RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities

Price: $125 (Payment will be taken online as you start the course)

The PPR course is required for candidates that are wishing to commercially endorse their RYA/MCA Certificates of Competency in order to use their RYA qualifications professionally as skipper or crew. 

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.  
   
   Following the modules there is a mock assessment so you can check you are ready before moving on to the final graded online assessment. It should take you approximately around 6 to 8 hours to work through the four course modules. The graded end of course assessment is split into two sections, totaling 2 ½ hours.
   
   How to take the PPR course
   

   The PPR course is run by CBE and other RYA recognised training centres. The training centre will provide remote access to an instructor who will be on hand to help if you have any queries during the online course. Training centres delivering the PPR course are listed below.

   You can take this course any time prior to your Commercial Endorsement application or renewal. Upon successful completion, you may download and print your PPR certificate which will be valid either for your first Commercial Endorsement application or your subsequent renewals.
   
   Exemptions from this course
    If you hold an MCA Deck Officer's Certificate of Competence as Officer of the Watch, Master 200, Master 500 or above you do not need to take the PPR course. Please send a copy of your MCA certificate with your application or renewal form for your commercial endorsement.
   
   NOTES:

5. To enable access to your online course we need to share some of your personal data with the RYA via your user profile in www.ryainteractive.org. This learning management website is hosted and maintained by a third party called Learning Pool, who will not use your personal information for any reason other than enabling your course.

   Your name and email address will be entered on www.ryainteractive.org in order to create your user account. On your first access to the site, you will be asked to enter your address and date of birth. You will have access to the site for one year in order to complete your online course. During this period, your personal information will be held on the website by Learning Pool and be available to this training centre and the RYA for the purpose of managing your course.

   Instructional support will be provided by this training centre for a period of 12 months from the date of your course booking.

   On completion of your course, your name, email, date of birth and address will be transferred to the RYA's central database for the purpose of recording details of the course and any certification you gain as a result of it. This information allows the RYA to record your certification, to update any records they may already hold about you or your qualifications and to verify your certificate if required. After one year from the date of your enrolment on the course, your user account will be removed from www.ryainteractive.org.

   Full details of how the RYA will deal with your personal information will be displayed when you first access www.ryainteractive.org.