# MODU Sea time - thought we settled this

**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/modu-sea-time-thought-we-settled-this/16344
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum
**Created:** [June 20, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/modu-sea-time-thought-we-settled-this/16344 "2016-06-20T13:57:19Z")
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### Author: ![Orniphobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Orniphobe](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Orniphobe)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/modu-sea-time-thought-we-settled-this/16344/1 "2016-06-20T13:57:19Z")

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Hmmm… NMC denied my STCW 2010 Qualified Assessor endorsement because the sea time I submitted was on drillships. They don’t say how much time you need. I suppose I’ll resubmit after I figure out how many days of moving over ground I have and not just through the water. Anyone else have this problem? I thought it’s been a long established precedent vessels on DP are underway.  
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“The time submitted aboard MODU’s or Drill Ships does not distinguish between time on station or time underway that is reasonably equivalent to that on conventional vessels.”[/I]

Obviously as an assessor you wouldn’t sign off on something you can’t witness. But why make a blanket statement? How do all these school instructors with no time at all get the approval?