grade 2: Watch officer unlimited sailing area (gzv)

The GZV education can lead to:

• Chief Mate - sailing vessels - no limitations.
  
• Master - sailing vessels - no limitations.
  

​Please check our certification site for detailed information.

Exam components:  grade 2

Same as KZV but extended and expanded:

- Celestial Navigation and astronavigational calculations
- Meteorology and Oceanography
- Seakeeping and Advanced Ship Manoeuvring
- Voyage Preparation (not examined)
- International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS)
- Advanced Bridge Systems
- Marine Auxiliary Engineering
- Advanced Ship Stability
- Shipbuilding - Sailing Vessels
- Square-Rigged Sailing  and Sailing Ship Routing (including practical sessions on 'Kaatje')
- Stability of Sailing Vessels
- Cargo Handling and Stowage - Sailing Vessels
- International Safety Management (not examined)
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A course in Radar Navigation Operational Level (RNOL) is included in the lessons, with the possibility to achieve a certificate by attending a simulator-based exam at an external location.
More info about requirements and costs will be shared at the beginning of the school year.
​This certificate is mandatory if you want to attain a Certificate of Proficiency.

Also ECDIS (generic) is part of the module, although it is not compulsory for the Certificate of Proficiency and the Dutch Certificate of Competency Sailing Vessels. 

entrance requirements

KZV Diploma or an equivalent certificate (to be assessed by the director)

scheduling your study

​If you want to divide the course over (a maximum of) two years, it is possible under certain conditions. Valid reasons are:
- you are using a visa which has a shorter validity than the duration of the course; or
- your sailing schedule does not allow you to attend both semesters of the school year; or
- an other substantial reason, to be assessed by the Director of the college.

For the extra school year, provided there is sufficient room in class, you only pay the registration fee.

Please send your request (at least) two weeks prior to start of the school year to the administration: [email protected]






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Exam "Radar Navigation Operational Level" is organised at an external location. The price changes every year.

sail endorsement GZV

For qualified merchant officers there is a shorter route to obtain the GZV diploma.  Please go to this page.

The 2025 - 2026 school year will start on Saturday, October 11th 2025.  Exams for the first semester will be held on
December 19th and 20th, 2025. The second semester will start on January 3rd 2026, with the exams on March 13th and 14th, 2026.

If you are unable to physically attend the classes in Enkhuizen because, for example, you need to remain at home/elsewhere for employment reasons, or due to visa restrictions, it is possible to follow the lessons online, but the exams have to be taken at the school.  Please contact our office for more information.
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​For information concerning our exam regulations, please click HERE.