Re: Stcw question
I would guess he is talking about BST, which is commonly mislabeled as "STCW", insinuating that STCW only has one part.
I like to think of STCW as a Pizza, and BST is only one slice of that pizza.....too many new people ( many of my friends ) think that they have STCW just by taking BST. They don't seem to realize that they only have a very small portion of the STCW convention under their belt....
As for the OP question, I have heard but cannot verify that the certs expire 1 year after the class unless turned into the CG. But I have heard of O/S who sailed w/ certs only and turned in the BST certs when getting their AB past 1 year and were fine.
Hope this make sense.
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