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Navigator

Period of study: 1½ years (3 years including requisite Skipper program)
Application deadline: mid december and mid june 
Place of Education: Tórshavn​
 

The Department of Navigation offers two separate programs to certify students as either Skippers or Masters of Navigation

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The Department of Navigation offers two separate programs to certify students as either Skippers or Masters of Navigation. The separate sets of admission requirements for these programs are listed below.

Admission requirements for Master of Navigation program:

  1. Successful completion of the Department of Navigation’s Skipper program.
  2. At least 6 months of additional seafaring experience aboard vessels weighing 500 tons or more
  3. Applicants are required to have passed a vision and hearing examination within the last two years (and present proof of this upon application).

Program duration: 1½ years (3 years including requisite Skipper program)

Copies of the following documents must accompany all application forms:

  • The discharge book
  • Hearing and vision exam (passed)
  • Birth certificate
  • Primary and lower secondary school diplomas
  • Color photograph  

These admission requirements should not to be mistaken for those needed to receive a trade license. 

More information is available here.

NAVIGARE NECESSE EST, VIVERE NON EST NECESSE.

"To navigate is necessary, to live is not”.Those were the commanding orders by Roman military leader Pompey the Great, when defending Rome from invasion.

To the Faroese these words are easily met with sympathy, which is attributed to our long sailing traditions challenging the sea. The Faroes have always been a seafaring nation, a tradition which is set to continue.

In the late 19th century nautical schools were established in different parts of the country. Throughout the early 20thcentury, all of the Faroe Islands’ nautical schools were privately funded; some closed rather suddenly while others were able to continue despite a marked lack of resources. The tuition was divided into monthly instalments of 20 DKK. The first school was established by Jens Mohr in Tórshavn. The teaching most likely took place in Mohr’s private household. It had two entry ways, and one must have led to the classroom. 

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Jónas Broncksgøta 40
FO - 110 Tórshavn
Tlf. +298 599299
les@les.fo

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