THE ICC (International Certificate of Competence)

The ICC is effectively an international license. It is the result of a UN Resolution and managed in the UK by the RYA. Once you are certified with an ICC you can cross borders throughout Europe and many other parts of the world safe in the knowledge that you are licensed to operate pleasure craft. There are four categories of ICC.

• Sail up to 24m
• Power up to 10m
• Power up to 24m
• PWC (Jet Skis)

Your ICC can be endorsed for any (or all of) the above four categories.

We endorse all of our students who take the ICC the qualification for coastal use. The ICC can also be endorsed for inland use by taking a short multiple choice “CEVNI” paper on inland regulations. This is required by skippers intending to use the inland waterways of Holland, Belgium, France, Germany and other European countries.

Experienced boaters can join us for a direct assessment for the ICC or combine the assessment with some coaching if they feel they are a little rusty. The ICC can also be signed off alongside many of our RYA Courses, allowing you tol “kill two certificates with one course”.

ICC Sail (24m) can be awarded to anyone passing any of the following courses with us

• RYA Dayskipper Sail
• RYA Coastal Skipper Sail
• MCA Yachtmaster Coastal Sail
• MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Sail
• RYA Dinghy Instructor
• RYA Keelboat Instructor

ICC Power (10m) can be awarded to anyone passing any of the following courses with us.

• RYA Powerboat Level 2
• RYA Intermediate Powerboat
• RYA Advanced Powerboat
• MCA Advanced Powerboat
• BWS Ski Boat Driver Award
• BSAC Boat Handling
• BSAC Diver Cox’n

ICC Power (24m) can be awarded to anyone passing any of the following courses with us.

• RYA Dayskipper Motor
• RYA Coastal Skipper Motor
• MCA Yachtmaster Coastal Motor
• MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Motor

ICC PWC (Personal Watercraft / Jet Skis) can be awarded to anyone passing the RYA PWC Proficiency Course with us.

We make no extra charge if you would like an ICC while taking one of the above courses, however you will need to pay the RYA a license fee of £40. It is however cheaper to become an RYA member and then get the ICC for free. You can either apply for RYA membership online on this site or fill in an application form when you are with us.

Unfortunately due to various international agreements we are unable to issue everyone with an ICC. The certificate is available to a person over the age of 16 who is;-

• A British National
• A British Resident
• A Canadian National
• A USA National
• A National of a country which is not UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe).

We are unable to isue an ICC to Nationals of the following countries (unless they are also British Residents).

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tajikistan
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

All of our other courses and qualifications are open to every nationality but will always be taught in the English language.

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