Shorebased Course Joining Instructions

ENGINEEERING COURSES

• 12 Volt Marien Electrics (2 day)
• RYA Diesel (1 day)
• Diesel Engine Maintenance Level 2 (1 day)
• Rope Splicing (1 day)
• Outboard Engine Maintenance (1 day)
• Yacht Maintenance Week (5 day)

These coursess are very “hands on” and practical with some short theory sessions between practical sessions. There is no formal assessment. Your certificate will arrive by email/PDF after the course, usually within one working week of us receiving your feedbcak

WHAT TO BRING

• Warm clothes as the workshop can be cold, (even on a warm day)
• Wear old clothes or overalls that can be worn when working on the engine(s)
• No flip flops or open toe shoes, (steel toe cap boots, if you have them)
• Notepad & pen
• Packed lunch

GMDSS COURSES

• RYA Short Range Certificate (SRC)
• Long Range Certificate (LRC)
• Restricted Operator Certificate (ROC)
• General Operator Certificate (GOC)
• LRC Satellite Module (Sat Mod)

ESSENTIAL PRE COURSE PREPARATION (GMDSS COURSES)

• All GMDSS Courses- Learn the Phonetic Alphabet
• SRC Courses-
  • Read the SRC handbook(see below)
  • Register with the RYA and pay your exam fee (see below
• LRC Courses- Read the following help guides
  • LRC Pre Course Reading
  • Marine Radio Regulations
  • What is GMDSS?
  • Radio Propagation
  • What is SSB?

During your GMDSS course you will be using our live simulators in the classroom. At the end of the course an external examiner will conduct the final exam. We will book the exam for you. The Examiner will not be able to start the exam if you do not have 2 passport photographs, photo ID and the exam fee (or exam form for RYA SRC)

Following a successful exam, your GMDSS Certificate of Competence will arrive through the post usually within 21 days of your course, however please allow up to 28 days before contacting them/us.

WHAT TO BRING

• Notepad & Pen
• Photo ID (Passport, Driving License, National ID or UK issued Certificate of Competence)
• 2 Passport photographs of yourself (only 1 required for SRC)
• Packed lunch each day
• Non SRC Students
  • Exam Fee (payable by card or transfer on the day)
• SRC Students
  • Printed PDF form from the RYA confirming you have pre paid for the exam/ certificate (see below)
• Sat Mod Students
  • Existing LRC, to be surrendered and re-issued

RYA SRC Handbook & Pre Course Exam registration with RYA

If you have booked the SRC course then prior to your course you will receive the RYA SRC Handbook from us. Where possible we send this as an email code for the E-book version which can only be activated by one user. Once you have activated it we can not re-use it. If you prefer a printed book then you must tell us at the point of booking and pay the extra fee.

Prior to your SRC course please pay the RYA exam fee online at RYA Exam Payment for your Short Range Certificate. They will email you a form that you need to print and bring to the course. This fee is separate from the course fee which you have paid to us.

RYA SHORT RANGE EXAM ONLY

This option is only for those who have competed an online SRC course (or hold a pre GMDSS UK marine radio certificate).

Your Pre exam preparation is

1. Read the book, that was issued when you booked the online course
2. Pay the RYA online at RYA Exam Payment for your Short Range Certificate. They will email you a form that you need to print and bring to the course. This fee is separate from the course fee which you have paid to us
3. Notify us asap of which centre you took your online course with so that we can obtain your certification sticker from them. if we can not obtain it, there is a £15 fee for a replacement one.

The assessment is between 60 and 90 minutes (depending on numbers) and is straightforward if you have completed the online course in full. There is a brief opportunity before the exam to familiarise yourself with the VHF set you will be using

The paper certificate will arrive through the post from the RYA, usually within 7-21 days of your course, however please allow up to 28 days before contacting them/us.

WHAT TO BRING

• Passport Photograph of yourself
• Photo ID (Passport, Driving License, National ID or UK issued Certificate of Competence)
• Printed PDF form, from the RYA confirming you have pre paid for the exam/ certificate
• Printed or digital online course completion certificate (or your old Restricted VHF certificate)
• Notepad & Pen

FIRST AID & MEDICAL COURSES

• RYA First Aid (8 hrs over 1 day)
• HSE Emergency First Aid at Work (6-8 hrs over 1 day)
• HSE First Aid at Work (FAW) 18 hrs over 3 days
• FAW Requalifier (12 hrs over 2 days)
• Outdoor First Aid (16 hrs over 2 days)
• STCW Elementary First Aid (6-8 hrs over 1 day)
• STCW Medical First Aid
• STCW Medical Care
• STCW Medical Care Update

Please wear loose and comfortable clothing (no skirt or dress), as you will be practicing the recovery position and CPR. The course includes practical and theory sessions. The Instructor will check you have understood the important principles.  You will receive a copy of our First Aid Manual. RYA & STCW certificates are issued on the day of the course, Other First Aid certificates are issued by Emai/PDF within a week of us receiving your feedback.

WHAT TO BRING

• Notepad & Pen
• Wear loose comfortable clothing (ideally not heels or tight skirt)
• A warm coat for any outdoor sessions
• Packed lunch ecah day
• FAW Revalidation Courses
  • Existing FAW Certificate
• Outdoor First Aid Courses
  • Suitable footwear for grassy and possibly muddy areas.
• All STCW Courses
  • Photo ID- one of
    • Passport / National ID
    • Driving Licence
    • Seaman’s Discharge book
    • UK Certificate of Competence
• STCW Medical Care Courses
  • STCW Medical First Aid Certificate
• STCW Medical Care Update Courses
  • Existing STCW Medical Care Certificate

STCW PRE COURSE PREPERATION

Please email us in advance with a scan of your photo ID (Passport, driving Licence, National ID, Seaman’s Discharge book or UK Certificate of Competence). This will speed up the ID check on the morning of your course.

OPTIONAL FIRST AID DUAL & TRI CERTIFICATION

During your First Aid Courses you will cover the content of several other courses, you may duel or tri certify as below without spending additionla days with us. These options were offered at the point of booking, if you did not book dual certification but decide before you course to add it, please let us know ASAP. It may not be possible to add dual certification if you do not tell us until the day of your course.

MCA DECK OFFICER ORAL EXAM PREPARATION

• Master 200
• OOW 3000

Prior to your preparation week you should ensure you are confident with everything you studied up to Yachtmaster Offshore. (You do not need to revise Yachtmaster Ocean/astro nav). This course will very much focus on exam questions and how to answer them. We will assume you have Yachtmaster Offshore knowledge of

• Chartwork and Tides
• Bouyage
• Passage Planning
• Meteorology
• Radar
• IRPCS
• Distress Signals and communictaions
• Dealing with Emergencies
• Pollution Prevention

During the prep week your Instructor will point you towards various M Notices, will cover the Stability and Law aspects of the syllabus and coach you on the finer points of the above list.

WHAT TO BRING

• Notepad & Pen
• Laptop/tablet if you have one
• Packed lunch each day

MCA ORAL EXAM

You will need to complete your MCA Notice of Eligibility (NOE) yourself and once you have received it back from the MCA, you will be able to book your exam yourself directly with them. We urge you to do this as soon as possible to give you the best possible options on exam dates.

RYA NAVIGATION COURSES

• RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship (2 days)
• RYA Day Skipper Shorebased (5 day)
• RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtamster Offshore Shorebased (6 days)
• RYA Yachtmaster Ovean Shorebased (5 days)

WHAT TO BRING

• Note pad & pen
• 2b pencils, eraser & sharpener
• Pair of drawing compasses
• Calculator (optional)
• Plotter and dividers (or borrow ours)
• Laptop or tablet (if you have one)
• Packed lunch each day
• For the Ocean course
  • Sextant (if you have your own, but please don’t buy one just for this course)

If you don’t have RYA Training Almanac, Dividers and a Plotter we will lend you these items for your course, however they cannot be taken away. Night school students will therefore need to purchase these items so they can complete any home work, you can do this from us on the first evening or through a chandlery.

YACHTMASTER OFFSHORE SHOREBASED ESSENTAIL PRE COURSE PREPERATION

Your Instructor will assume you are already at the standard of Day Skipper, You should already have a good working knowledge of the IRPCS. Pre course reading includes

• RYA Navigation Handbook (Bartlett)
• RYA Weather Handbook (Chris Tibbs)
• Meteorological Terms for Yachtmasters
• International Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea

• A Seaman’s Guide to the Rule of the Road (Ford)

YACHTMASTER OCEAN SHOPREBASED USEFUL PRE COURSE READING

• RYA Astro Navigation Handbook (Bartlett)
• RYA Weather Handbook (Chris Tibbs)

RYA RADAR

Training takes place in our classroom, using PC based Radar simulators so there is plenty opportunity to experiment and practice the skills you are learning. The RYA course book and certification is included in the course fee. If you have bought your own personal radar simulator license from us then you will receive the license key by email.

WHAT TO BRING FOR RYA RADAR

• Notepad & Pen
• 2B pencil, eraser & sharpener
• Pair of drawing compasses
• Plotter and dividers (if you happen to have them)
• Packed Lunch

While no experience of Radar is required before the course, it is useful if you have a basic understanding of navigation and of the International Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea. In particular Rule 19, part of which is described below. It will also help if you have at least previously seen a radar set switched on and in action.

Extract from Rule 19 – Conduct of vessels in restricted visibility.

(a) This rule applies to vessels not in sight of one another when navigating in or near an area of restricted visibility.
(b) Every vessel shall proceed at a safe speed adapted to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of restricted visibility. A power-driven vessel shall have her engines ready for immediate manoeuvre

(c) Every vessel shall have due regard to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of restricted visibility when complying with the rules.
(d) A vessel which detects by radar alone the presence of another vessel shall determine if a close-quarters situation is developing and/or risk of collision exists. If so, she shall take avoiding action in ample time, provided that when such action consists of an alteration of course, so far as possible the following shall be avoided:

• An alteration of course to port for a vessel forwards of the beam, other than for a vessel being overtaken.

• An alteration of course towards a vessel abeam or abaft the beam.
• Except where it has been determined that a risk of collision does not exist, every vessel which hears apparently forwards of her beam the fog signal of another vessel, or which cannot avoid a close-quarters situation with another vessel forwards of her beam, shall reduce her speed to the minimum at which she can be kept on her course. She shall if necessary take all her way off and in any event navigate with extreme caution until danger of collision is over.

SURVIVAL COURSES

• RYA Sea Survival (1 day)
• STCW Personal Survival Techniques (1 day)
• STCW Personal Survival Techniques Update
• World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Day 2 (1 day)*
• World Sailing / ISAF Refresher (1 day)

* Note, there is no pool session on WS Offshore Personal Survival day 2.

STCW students must send us a scan of their national ID by email before the course. Survival courses are a  mixtures of classroom sessions, a pool session and an outdoor flares session. For the pool session you will need to wear your swimming costume and our oilskins & lifejacket. If you prefer to wear you own oilskins and lifejacket please ensure they are clean and the pockets are empty. Thermal layers and footwear are not required for the pool session. Certification is provided on the day.

WHAT TO BRING

• Notepad & Pen
• Packed Lunch
• Outdoor coat for the flare session
• Swimming Costume, towel and bin liner for wet kit
• For Refresher/update courses- your original certificate
• For STCW courses- your National ID

Useful but not essential Pre Course Reading includes;

• Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson
• 117 days adrift by Maurice and Maralyn Bailey
• Essentials of Sea Survival by Frank Golden / Mike Tipton
• World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations

COMMUTING TO THE POOL

The pool is off-site, 99% of the time students car share however if there are not enough cars in the group then expect to use a taxi. Please be prepared to either drive or to contribute to parking or a taxi if necessary.

OPTIONAL DUAL SURVIVAL CERTIFICATION

These options were offered at the point of booking, if you did not book dual certification but decide before you course to add it, please let us know ASAP. It may not be possible to add dual certification if you do not tell us until the day of your course.

Add RYA sea Survival +£30
Add STCW Personal Survival Techniques +£40
Add World Sailing Refgrehser (assuming you hold existing cert +£60

STCW BASIC SAFETY TRAINING (BST)

This 5-day programme is run across two centre. 3 Days take place at Fire Aid and they will email you separate Joining Instructions. 2 days take place at Chieftain Training, Southampton, please see the details above for  Elementary First Aid (EFA) & Personal Survival Techniques (PST).

CIEH FOOD SAFETY

These courses are offered both in the classroom and by webinar (zoom). If you have booked the webinar option we will email 2 or so days before the course with login details etc. Both classroom and zoom courses culminate in a multiple choice assessment paper. When there are low numbers this course may finish early afternoon. If you do not pass you can resit for free once within 12 months. A handbook is included in the course fee. Your certificate will arrive by email/PDF after the course, usually within one week of you providing digital feedback.

WHAT TO BRING

• Notepad & Pen
• Packed Lunch

WEATHER FOR YACHTSMEN

The course is classroom based. Your certificate will arrive by email/PDF after the course, usually within one week of you providing digital feedback

WHAT TO BRING

• Notepad & Pen
• Plotter and dividers (if you have them)
• Packed Lunch
• A forecast for the Southampton area, Solent, Southern coastline or Southern UK for the day of the course, if you are attending as a couple then please source your forecasts from different sources.