RYA CERTIFICATES IN EUROPE


Unlike in the UK, if you are planning to spend your holiday cruising in Europe you are likely to need evidence of competence. The International Certificate of Competence (ICC) will generally satisfy that requirement. You can obtain this by proving your competence to skipper a boat, either by holding a RYA practical certificate (Day Skipper or above), or passing an ICC assessment. The ICC assessment checks your boat handling skills and knowledge of the IRPCS (collision regulations), safety, pilotage and navigation. Some centres offer training leading up to this assessment, tailored to your own needs. If you want your ICC to be valid for use on inland waters you will also need to take the CEVNI test to check your knowledge of the European inland waterways’ regulations. This can be taken either as a short paper based or online multiple choice test. If you choose to the take the paper


based test you need to do so at one of our training centres. If you would rather take the test online,


you are free to do so wherever and whenever you choose. All you need to do is contact a training centre and pay them for the test, before being given access to it. However you choose to take the test,


there is a practice one available on our RYA Interactive site at www.ryainteractive.org. You can practise as much as you like before committing to the real test. A number of centres in this brochure offer the CEVNI test.


THINGS TO BEAR IN MIND WHEN APPLYING FOR YOUR ICC:


³ It is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) document and as such is primarily for use in Europe. If you are travelling outside Europe you should check the local requirements. You may find that other RYA certificates are accepted as


well as, or in preference to, the ICC. ³ ICCs for motor boats are sometimes restricted to boats of less than 10m length overall. If you are taking an assessment, the size of boat used for the assessment will determine whether or not your ICC will have a length restriction. The Day Skipper practical motor cruising certificate automatically entitles you to an ICC which is valid for motorboats including those


CEVNI – a multiple choice test to check your knowledge of signs, buoys and signals on the inland waterways.


over 10m length overall. ³ Restrictions on who the RYA may issue the ICC to are imposed by the UN resolution under which the ICC is issued. The RYA can issue the ICC to British nationals and


residents, nationals of the USA and Canada and nationals of countries which are not a member of UNECE, such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The RYA cannot issue the ICC the nationals of other UNECE (European) countries unless they are a British resident. They must apply to their


own maritime authorities for certification. ³ The validity of the ICC is determined by the flag state of the boat and by the authorities of the country in which the


boat is being operated. ³ The ICC cannot be commercially endorsed and should never be used as evidence of competence for commercial activities.


Full information on the ICC can be found on www.rya.org.uk/go/icc and the ICC application form can be downloaded at www.rya.org.uk/go/iccform


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