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 deadline for applying for the title of Small Craft Skipper to be issued is 18 months from the date on which the final theory subject is passed.
- Copy of DNI / NIF / NIE, residence card or passport (valid) See note 1.
- Accreditation of the psychophysical aptitude for the management of pleasure boats carried out in Driver Recognition Centers (CRC) established in Royal Decree 875/2014, which regulates nautical qualifications for the government of pleasure boats, or in substitution of the accredited certified photocopy of the medical examinations for the embarkation of the ISM or those issued by the military doctors in which the aptitude to sail of the requesting military man is accredited.
It is not necessary if less than 2 years have passed since the date of issue of the previous certificate. In the event that it is proven that no more than two years have elapsed since obtaining the license to drive land motor vehicles, present a copy of the said permit in addition to an eye inspection for the purposes of differentiating colors, especially the green and red, performed in a CRC.
The medical certificate must be provided in digital format through the application. In the event that they have passed in Catalonia and / or done internships at approved academies.
The original document must be presented in person and in the office where the procedure is carried out, it will be scanned and uploaded to the application. The person carrying out the procedure must keep the medical certificate for two years - Receipt of payment of the fee (bar code to make the payment to "la Caixa", at the time of making the payment the DNI of the applicant must be informed. entity: Nautical and Fishing Training School, Concept: Recreational nautical titles, Assigned Entity Code: 0417125) if the presentation is face-to-face.
If the presentation is online, payment is made through the application by credit card
If you have done your internship at a Nautical School authorized by the Generalitat de Catalunya
- No additional documentation is required, as the DARP already has this information
If you have done the internship at a Nautical School in another autonomous community
- Original certificate of completion of the practices with the approval of the corresponding Administration, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 875/2014, of 10 October, which regulates nautical qualifications for the governance of vessels recreation.
In case of being in possession of professional and / or academic nautical degrees (validation)
- Certified copy of professional title
- Certified copy of academic degree
- Certification of days of navigation or accreditation of boarding periods.
For any other case
Open the query box and briefly state the reason for your query.
NOTE 1: You will only need to provide this documentation if you do not authorize the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food to obtain it. If this documentation has already been submitted to the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food and is still in force, it is not necessary to resubmit it. Indicate only in cases where the administrative procedure is initiated in a DARP office other than the one where the documentation was submitted: the procedure, year and place (OC, ST or SC) where it was taken
- 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).
64,10 €
Steps to follow
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Step one
Apply
Once identified in the application:
Once identified in the application:
- You can update some personal data.
- You can request a new title by clicking on the corresponding button.
- Select title and mode from the drop-downs
- Enter medical certificate data: date of issue, type and observations of the medical certificate (if any)
- Load the scanned medical certificate on both sides
- Check the responsible declaration and personal data protection boxes
- Enter your credit card details on the payment screen
Once the payment has been made and within a period of about five working days, the final title can be downloaded, in pdf format, which you can print or keep on your mobile device (phone, tablet...). You can download it as long as the title is valid.
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Step two
Receive the Administration’s response
What response is received?
What response is received?
The supporting document will be valid for 10 years. People who have reached the age of 70 will have to renew every 5 years. These terms can be modified according to the limitations written in the psychophysical aptitude document.
In person
The document will be delivered to you once the entire issuance / renewal procedure has been completed. This document will be printed on ordinary paper and can be downloaded in electronic format (pdf) through the web nautica.gencat.cat, as long as the title is valid.
Online
When the issuance/renewal procedure has been completed and within a period of five business days, the title can be downloaded in electronic format (pdf) and can be printed on ordinary paper or kept on your device (mobile, tablet, etc.)
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Step three
Check the status of the procedure
At the end of the payment you are shown the validity data of the issued certificate
At the end of the payment you are shown the validity data of the issued certificate
You can download the provisional title for 3 months
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Step four
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).
The public attention points of the Central Services, Territorial Services in Terres de l'Ebre, Territorial Services in Lleida, Territorial Services in Tarragona and Territorial Services in Girona of the Department of Climate Action, Agriculture and Rural Agenda, have dataphones so that you can pay the fee.