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Superyacht Training Academy

CHOOSE YOUR SUPERYACHT CAREER

Our comprehensive programmes for Superyacht Deckhand, Stewardess and Chef are world-class training programmes that equip Superyacht personnel to performing at their optimum. Our career packages focus on the primary qualifications needed to assure success in obtaining the best jobs and maintaining them as a chosen career path.

Advanced Deckhand Career Course

Deck/Sail Career Course

Stewardess Career Course

Advanced Stewardess Career Course

Stew/Masseuse Career Course

Deck/Stew Career Course

Chef/Stew Career Course

Superyacht Chef Career Course

A career aboard a Superyacht is unlike any other

Your passport to the world’s most luxurious superyachts.

The Superyacht Training Academy, Cape Town, is an elite maritime Institute providing Internationally recognised training for professional yacht crew. We pride ourselves in releasing crew into the Superyacht Industry who are confident, competent, and responsible.

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Our courses can be tailored to suit your individual requirements or added to any career programme to bolster your chances of securing lucrative employment contracts worldwide.

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The Superyacht Training Academy is a bespoke training facility that provides every aspect of training for you to obtain an illustrious career aboard a Superyacht. The Academy boasts state-of-the-art equipment, lecture rooms, electronic training equipment, and on-board training.

Our Academy enlists professional trainers and industry experts who provide top-class training and first-hand experience of life on board Superyachts. We challenge you to be the best you can be, so that you can reap the rewards of having the most comprehensive and professional training worldwide. Take a tour of our training venues below:

31 South Arm Road

Superyacht Training Facility

Marina Centre, 1 West Quay Rd.

Stewardess Training Facility

3 West Quay Rd.

• An All-in-One facility for all your career training
• Crew accommodation during training
• Networking with experienced crew
• Career guidance programmes
• Superyacht culinary training
• Food safety training level 2 & 3
• Internships following your training programmes
• Career guidance booklet for green crew
• Advanced skills training programmes

Are you ready to begin your Superyacht Career?

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Get Onboard Superyacht Academy

Established in 2016, by two friends who met working onboard one of the world’s premium superyachts, Get Onboard Superyacht Academy has quickly established itself as leading industry player assisting young SA yachties looking to pursue a career in the superyacht industry.

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Get Onboard facilitates a variety of Superyacht specific courses across all four industry departments, Yacht Deckhand, Yacht Stewardess, Yacht Engineer & Yacht Chef. With over 14 years of industry experience, our maritime partners internationally accredited maritime partners who are ITY and MCA certified,were carefully selected to ensure our candidates are provided with the best possible training.

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Approved Engine Course AEC1

18,500  ZAR

The Approved Engine Course is an entry-level qualification for the MCA engineering training schedule and is regarded as the first step on the ladder, and is highly recommended for those interested in marine engineering. It is a 5-day or 30-hour course that aims to provide candidates with practical basic hands-on training and theoretical knowledge of diesel engines.

The course is theoretical but includes partial demonstrations and focuses on the cycle of operation regarding 2 stroke and 4 stroke diesel and petrol engines, their fuel, electrical, lubrication and cooling systems, the combustion process, power transmission and hull fittings.

Holding an AEC certificate will allow you to be a chief engineer on a yacht over 24m and less than 200 Gross Tons or act as an assistant engineer on vessels over 200 GT up to 60NM from a safe haven.

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32 Kloof Street Cape Town Western Cape 8001 South Africa

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Deckhand course

7,400  ZAR

This course will teach students how to effectively take care of a vessel bypracticing key elements of any vessel’s maintenance plan, whichincludes how to wash down the vessel, teak maintenance, as well asassess any damage of the vessel, correct product knowledge andapplication to repair the damage.

Another part of the maintenance section focuses on woodwork andvarnishing skills. Students will practice actual deck duties that are vitalon vessels, such as navigational watch, guest on board protocols, linehandling and anchoring duties to name a few.

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32 Kloof Street Cape Town Western Cape 8001 South Africa

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Deckhand course

7,400  ZAR

This course will teach students how to effectively take care of a vessel bypracticing key elements of any vessel’s maintenance plan, whichincludes how to wash down the vessel, teak maintenance, as well asassess any damage of the vessel, correct product knowledge andapplication to repair the damage.

Another part of the maintenance section focuses on woodwork andvarnishing skills. Students will practice actual deck duties that are vitalon vessels, such as navigational watch, guest on board protocols, linehandling and anchoring duties to name a few.

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32 Kloof Street Cape Town Western Cape 8001 South Africa

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Superyacht Training

Cape Town Yacht Crew – Expert Guidance From Yachties

If you’re thinking about a career in, or even a gap-year, working on luxury yachts, it’s a good idea to chat to people that have done it before.

Working on luxury yachts is not a career for everyone. Due to the long hours, hard work and extreme amount of patience to name a few of the qualities you need to survive this lifestyle, not many actually make it past one charter! To avoid spending a large sum of money to obtain your  basic and compulsory yacht training , it’s helpful to chat to some experienced yachties and get a real feel for whether this career is for you.

Speak To Past Yachties

Get Onboard Yachting Agency is based in Cape Town, one of the two locations in South Africa that offer luxury yacht crew training. 

It was created by Lara Dippenaar and Meg Tonkin who met working onboard one of the world’s premium superyachts. Meg, who runs Get Onboard, offers one-on-one consulting to those curious about starting a career on luxury yachts. She is able to answer your questions and offers a wealth of hands-on knowledge, drawn from a decade of life on board luxury yachts.

Meg says “It’s always nice to be able to speak to someone who has been there, and will give you the full picture without sugar coating”.

If you’re not currently in Cape Town, she also offers digital chat sessions, or if you’d like to get a good picture in your own time, has written an eBook jam packed with tips and tricks from her excess of 10 years experience of working on luxury yachts. The eBook offers all the information you’ll ever need to get your first yacht job. From what to study and where, visa application tips to the types of jobs on board, what to pack, and where to go to find employment – 54 pages of valuable insight.

Get your ultimate yacht crew deckhand training guide here , or  book a session with Meg  to find out if yacht life is for you!

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• Yachtmaster/Coastal Skipper Theory
• Yachtmaster/Coastal Practical
• Specialist Super Yacht Training Course (Deck Hand Training Course)
• RYA Power Boat Level II
• RYA Personal Watercraft Course
• RYA Competent Crew Certificate
• RYA Day Skipper Theory and Practical Certificates
• VHF Radio Operator’s License

7. What crew training is required for me to work as a junior stewardess?

• Stewardess Course
• Proficiency in Designated Security Duties (PDSD)
• MCA Food Safety Level 2
• RYA Powerboat Level 2

8. How do I book my training courses?

9. how do i get my first job on a yacht, 10. are these courses worth it, or am i just wasting my money, 11. will i get hired for my first job from south africa, 12. what is daywork, 13. what are the best locations to get a yacht job, 14. how much can a motor yacht stewardess or deckhand earn, 15. what are the negatives of working on a yacht, 16. what are the positives of working on a yacht, 17. is working on a super yacht for everyone, 18. what is the minimum age to work on a yacht, 19. is accommodation provided when i am completing my yacht training in cape town.