The Higher Professional Technical Course in Naval Mechanics (CTESP-MCN) aims to prepare a highly qualified higher professional technician who, autonomously or as part of a team, can take on specific duties in the field of operation, maintenance and repair of mechanical and electromechanical systems, namely on ships in the commercial navy, fisheries, local traffic, port terminals, shipbuilding and repair yards, offshore platforms, as well as in the industrial and service sectors in related areas.

Graduates of the CTESP-MCN are also prepared to continue their studies in higher education, namely in ENIDH's engineering degree courses, where they can obtain credits in the scientific areas of the respective courses.

Main activities
All maritime, industrial and related activities requiring professionals with the following skills:

• Driving maritime installations, through the exercise of the professional activity of 3rd class practical driver, as provided for in article 16, no. 2-f) of Decree-Law no. 166/2019 of 31 October;
• Maintaining and repairing the mechanical and electromechanical equipment of commercial, fishing and local traffic vessels in order to improve their performance and reliability;
• Coordinating and carrying out maintenance and repair operations on mechanical and electromechanical equipment on offshore maritime platforms, namely aquaculture fish production facilities, wind farms and oil and gas exploration and extraction facilities, among others;
• Developing technical relations with equipment suppliers, analysing the need to adapt technologies to the specific characteristics of a given installation;
• Analysing equipment and systems needs and developing the technical and commercial procedures necessary for their acquisition;
• Coordinating equipment maintenance programmes and plans in maritime and port facilities;
• Monitoring and inspecting the process of carrying out repairs in order to ensure that project specifications are checked;
• Leading technical teams carrying out maintenance and repair operations on ships/platforms/equipment components;
• Transmitting the appropriate technical instructions to mechanics, locksmiths, welders, etc. in order to ensure the correct execution of repairs on ships/platforms/equipment components in accordance with the design specifications;
• Proposing corrective solutions to deal with unforeseen changes in maintenance and repair work on mechanical and electromechanical equipment on ships/industrial/port facilities, particularly with an impact on the technical solutions used, planning of activities, etc.

Career opportunities
All companies in the maritime, port and industrial sectors that need qualified professionals with the following skills:

• 3rd class practical machinist on commercial, fishing and local traffic navy vessels, as provided for in article 16(2-f) of Decree-Law 166/2019 of 31 October;
• Crew member of vessels operating in the maritime-tourism sector;
• Maintenance and repair technician for mechanical equipment on board floating offshore installations (offshore wind, oil and gas exploration and extraction platforms, aquaculture, among others);
• Industrial maintenance technician in companies in the maritime, port and related sectors, in order to minimise overall costs.

1. All maritime, industrial and related activities that require professionals with the following skills:
2. Analysing, managing and reviewing personal and team performance in equipment maintenance and repair projects.
3. Interpret and apply information on equipment maintenance and repair.
4. Identify the behaviour of electrical circuits with passive components, in direct and sinusoidal alternating voltage and single-phase and three-phase meshed circuits.
5. Identify and assess the personal and environmental risks present in the work carried out.
6. Perform machining, cutting and welding operations. Know the rules of hygiene and safety at work in a workshop environment.
7. Carefully select technological processes for processing materials and welding.
8. Operate the ship's propulsion plant and other auxiliary machinery.
9. Analysing, designing and repairing engines and auxiliary systems.
10. Draw and interpret mechanical construction drawings, particularly using Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems.

Tuition fees