Career guides for yacht crew

How the MCA certificates fit together, written from the notices themselves. Each guide names the section it comes from, so you can check it at the source.

• Yacht deck career path: from deckhand to captainEvery certificate on the MCA yacht deck ladder in the order you meet them, and what each one asks for, from your first STCW course to Master (Yachts Unlimited).
• Yacht engineer career path: from AEC to Chief EngineerThe MCA Small Vessel route that yacht engineers climb, its different ways in, and where the ETO certificate fits.
• STCW refresher training: which courses expireWhich of your STCW safety courses run out after 5 years, which never do, and how to refresh them with less time ashore.
• How to revalidate an MCA certificate of competencyWhat the MCA asks for every 5 years to keep your certificate of competency valid, and what to do without enough sea service.