Please use this form to verify any iymcs Certifications.
This is solely for use by a Representative employed by one of the following bodies:
We will request ID confirmation from the person requesting a verification. Confirmation is usually given within the hour during a normal working day.
The International Yacht Marine Certification Society BV is officially registered at the CRKBO
Centraal Register Kort Beroepsonderwijs) as a Dutch Educational Society. The CRKBO (Dutch "Centraal register Kort Beroepsonderwijs")
is the Central Register for Short Vocational Education.
Admittance into this register is exclusive to educational institutions that operate within the quality code and regulations set forth
by the Dutch government within the European Union guidelines for quality vocational education.
Registration only occurs after successfully passing an audit by an independent body designated by the
Dutch government (the CPION- Centrum Post-Initieel Onderwijs or Center for Post-Initial Education).
Our BSI ISO Certification can be found here.
We have been Certified by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and issued an ISO 9001:2015 Certification. The all-important scope of the Certification is stated as "Provision of approved training courses to members including individual certification services".
The Scope and its definition is very important for gaining recognitions and approvals from industry bodies and
Maritime Flag Administrations.
The iymcs QMS has been specially written in compliance with ISO 9001:2015. The Society founders have a considerable amount of experience
in writing and running Quality Management Systems at organisational level, school level as well as for on-board operational safe-working practices.
Key points highlighting iymcs operations integrity:
The Society bases its entire operations upon the information, guidelines and recommendations issued by Flag Administrations in MN's, MSN's & MGN's. In recognition that the Society caters for international students, and that in the case of professional crew who will often undertake cross-over, the Society uses the following MN's, MGN's and codes for guidance:
This section is dedicated to maritime administrations and their staff to provide them with key information about our Society. Contained within this section is the following:
(Fast-find anchor links are provided.)The founders are; Mr Roger Harrison, Mr Guy Odell and Mr Sergey Tagashov: Their
Biography's are here.
Our Society is an incorporared notarised BV in the Netherlands, its statutes are focused upon the governance of a Member orientated Society
for maritime education and related activities. Our head office is located in Amstelveen. We also have an operations office located in Antibes,
South of France, that has been in existence for 5 years. It also used as a professional maritime training school that has existed in various
forms for 20 years. We have an advisory panel of experts in various fields, whose purpose is to provide guidance to our Society and its Members,
details can be found herehere.
All the
Each CoC has a common base course to it, additional courses are required and endorsements are issued relative to the particular sector and usage by
the holder. The professional courses and ancillary courses are in adherence to the STCW 1978 (2010 amend), adhering to MGN requirements under flag
recognitions. All the required STCW safety courses for the CoC's are provided by maritime colleges and training centres certified by their relevant
administrations.
The Society, in line with some of the Maritime Administrations practices, has categorised the sea-areas into four categories, according to a range of factors that include, but not limited to; average sea & meteo conditions, proximity of obstructions, depth restrictions, narrow channel restrictions, traffic density, tidal movements, navigational levels etc. The reasons for this categorisation is to:
Sample extracts of Sea-Area Categories that are detailed in iymcs QMS doc. Operation Areas Ref 3.3.2 are shown in the table below:
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Category I Scandinavian Archipelagos. Brittany, NW.Coast France. Chesapeake Bay, NE.Coast USA. |
Category III Balearic Islands, S.Spain. N. Coast Sardinia, Italy. W. Coast Croatia. |
The Society issues three types of iymcs Certifications:
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| Recreational Certificate of Competency: | Professional Certificate of Competency: |
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6.1.1 |
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| Course Certifications & Endorsements (Rec): | Course Certifications & Endorsements (Pro): |
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6.1.16 |
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We currently have several applications addressed to various Flag Administrations to seek recognition and/or acceptance
for a selection of the iymcs Courses, Certifications and CoC's.
Since June 2020, we have been issuing iymcs Certifications of Competency and we have received enquiries from Flag Administrations and Insurance Underwriters
regarding iymcs Certificate holders, we have successfully provided support to them and liaised with their requirements. This case-by-case acceptance can be attributed to
our work that have undertaken to ensure compliance and adherence to the IMO Conventions, as well as our quality standards of our operations that have been audited and
certified by BSI to ISO 9001:2015 Standards: Furthermore, this acceptance has been enhanced by our Society being a European registered, and audited as a professional
vocational training Institute, under the CRKBO Registry in the Netherlands.
Area of Activity.Three main maritime sectors:
Recreational Yachting. Each sector is considered to be separate for training and certification purposes. There is a clear distinction between recreational yachting courses and professional yachting courses each having a distinct syllabus, assessments, examinations and certificate issuing procedures. |
Members.Fundamentals:
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Outline of criteria's:
All the professional iymcs CoC's and Certifications, and some of the recreational ones, require revalidation every 5 years.
Revalidation consists of one or all of the following: refresher courses, sea-time updated, seaman's medical & STCW Basic Safety courses updated.
Details of revalidation are clearly shown in the Particular Course Overview Ref 6.1.