Obtaining an ICC with an ICC Assessment

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If you have the required boating skills and knowledge, but not the necessary certificate, you can take an ICC Assessment to demonstrate your competence and obtain an ICC. The ICC Assessment is a practical and/or theory assessment, depending on your experience and the categories of the ICC you are applying for.

The ICC Certificate Assessment of Competence – Power Category

The ICC assessment of competence – power category is a test that can be taken to validate the power category on a UK ICC issued by the RYA. Depending on the assessment you take, the validity of this category may be restricted to vessels up to 10m length overall (LOA).

The test covers a range of skills and knowledge, including:

1. Preparation: giving a safety briefing, obtaining and assessing an appropriate weather forecast, pre-start engine checks, using a kill cord (if fitted), starting the engine, checking cooling, and knowing the fuel range.

2. Departing from a pontoon: understanding the use of springs, communicating effectively with crew, and positioning fenders correctly.

3. Making a 360-degree turn in a confined space.

4. Mooring to a buoy and anchoring: communicating effectively with crew, anchoring (deploying and setting the anchor, checking the holding, recovering and stowing the anchor), mooring to a buoy (preparing a warp, choosing the correct angle and controlling speed on approach, securing the boat effectively to the mooring buoy, and departing from the mooring safely).

5. Man overboard: observing a man overboard or instructing crew to do so, demonstrating the correct direction and speed of approach, and making suitable contact with the man overboard.

6. Planing speed manoeuvres (if appropriate): choosing a suitable area, showing awareness of other water users, warning crew before each manoeuvre, looking round before S and U turns, and controlling speed on U turns.

7. Coming alongside windward pontoon: communicating effectively with crew, showing awareness of other water users, preparing warps / fenders, choosing the correct angle of approach, controlling speed of approach, stopping boat in place required and secure to pontoon, and stopping engine.

8. Regulations: knowing the responsibility for keeping a proper lookout, determining a “safe speed”, recognising a potential collision situation, identifying the “give way” vessel in a collision situation, knowing the action to take as a “give way” and “stand on” vessel, knowing the responsibilities of a small vessel in a narrow channel, recognising manoeuvring signals (1, 2, 3 & 5 blasts), and making and recognising visual distress signals.

9. Safety: being able to use and instruct crew on the use of lifejackets, distress alerting (e.g. DSC VHF, EPIRB, Flares, etc.), fire extinguishers, and a kill cord (if fitted).

The ICC assessment of competence – power category is a comprehensive test that covers a wide range of skills and knowledge. You can prepare for this test with either a group course or individual tuition.

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Price: 190€ inc. VAT

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Certificate is free for RYA members, or requires a payment of 55 GBP for non-members.​

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