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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-5/
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:20270517T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270518T153000
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SUMMARY:STCW Refresher
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe MCA STCW Refresher is a two-day course in Hout Bay\, Cape Town\, for crew who already hold STCW Basic Safety Training and need to revalidate it. Your Personal Survival Techniques and Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting certificates have to be refreshed every five years to keep working on board\, so it’s worth booking well before they run out. \nYou’ll get back in the pool to put on lifejackets and immersion suits\, board and right a life-raft and practise survival techniques in the water\, then move to the live burn facility to tackle real fires with extinguishers\, hoses and breathing apparatus\, with practical assessment throughout. \nOn completion you’ll receive revalidated PST and FPFF certificates\, valid for another five years. Elementary First Aid and Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities don’t need refreshing\, so these two are all you need to stay current.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/stcw-refresher-5/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:STCW Refresher
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270517T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270521T153000
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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-5/
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:20270517T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270521T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T142312Z
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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-5/
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:20270517T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270521T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T143400Z
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SUMMARY:AEC 2
DESCRIPTION:What this course covers\nThe Approved Engine Course (AEC 2) is a five-day\, 35-hour course in Simon’s Town that builds on AEC 1 and shifts the focus from how marine engines work to keeping them running\, with routine servicing\, fault diagnosis and practical repairs at sea. It’s designed for crew who already hold AEC 1 and want to take on engineering responsibility aboard yachts and other small vessels\, or captains of smaller boats who need to be confident opening the engine hatch themselves. \nYou’ll work through planned maintenance schedules\, diagnosing faults from changes in temperature\, pressure\, noise and vibration\, servicing generators\, pumps and compressors\, electrical and steering systems\, and hands-on workshop skills\, with continuous practical assessment and a written exam on the final day that needs 60% to pass. \nOn completion you’ll receive the MCA-approved AEC 2 certificate\, which together with AEC 1 lets your sea service start counting towards higher engineering qualifications and opens up work on workboats\, tugs\, research vessels and patrol craft as well as yachts.
URL:https://pytcape.co.za/course-info/aec-2-5/
LOCATION:Simon’s Town\, 127 Queens Rd\, Simon's Town\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 7995\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:AEC 2
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SUMMARY:Master of Yachts 200gt Limited - Practical
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-7/
LOCATION:Hout Bay\, Shop 6\, The Passage\, Mainstream Shopping Centre\, Hout Bay\, Western Cape\, 7872\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Master of Yachts 200gt Limited
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270517T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20270604T153000
DTSTAMP:20261013T142115Z
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SUMMARY:OOW (Officer of the Watch) - Navigation\, Radar & ARPA (NRA)
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-navigation-radar-arpa-nra-4/
LOCATION:Simon’s Town\, 127 Queens Rd\, Simon's Town\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 7995\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:OOW (Officer of the Watch)
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