RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities (PPR) E-learning

Details:

Book now - just send an e-mail to ppr@stormforce.biz and you will receive an immediate response with booking information.

Each year approximately 4,500 people apply to the RYA for a commercial endorsement in order to use their RYA/MCA qualifications professionally as skipper or crew. They include:

• Delivery Skippers and Crew
• RYA Yachting and Powerboat Instructors
• Charter Skippers
• Charter Yacht Crew
• Super Yacht Crew
• Work-Boat Skippers
• Harbour Masters
• RIB Drivers
• Corporate Skippers
• Deck Hands

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, to passengers, and to other water users, and you will be held to account if things go wrong. The RYA PPR (Professional Practices & Responsibilities) Course will introduce you to these responsibilities and from April 2012 is required in order to commercially endorse your RYA/MCA Certificate of Competence.

Overview:

As a competent skipper, you will have already passed a rigorous practical exam. In order to commercially endorse that certificate you need to hold a Medical, a Sea Survival Certificate and this PPR Certificate (from 2nd April 2012). This is an online E Learning course but we are available to provide email support if you need it. This is a new RYA Course, so please e-mail us if you are unsure as to whether or not you require it.

Aims:

To introduce seafarers to relevant legislation applicable to them, including SOLAS, COSWoP, MARPOL, Flag State, Port State Authorities and the Code of Practice. Upon completion of the course you won't necessarily be able to quote all of these regulations by rote, but will be aware of them and know where to read more about them.

Course Duration:

You should allow yourself about six hours to complete this online course.

Pre Requisites:

The course is aimed at those who hold a RYA Certificate of Competence and want to commercially endorse that certificate.

 Certificates of Competence include:

• MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
• MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Sail
• MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Power
• MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Sail
• MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Power
• MCA / RYA Advanced Powerboat

You can also commercially endorse the following RYA Certificates:

• RYA Dayskipper Shorebased with Dayskipper Sail
• RYA Dayskipper Shorebased with Dayskipper Power
• RYA Powerboat Level 2

Course Conditions:

Existing Commercial Endorsement Holders:

• If your commercial endorsement needs revalidating after the 1st June 2012, you must hold a Professional Practices and Responsibilities certificate
• You are exempt from this if you hold an MCA Master qualification

New Commercial Endorsement Applications:

• If you are applying on or after the 2nd April 2012, you must hold a PPR certificate
• You are exempt from this if you hold an MCA Master qualification

Course Content:

The RYA PPR (Professional Practices & Responsibilities) course covers the legal framework you need to adhere to in your status as a commercial operator, whatever type of vessel you work on. Whist we can’t teach the specific rules for every type of operation, the course will help you to understand and execute your duty of care, and give you principles, guidance and techniques to help you make the right choices and decisions.

The course is split into 4 sections:

1. Commercial environment - showing how you fit into the professional maritime world.
2. People – explaining the importance of correct manning, keeping your skills up to date and the safe management of commercial vessels.
3. Vessel – teaching about the compulsory carriage and maintenance of safety equipment and how to create and implement risk control and operating procedures.
4. Purpose – making sure your vessel is suitable and legal for the work you are carrying out, your obligations in protecting the environment, appropriate planning and situational awareness.

At the end of these training modules is the online assessment.

What's Included:

• Online E-Learning PPR Course
• PPR Certificate (you can print yourself)
• Email support from our team of Instructors

Optional Extras:

RYA Commercial Regulations support book
(this is not required for the P.P.R. course, but you may find it useful reading)

Booking:

As an incentive to our loyal customers, we're offering the RYA PPR Course for FREE if you are planning on undertaking one of the following Certificate of Competence exam preparation courses in the near future*:

• Yachtmaster Coastal Power
• Yachtmaster Offshore Power
• Yachtmaster Coastal Sail
• Yachtmaster Offshore Sail
• Yachtmaster Ocean Qualifying Passage (Southampton to Cascais; Cascais to Las Palmas or the ARC)
• Advanced Powerboat Preparation

Contact the admin team on 023 8023 1122 to book your course or simply e-mail ppr@stormforce.biz for immediate booking.

*Please note that the Certificate of Competence exam preparation course must be booked between April and the end of August in order to qualify for the free PPR course (usually £37). The PPR course can only be completed once the student has successfully passed the Certificate of Competence exam. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer and assumes the student will pay the full exam course fee at the time of booking. 

Why choose Stormforce Coaching for this course?:

• While the RYA developed this course, we were on hand to help proof read it, during the development stages.
• Unlike some of our competitors, we charge no extra fees for our support through the course. There is nothing more to pay above the standard Royal Yachting Association fees.
• We are one of the first centres in the world to offer the course.
• We have a team of full time sail and power instructors who can provide email support, if you need it.
• You do not need to attend our centre, the whole course is taken online.
• We own and maintain the Number 1 resource for the Professional Practices and Responsibilities course at http://www.ppr-course.co.uk.

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