RYA Professional Practices & Responsibilities

Course Overview:

Professional Practices and Responsibilities (PPR) - a compulsory online course for new and revalidating RYA Commercial Endorsement holders applicable from April 2012.

Who this course is for

Each year approximately 4,500 people apply to the RYA for a commercial endorsement in order to use their RYA qualifications professionally as skipper or crew. You could be doing anything from delivering a new 35’ yacht or driving a workboat with lifting and towing gear, to running a superyacht in the Med. 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.

Level: Commercial/Professional

Qualification: RYA Professional Practices & Responsibilities Certificate of Completion

Course fee: £39

Duration: Allow approx 10 hour completion time.

Format:

The course is broken down into four modules:

• Commercial environment - showing how you fit into the professional maritime world.

•People – explaining the importance of correct manning, keeping your skills up to date and the safe management of commercial vessels. ·

•Vessel – teaching about the compulsory carriage and maintenance of safety equipment and how to create and implement risk control and operating procedures.

•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.

Following the modules there is a mock assessment so you can check you are ready before moving on to the final graded online assessment.

Requirements/ Prerequisites:

No experience required.

Ability after course:

Gives you a working knowledge and understanding of the commercial environment, as well as your responsibilities as a professional.

How to take the PPR course

The PPR course is an online course taken through RYA Interactive. Findhorn Marina provides you with remote access to an instructor who will be on hand to help if you have any queries during the online course.