STCW & RYA Training in Southampton (GMDSS in Southampton and Helensburgh)
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STCWChieftain Training (RYA & STCW Training Courses)
Chieftain Training is based in Southampton, Solent and offers a wide range of RYA, STCW, MCA, AMERC, HSE and CIEH training courses for sailors, power-boaters, super-yacht crew, workboat skippers, ocean rowers, divers and seafarers. An additional GMDSS Centre is based in Helensburgh, Scotland.
The Southampton Centre is spread across two sites and offers all RYA Training courses within the Shorebased, Online, Powerboat, PWC, Motorboat and Shorebased Instructor Training schemes.
The Southampton STCW Training Centre offers STCW Basic Safety Week, First Aid at Work, Food Safety the full range of 5 different GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress & Safety System) Courses, the full range of STCW First Aid & Medical Courses and various yacht and workboat engineering courses.
Chieftain’s range of RYA & STCW Deck Officer Courses prepare candidate for MCA Deck Officer Certificates of Competence (for Superyacht, Workboat and Merchant vessels), including Master 200, Master 500, Master 3000, OOW 3000 and Master Unlimited.
For inland and near coastal passenger vessels, Chieftain offers MCA Boatmaster (BML) License exam preparation courses for all MCA Boatmaster tiers and levels.
As well as RYA Survival courses, Chieftain regularly runs mandatory World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival & Medical training for offshore yacht race crews competing in Cat 2, 1 and 0 events, such as the Fastnet, Middle Sea, Round Britain & Ireland, Trans Atlantic, Sydney Hobart, Vendee Globe, Route De Rhum etc.
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For more information on specific courses, please click on the menu links above. All of our courses can be booked online or email us. We are very happy to chat with you by email, phone or messenger and provide training advice.
Itchen River (Southampton) Small Craft Moorings
Asides from our STCW & RYA training courses we have a small number of small craft moorings available at Mariners Wharf. See Southampton Boat Club for more information.