VHF Radio Course (August 19th)

CA House, Limehouse, E14, London, 19 August

A VHF radio is an essential piece of safety equipment and it is vital to understand the correct procedures. The course will teach you these procedures. It is a legal requirement that someone on board must have a licence.

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Location:
CA House, Limehouse, E14, London
Date:
19 August
Price:
£149

The VHF Radio Course is also known as the Short Range Certificate (SRC) Course. We conduct these courses mostly in London.

It is a legal requirement that someone on board must have a VHF Radio licence. All charter companies require you to have a license if you charter a boat.

To get the VHF Radio Licence, (Short Range Certificate SRC) you must:

  1. Attend and successfully complete this 1 day VHF Radio Classroom Course in London (or take the online course) AND
  2. Attend and pass a separate classroom based assessment, also in London

You do not have to book the assessment at the same time as booking a course. If you opt for the online course you must still attend an assessment session in person. You cannot take the assessment online.

There is some pre course reading and we will send you a pack about 5 days before the course. We will also email you some notes as soon as you book a course.

The course will teach you how to correctly operate a VHF Radio and give you the knowledge you need to take the VHF Assessment. The VHF Radio Licence (or SRC) is the qualification required by law that someone must have if there is a VHF radio on board.

Courses usually start at 10am and finish at 5pm.

You need to book an assessment separately and can view dates Here. To attend an assessment costs £30. There is also a £60 licence fee payable to the RYA on the day of the assessment.

It can take up to 21 days to receive your VHF (SRC) Radio Licence from the RYA. If you pay an additional fee the RYA will turn it around for you in 48 hours. (Very useful if you are chartering a yacht imminently!)

There is no age limit to take the VHF Radio Course. You must be 16 years or over to take the VHF Assessment.

If you opt for the online course you must still attend an assessment session in person. You cannot take the assessment online.

If there is demand at your workplace we can run a course and assessment over 3 or 4 evenings or a weekend. If you would like us to hold a VHF Radio course for you at your office in London do get in touch with us.

If you hold the 'old' VHF licence (pre -1999) or a UK aviation radio licence you will still need to take this course.

To be awarded the SRC, students must be able to:

A. Distress situations

1. Define a distress situation.
2. Initiate a DSC Distress Alert, with position and time input manually or automatically.
3. Send a Mayday call and message by voice.
4. Respond appropriately to a DSC Distress Alert and to a Mayday call and message,including relay of a distress message.
5. Know how to deploy an EPIRB and a SART.
6. Know the procedure for cancellation of a distress message sent in error.

B. Urgency Situations

1. Define an urgency situation.
2. Initiate a DSC urgency alert.
3. Send an urgency message by voice.
4. Respond appropriately to an urgency message.

C. Safety Situations

1. Identify a situation in which a safety message is appropriate.
2. Input a DSC safety alert.
3. Send a safety message by voice.
4. Receive Maritime Safety Information by NAVTEX.

D. Routine Communication

1. Initiate a routine call using DSC.
2. Establish communication and exchange messages with other stations by voice on appropriate channels.
3. Test the radiotelephone by means of an appropriate test call.
4. Enter a DSC group and Individual MMSI.
5. Maintain an appropriate listening watch on DSC and voice channels.
6. Use the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Some paper and a pen for taking notes.

The copy of the G31 or e-G31 RYA VHF Handbook that we supply. We post or email this to you about 5 days before the course.

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Location:
CA House, Limehouse, E14, London
Date:
19 August
Code:
6079
Format:
One Day
Price:
£149

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