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What do you need to know?
The basic navigation small craft skipper title allows the management of leisure craft up to 8 metres in length with the engine power appropriate appropriate to its length, provided that the boat does not sail up to 5 miles in any direction from an accessible harbour or beach. In addition, they can manage jet skis.
To obtain the basic small craft skipper title, you must:
- Pass a theoretical exam.
- Take the radio communications training course.
- Complete safety and navigation practices or pass a practical safety and navigation exam.
To obtain the basic motor and sailing skipper title, in addition to the previous requirements, you must:
- Complete sailing practices.
People who passed the theoretical part in Catalonia and have done internships in academies approved by the Generalitat de Catalunya can apply for the issuance and renewal of a degree online. In all other cases, the procedure must be done in person.
Immediate issuance and renewal service: at certain offices (see Step 1 - In person) the documentation can be submitted to issue and renew the degree and obtain it on the spot.
Anyone who meets the requirements.
The registration for the exam can be made at any time, since it is held every month.
The examination dates are available on this web page.
Documentation to be attached to applications:
- In the case of applicants who are between 16 and 18 years old, signed authorisation from their parent or legal guardian, with a photocopy of the parent’s or guardian’s National Identity Document (DNI) or passport.
- Photocopy of the applicant’s National Identity Document (DNI), residence permit or passport.
- Proof of payment of the examination fee.
- Official medical documentation certifying that the interested party meets the necessary physical conditions that are outlined in Resolution of 5 January 2009 of the Directorate General of the Merchant Navy. Instead of medical documentation it is possible to submit a certified photocopy of evidence that the applicant is in the correct physical condition for sailing: the documentation relating to the medical examination of the Social Institute of the Merchant Navy (ISM) or of those performed by military doctors.
1. You have to provide this documentation only in case of not authorizing the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and Food to obtain it. If this documentation has already been previously submitted to the Department and it is still valid, it is not necessary to present it again.
- Being 18 years old or above or being 16 years old or above with permission from the applicant’s parents or guardians.
- Having passed the theory examination.
- Having passed the medical examination.
- Having undertaken practical exercises in radio communications.
- Having undertaken practical exercises in safety and navigation or having passed the safety and navigation practical examination.
- Having undertaken practical exercises in navigation in sail-powered vessels (only for the engine- and sail-powered type of title).
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How to prepare
- On your own
You can obtain the Small Craft Skipper/Wave Sports Nautical qualification by preparing on your own and sitting the theory test. - By an approved academy
You can obtain the Small Craft Skipper/Wave Sports Nautical by enrolling in an approved academy, which will guide your learning until you take the exam.
Program and structure of the theoretical exam
Steps to follow
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Step one
Apply
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Step two
Pay
In order to sit the examination, payment must have been made to current account 2100-3000-11-2201717936, of the Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, ‘La Caixa’, in the name of the Nautical and [...]
In order to sit the examination, payment must have been made to current account 2100-3000-11-2201717936, of the Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, ‘La Caixa’, in the name of the Nautical and Fishing Training School of Catalonia (ECNPC).
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Step three
Consult
Consultar la lista de admitidos a examen
Consultar la lista de admitidos a examen
- Se podrán consultar las listas de admisión a la convocatoria cuatro días antes de la realización del examen los siguientes lugares:
- Las personas que no consten en las listas de admisión podrán presentar su reclamación por escrito , durante los tres días siguientes a la publicación de las listas.
- No podrán realizar el examen las personas que no figuren en la lista de admisión y tampoco hayan presentado la reclamació correspondiente.
Consulta de las notas de los examenes
La consulta se podrá realizar:
- Por Internet, introduciendo el NIF y fecha de nacimiento.
- Presencialmente:
- Escuela de Capacitación Náuticopesquera de Cataluña
- Dirección General de Pesca y Asuntos Marítimos
- Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería , Pesca y Alimentación
- Servicios Territoriales Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación
- Oficinas Comarcales del Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación
Consulta de las soluciones de los exámenes
Las soluciones de los exámenes teóricos de la última convocatoria se pueden consultar :
- Por Internet, en la página de soluciones.
- Presencialmente:
Consultar los resultados de las revisiones de examen
La consulta se podrá realizar:
- Por Internet, introduciendo el NIF.
- Por Internet, en la página de revisiones de exámenes de recreo.
