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Your license (under 100 tons) is not covered under STCW95. It was covered under the ‘old STCW 78’ stuff. Everyone who has a small license was just thrown under the bus by the CG, and given the ‘non conforming’ stcw78 nod of approval. Anyone who has to work on vessels OVER100 tons on foreign voyages (and/or is hired by companies who want higher documented credentialed employees) must meet the STCW95 RFPNW or RFPEW (deck or engine). If you HAD done the full STCW (with a greater than 200 ton license) prior to the deadline (which was (I think) about 10 years ago, then you were indeed grandfathered. BUT, since you have a 100 ton license, it didn’t apply. So, unless for some strange reason you actually had the sheets signed off, while aboard a vessel OVER 200GT I doubt it is valid. The CG ‘gave’ SCTW RFPNW and OICNW STCW codes out to mariners who had documented this PRIOR to the deadline. If you didn’t document it, AND ask for it they didn’t give it out upon renewal.
In other words, what you ‘thought’ you had, isn’t the same as what you actually have.
Specifically what STCW codes do you have on your MMC?
If you do have OICNW, (with the valid codes) that trumps RFPNW.
Here is the list ofcodes find yours, and that will tell you what you have, and if it applies to OICNW, or RFPNW.