COURSE : Here I only filled the following 6 courses as they were told to me at MMD: PSSR, PSCRB, GMDSS(GOC), AFF, MEDICARE, RANSCO and SMS (if completed)
     -SEAGOING SERVICE : Again I filled only the latest seatime which were required for calculation. While the Official Number and IMO number are not marked mandatory yet they are required and if you do not know then you can get the details from the following site :www.equasis.org (needs registration) or www.q88.com
     -POST SEA TRAINING DETAILS : ASM (if done) else Not required
     -ON BOARD TRAINING : Not required
     -RATING CERTIFICATE : Not required
     -CERTIFICATE ENDORSEMENT
     -CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY : Here you need to fill both your Mates as well as Second Mate COC details. If you do not have Second mate COC details then the details can be found from your mates COC only just the delievered date you will have to remember.
     -AUTHORISED DOCUMENTS
   
4. Now you will be directed to the home page.


5. Click on the “Application for Eligibility Assessment”.
   If you need to check again then click “Update Profile” else click “Continue”.
   You can choose from the drop down boxes and click "next".
   Here you are now asked for mode of payment. Select Challan and now feed the challan number which you got on the challan while submitting the fees (mentioned above).


6. Once completed You will get the application number and acknowledgment. Finally you can take the print out by clicking on the “Print application (Form 15)”.
   If you want to take printout later then follow No 7


7. You can always see your application status by clicking on the “View application link” and then “View Application Details” now you can print the application form by clicking on the “Print application (Form 15)”.


8. The print out of the same need to be attached with the attested certificates and submitted to the Respective MMD.

Few things to note:
A) The site works well with INTERNET EXPLORER ONLY. I tried with the Mozilla Firefox but the popup dates calendar were not showing correctly. I did not try Google Chrome or Netscape so no idea about that.
B) The site requires decent internet speed and still it is frustrating. While the connection might get broken but do not worry with every "next" click or "Add" clicks everything is getting saved.
C) The * marks are the only mandatory field, the only exception to it is the "Seagoing service" which actually requests for either IMO or Official Number of the ship which is not marked as mandatory.
D) After submitting everything my full id and email everything was deleted from the system and I started to curse the system. I registered again and finally found all the details still intact there. So do not worry….

Hope this clarifies a bit and is helpful. Would appreciate if you can add any information beneficial to other Merchant Navy Officers and Master Aspirants. Best Of Luck.