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SUMMARY:4 Week Superyacht Deckhand Course
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe 4 Week Superyacht Deckhand Course is a four-week course in Hout Bay\, Cape Town that gives you the core qualifications and practical skills crew agencies and captains look for before hiring an entry-level deckhand. It’s designed for school leavers\, career-changers and anyone serious about starting a career in yachting\, with no previous sea time required. \nYou’ll learn to drive and handle RIB tenders\, including close-quarters work\, coming alongside and man overboard recovery\, complete your STCW Basic Safety Training with sea survival\, firefighting and personal safety modules\, and cover watchkeeping\, ropework\, safety equipment and safe working practices for your Yacht Rating. \nOn completion you’ll hold the IYT RIB Master ticket\, your STCW Basic Safety certificates and an MCA Yacht Rating course-completion certificate\, ready to apply for work in time for the Mediterranean or Caribbean season.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/4-week-superyacht-deckhand-course-3/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:4 Week Superyacht Deckhand Course
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270301T083000
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SUMMARY:4 Week Superyacht Deckhand Course
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe 4 Week Superyacht Deckhand Course is a four-week course in Hout Bay\, Cape Town that gives you the core qualifications and practical skills crew agencies and captains look for before hiring an entry-level deckhand. It’s designed for school leavers\, career-changers and anyone serious about starting a career in yachting\, with no previous sea time required. \nYou’ll learn to drive and handle RIB tenders\, including close-quarters work\, coming alongside and man overboard recovery\, complete your STCW Basic Safety Training with sea survival\, firefighting and personal safety modules\, and cover watchkeeping\, ropework\, safety equipment and safe working practices for your Yacht Rating. \nOn completion you’ll hold the IYT RIB Master ticket\, your STCW Basic Safety certificates and an MCA Yacht Rating course-completion certificate\, ready to apply for work in time for the Mediterranean or Caribbean season.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/4-week-superyacht-deckhand-course-7/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
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ORGANIZER;CN="PYT Cape":MAILTO:info@pytcape.co.za
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270315T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270319T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T141054Z
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SUMMARY:Yacht Rating - Deckhand module
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Yacht Rating (Course Completion Certificate) course is a five-day course in Hout Bay that covers the core deck skills every rating needs and gives you the fastest route to your MCA Yacht Rating. It’s designed for new and aspiring yacht crew\, with no previous experience or sea time required\, and it’s especially useful if you want to be fully certified before a season ends rather than waiting on task book sign-offs. \nYou’ll learn proper lookout and watchkeeping duties\, the location and use of safety equipment\, safe working practices aloft and over the side\, basic engine room watchkeeping\, ropework\, splicing\, mooring and anchoring\, and routine deck maintenance to yacht standard. \nOn completion you’ll receive a course completion certificate that cuts your required sea service from six months to two and removes the need for a task book\, so once you’ve logged two months on board you can apply to the MCA for your Yacht Rating.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/yacht-rating-deckhand-module-3/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Yacht Rating
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ORGANIZER;CN="PYT Cape":MAILTO:info@pytcape.co.za
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270315T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270319T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T142310Z
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SUMMARY:Master of Yachts 200gt Unlimited
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Master of Yachts 200gt Unlimited course is a five-day celestial navigation course in Hout Bay that teaches you to find your position at sea with a sextant\, tables and a bit of arithmetic\, with no reliance on GPS. It’s designed for skippers who already hold the Master of Yachts 200gt Limited and want to remove the 150-mile limit\, opening up ocean crossings\, yacht deliveries and blue water charter work. \nYou’ll learn to handle and correct a sextant\, take sun\, star and planet sights\, work sight reductions through to a plotted fix\, and plan great circle routes and full ocean passages around the weather\, finishing with an exam at the end of the week. \nOn completion you’ll be eligible for the MCA-approved Master of Yachts 200gt Unlimited Certificate of Competency\, letting you command commercial yachts up to 200 gross tons anywhere in the world\, and from there the path continues to Master 500gt/3000gt.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/master-of-yachts-200gt-unlimited-3/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Master of Yachts 200gt Unlimited
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ORGANIZER;CN="PYT Cape":MAILTO:info@pytcape.co.za
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270315T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270319T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T143131Z
CREATED:20261013T143124Z
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SUMMARY:Master 500gt / 3000gt - Business & Law
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Master 500gt/3000gt course is a 30-day programme made up of five separately examined MCA modules that cover the academic side of stepping up from Officer of the Watch to Master: Advanced Navigation and Radar\, Seamanship and Meteorology\, Stability\, Business and Law\, and Masters Celestial. It’s designed for qualified OOWs and Chief Mates with the right sea service who are working towards command\, and you can book the full block back to back or take one module at a time around your time on board. \nYou’ll work through advanced radar and ARPA\, passage planning and blind pilotage\, heavy weather handling and ocean weather routing\, stability calculations\, the legal and commercial duties of a master\, and sextant-based celestial navigation\, taught by lecturers who know what the examiners are looking for. \nOn completion you’ll have passed the MCA modules needed for your Master 500gt/3000gt CoC\, with the four core modules taught in Simon’s Town and Celestial in Hout Bay.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/master-500gt-3000gt-business-law-2/
LOCATION:Simon’s Town\, 127 Queens Rd\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 7995\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Master 500gt / 3000gt
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ORGANIZER;CN="PYT Cape":MAILTO:info@pytcape.co.za
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270315T083000
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SUMMARY:ECDIS
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) course is a five-day\, 40-hour course in Simon’s Town that teaches you to navigate safely on ECDIS and\, just as importantly\, to recognise when the system is showing you something wrong. It’s designed for Officers of the Watch moving up to Chief Mate or Master 500 and 3000gt\, and for any watchkeeper on a vessel that navigates primarily on ECDIS. \nYou’ll spend most of the week hands-on at the workstation\, setting safety depths and contours\, configuring alarms\, planning and monitoring routes\, managing chart updates\, and working through sensor errors and system failures. \nOn completion you’ll receive the internationally recognised generic ECDIS certificate\, delivered to IMO Model Course 1.27\, which keeps your officer progression on track.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/ecdis-3/
LOCATION:Simon’s Town\, 127 Queens Rd\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 7995\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:ECDIS
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270315T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270320T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T142654Z
CREATED:20261013T142647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T142654Z
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SUMMARY:Master of Yachts 200gt Limited - Practical (Knysna)
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Master of Yachts 200gt Limited course is a two-week course\, run in Cape Town and Knysna\, that prepares you to take command of a commercial yacht up to 200 gross tons operating within 150 nautical miles of the coast. It’s designed for experienced crew and skippers ready for their first command ticket\, with at least 3\,000 logged miles\, 50 days aboard and solid twin-screw powerboat handling behind them. \nYou’ll spend the theory week on collision regulations\, meteorology\, tides\, navigation and chartwork\, and business and law\, each with its own exam\, then head out on the water for a practical week covering close-quarters handling\, berthing\, anchoring\, man overboard recovery and emergency procedures under assessment. \nOn completion you’ll receive the IYT Master of Yachts 200gt Limited Certificate of Competency\, MCA approved and assessed by an independent external examiner.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/master-of-yachts-200gt-limited-practical-knysna-2/
LOCATION:Knysna\, Yacht Road\, Knysna\, Western Cape\, 6571\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Master of Yachts 200gt Limited
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270318T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270320T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T142059Z
CREATED:20261013T142059Z
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SUMMARY:OOW (Officer of the Watch) - PSCRB (Restricted)
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Officer of the Watch (OOW) course is a 23-day programme made up of four MCA modules that cover the academic side of qualifying to stand a bridge watch on your own: Navigation\, Radar and ARPA\, General Ship Knowledge\, HELM (Operational) and PSCRB. It’s designed for experienced deckhands and ratings with qualifying sea service who are ready to move from crew into their first officer role\, and you can book the full block back to back or take the modules one at a time as your leave allows. \nYou’ll work through position fixing\, passage planning\, tides and pilotage\, radar and ARPA collision avoidance\, ship construction and stability\, bridge leadership and decision-making\, and the launching and handling of life-rafts and rescue boats. \nOn completion you’ll sit an external examination marked by the MCA towards your OOW Yachts 3000gt Certificate of Competency\, with the three core modules taught in Simon’s Town and PSCRB in Hout Bay.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/oow-officer-of-the-watch-pscrb-restricted-2/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:OOW (Officer of the Watch)
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