Professional Practices and Responsibilities (PPR)
Professional Practices and Responsibilities (PPR) is a compulsory online course for qualified RYA Yachtmasters who require a Commercial Endorsement. Ignore the dates shown here!
Description
Once you have booked and paid the course fee online, you will receive a username and password to allow you to access the interactive PPR section of the RYA website.
You study in your own time and take the exam when it suits you.
Four modules
We strongly recommend that you complete all the training modules on the RYA website before you take the exam.
- Commercial environment – how you fit into the professional maritime world.
- People – the importance of correct manning, keeping your skills up to date and the safe management of commercial vessels.
- Vessel – the compulsory carriage and maintenance of safety equipment and how to create and implement risk control and operating procedures.
- 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.
Mock exam
Following the modules there is a mock assessment so you can check you are ready before moving on to the final graded online assessment. Candidates usually take between six and eight hours to work through the four course modules.
How to take the PPR course
You can take this course online at any time before applying for or renewing your Commercial Endorsement.
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What's included
- Technical support, online training, exam fee and certification.
- If you have to re-take your exam, there is a charge of £5, payable direct to the RYA.
Qualifications
- RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities (PPR)
Before you start
- There are no formal pre-course requirements.
- Exemptions from this course: You do not need to take the PPR course if you hold an MCA Certificate of Competency as Officer of the Watch or Master. (This does not include the Master of Yachts 200 gt endorsement which you may have on your RYA Yachtmaster certificate.)
What next?
- Updating your PPR certificate: After you have taken your first PPR course you will need to take a short refresher course and a new test when you renew your Commercial Endorsement.
- If you are over 65 and subject to more regular medical fitness examinations, you do not need to take the PPR course each time you renew your medical.
Data Protection & Privacy
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.