RYA Commercial Endorsements
1 days 150 Max 12 studentsA commercial endorsement is required for work on board British flagged vessels subject to the MCA's codes of practice for small commercial vessels. A number of additional training courses and medical fitness certificates are required to be eligible for a commercial endorsement.
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We charege an administration and processing fees of €150. Please contact us if you need further information on commerical endorsement.
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A commercial endorsement is required to add onto the RYA qualifications when acting professionally as skipper or crew.
Whatever your job is on board, in the commercial world you are a professional seafarer. As such, you are no different from the captain of a cruise liner – you have a duty of care to crew, passengers, and other water users, and you will be held to account if things go wrong.
Course completion certificates:
- RYA Level 2 Powerboat Handling Certificate
- RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate (only if issued before 1 January 2005)
- RYA Day Skipper practical course completion certificate supported by a Day Skipper shorebased course completion certificate. The Day Skipper shorebased course may be undertaken online or in the classroom. In either case, the exams must be invigilated.
Certificates of competence:
- RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence
- RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Certificate of Competence
- RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence
- RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate of Competence
Send the following items to RYA Certification, RYA House, Ensign Way, Hamble, Hampshire SO31 4YA:
- Your original certificate - see list above
- Your Professional Practices and Responsibilities certificate
- A commercial endorsement application form
- Your original, completed ML5 or ENG1 medical fitness form
- A copy of your RYA Basic Sea Survival certificate or STCW Personal Survival Techniques
- A copy of your RYA Marine Radio SRC Certificate or other acceptable GMDSS Marine Radio Operator's Certificate.
- A passport sized photo with your name on the back
- The application fee
Processing takes approximately six weeks and you may choose to have your newly endorsed certificate posted to your own address or you may have it posted back to us, to pick up at your own convenience.
Please contact us for the endorsement. For more relevant information, please click the RYA button above.
Yes we do, some online, others in a classroom environment.
See sections on PPR, Sea Survival, VHF, STCW