ORAL/WRITTEN TEST FOR INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE
A. All CANDIDATES
REGULATIONS
1. Knows responsibility for keeping a proper lookout
2. Can determine a 'safe speed'
3. Can recognise a potential collision situation
4. Can identify 'give way' vessel in a collision situation
5. Knows what action to take as 'give way' and 'stand on' vessel
6. Knows responsibilities of a small vessel in a narrow channel
7. Can recognise manoeuvring signals (1,2,3 & 5 short blasts)
8. Can make and recognise visual distress signals
SAFETY
1.Is able to use and instruct crew on the use of: Lifejackets
Distress flares
Fire extinguishers
'Kill cord' (if fitted)
2. Can prepare a boat for use and take sensible
precautions before setting out, including: Engine checks
Check fuel for range/duration of trip Obtain weather forecast
Avoid overloading boat
ADDITIONAllY, FOR CANDIDATES FOR COASTAL WATERS
REGULATIONS
1. Knows rules relating to Traffic Separation Schemes
2. Knows requirements for navigation lights and shapes to be displayed by own vessel
3. Can recognise the following from the lights: Power driven, sailing vessel, vessel at anchor, tug and tow, fishing vessel, dredger.
4. Knows sound signal to be made by vessels as in Q3
PILOTAGE
1. Can recognise, by day and night, and understand significance of buoys of the IALA system
2. Knows sources of information on: local regulations, port entry and departure signals, VTS and Port
Operations Radio.
3. Can plan a harbour entry/departure, taking account of possible presence of large vessels and avoiding
navigational hazards
NAVIGATION
(Chart & Plotting Instruments required)
1. Can interpret a navigational chart,
understand significance of charted depths
and drying heights and can identify charted hazards 0
2. Can plot position by cross bearings and by Lat/Long
3. Can determine magnetic course to steer, making allowances for leeway and tidal stream
4. Can use a tide table to find times and heights of high and low water at a standard port
5. Can determine direction and rate of tidal stream from a tidal stream atlas or tidal diamonds on a chart
6. Understands basic use of GPS
Boat Handling
1. Start
Give safety briefing including use of
safety equipment
Has listened to weather forecasts Pre start engine checks
Start engine
Check cooling
Knows fuel range
2. Depart from Pontoon
Understands use of springs to depart from
lee wall/pontoon
Communicate with crew
Position fenders correctly
3. 360 Turn in Confined Space
4. Securing to Buoy
Communicate effectively with crew Prepare warp
Choose correct angle of approach Control speed of approach Secure boat effectively
Depart from the mooring safely
5. Man Overboard
Observe MOB or. instruct crew to do so Demonstrate correct direction and speed of approach
6a. High Speed Manoeuvres [if appropriate] Use kill-cord if appropriate
Choose suitable area
Show awareness of other water users Warn crew before each manoeuvre
Look around before Sand U turns Control speed on U turns
6b. Handling Under Sail [if appropriate]
Sail triangular course with one leg to windward
Choose suitable area for hoisting/lowering sails
Use sails suitable for prevailing conditions Show awareness of wind direction
Trim sails correctly on each point of sailing Warn crew before manoeuvres
Look round before tacking and gybing Control sails during tacking and gybing
7. Coming Alongside Windward Pontoon
Communicate effectively with crew
Show awareness of other water users
Prepare warps/fenders
Choose correct angle of approach
Control speed of approach
Stop boat in place required and secure to pontoon
Stop engine
| Courses | Guide Price |
|---|---|
| Start Yachting |
£195 |
| Competent Crew |
£495 |
| Day Skipper |
£495 |
| Coastal Skipper |
£495 |
| Yacht Master | £495 |
| Offshore Passages | £400 |
| International Certification | £250 |