Apply for a Maritime Security Identification Card

If you work in a maritime security zone, you need to hold a Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC).

The MSIC is a national identification card that proves you have passed a background check from AusCheck, and met the minimum security requirements to work unescorted or unmonitored in a maritime security zone.

The MSIC is not an access card, so you'll also have to request access from individual port or facility control locations.  

You'll need to hold an MSIC if, at least once a year, you require unsupervised access to a maritime security zone, as part of your job. Roles include:  

• port facility or port service worker
• stevedore
• truck driver
• seafarer on a security regulated ship
• work on and/or supply to offshore oil and gas facilities.

You can apply for an MISC from AusCheck.