Commercial Endorsements declared invalid by IOW Public Health!

[DGR]

Originally Posted by Jimbob

miss behaving

you dont have to have a boatmans licence, if you have a suitable level of qualification. i coded mine with Portsmouth, they have a few quals they will accept, however in principle they add up to the MCA/RYA commercial endorsements anyway

Erm, not sure that's right.

In Barmouth, if you operate a boat commercially in the harbour, and the council licences that vessel, you have to have their licence. If you operate a boat under MCA regs, then you don't.

I've got my Advanced PB (Endorsed) and skipper my Cat 4 Coded RIB no probs - but if I want to spend a day chugging about on a ferry, I need the ferryman's licence. The licence was £35 on production of documentation that proved I was competant (i.e. all the quals that I use to drive the RIB).

I suspect that Miss Behaving's RIB is licenced under council regs - so her MCA/RYA qualifications will be recognised - but you still need the council's boatmans licence.

Dylan...

P.S. I don't think that the MCA will relax the liferaft condition!!

[Miss Behaving]

Ribald
Many thanks for the MCA link.

[Miss Behaving]

Miss Behaving is liecenced under council regs and boatmans liecence is required. However the inspector recognised the MCA Com endorcement as being for higher than council requirements so full examination was not nessasary and boatmans liecence issued. I guess this is all about attracting additional revenue like most things.

I think I better change my tittle I used the Baot name, needless to say I am not a Miss, I am definatly a bloke!!

[Jimbob]

how interesting, portsmounth did not require this (boatmans)

[alant1]

Alan,

I am sorry there has been such a delay since our last exchange of e-mails. I am grateful to Mark Towel of the M&CG for his helpful advice and for your courtesy in involving me in your exchanges with various yachting interests.



Mark has confirmed that the MCA certificate of Competency for Deck Officers; RYA Yacht Master or Coastal Skipper Certificate; MCA Boat Master’s Certificate are all exempt from the requirements of the local boatman’s licence though we can require a local knowledge test.



As for vessels, exemptions apply if they hold the MCA Small Commercial Vessel Certificate or the MCA Passenger Certificate.

If these various certificates are held (or higher) then there is no need for a local boatman’s licence under the Public Health (Amendment Acts) 1909.



I hope this now clears up any outstanding misunderstandings.



Gareth Davies MSc. MIL.

Principal Environmental Health Practitioner (Consultation & Licensing)

Tel: (01983) 823159 Ext 6169

Fax: (01983) 529804

E-mail: gareth.davies@iow.gov.uk