Yachting Australia

The SSSC is comprised of the following 3 components for the purpose of RPL:

• Practical (includes - Wet and Flare Drills)
• Theory
• Theory Assessment paper

If you hold existing qualifications, please look below to see whether you are entitled to exemptions from any of these requirements.

You are exempted from the wet drill if you have completed a wet drill in the last five years as part of one of the following courses:

• Elements of Shipboard Safety (ESS) - TDMMF1107B Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment
• General Purpose Hand, Coxswain, Master 5, or other course that includes ESS or CoST
• STCW 78 (Amended 95) Personal Survival Techniques, Proficiency in Survival Craft
• AMSA Certificate of Safety Training )CoST)
• RYA Sea Survival course
• PMAOHS215B Apply offshore facility abandonment and sea survival procedures and practices
• Equivalent Course (see below) - ISAF approved

 You will still have to complete the other 2 components, if you do not fall into one of their exemption categories. 

You are exempted from attending the theory course if you have completed a safety course in the last five years as detailed below:

• Coxswain, Master V (or above)
• Yachting Australia Yachtmaster or Offshore Racing Skipper
• RYA Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence
• Equivalent Course (as below) - ISAF approved

 You are still required to complete the theory assessment paper and the Practical if you do not fall into one of their exemption categories

 You are exempt from undertaking the theory assessment paper if you have achieved one of the following qualifications in the last five years.

• Yachting Australia Yachtmaster
• Yachting Australia Offshore Racing Skipper
• RYA Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence
• Equivalent Course (as below) - ISAF approved

 This table may help you determine which exemptions you are entitled to:

Certifications	Wet Drill (within 5 years)	Theory (within 5 years)	Theory Assessment Paper (within 5 years)
Elements of Shipboard Safety (ESS) - TDMMF1107B Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment	EXEMPT
General Purpose Hand or Deck Hand	EXEMPT
STCW 78 (as amended 95) Personal Survival Techniques, Proficiency in Survival Craft	EXEMPT
Coxswain, Master V (or higher CoC)	EXEMPT	EXEMPT
RYA Yachtmaster® Coastal / Offshore / Ocean		EXEMPT	EXEMPT
Yachting Australia Yachtmaster Offshore or Racing Skipper		EXEMPT	EXEMPT
AMSA Certificate of Safety Training (CoST)		EXEMPT	EXEMPT
RYA Sea Survival Course	EXEMPT
PMAOHS215B Apply offshore facility abandonment and sea survival procedures and practices	EXEMPT
Equivalent Course (as below)	EXEMPT	EXEMPT	EXEMPT

 Please note that your certification will be valid for the 5 years since training was undertaken, in line with the ISAF Special Regulations.  eg if you are using an ABF511 qualification that you gained 4 years ago (to achieve RPL for your wet drill) and undertake the theory course and assessment, your Yachting Australia SSSC will expire in one years time as ISAF require that the training must have taken place within 5 years prior to commencement of the race.
 

Equivalent Course

Yachting Australia will accept as an equivalent course to the Yachting Australia Safety and Sea Survival Course, any Safety and Sea Survival Course delivered within the past five years and to the standard of the ISAF model course as laid out in Appendix G of the ISAF Special Regulations, which results in a certificate bearing the MNA and ISAF logos bearing the words "ISAF Approved".

  For further information please contact Yachting Australia.

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