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Y-LEGACY-L2.2

Revalidation, transition and next steps

Legacy holders need to keep their certificates valid and understand their options for moving into the modern scheme. This lesson covers revalidation, transition and the practical steps.

Keeping valid and moving forward

  • Revalidation generally requires recent qualifying sea service and up-to-date safety and medical certificates.
  • Transition to the modern SV certificates may require specific modules, service or assessment.
  • Keep the ancillary certificates current — STCW basic safety, Advanced Fire Fighting, PSCRB, and the ENG1 medical.
  • Confirm the individual route with the MCA and keep the evidence of service and training.

Practical steps

For a legacy 'Y' holder

  1. Identify your exact certificate and its authorised limits.
  2. Check the current MCA small-vessel engineering guidance for the equivalent and the transition path.
  3. Confirm your revalidation status — recent sea service, medical, and safety certificates.
  4. Contact the MCA to confirm your position and any bridging before relying on an equivalence.

NOTE — Keep the ancillaries current too Whatever the main certificate, the ancillary certificates — basic safety, firefighting, survival craft, and the ENG1 medical — must be kept in date for the qualification to be usable. They are part of staying valid.

WARNING — Confirm your own position with the MCA Transition and revalidation rules change, and individual circumstances vary. Before relying on an equivalence or a transition path, confirm your specific position with the MCA and keep the evidence of your service and training.

Practice questions

5 questions
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To keep a certificate valid and plan a transition, a legacy holder should first: (a) Assume it never expires (b) Check current MCA guidance and confirm their individual position with the MCA (c) Discard the certificate (d) Ignore ancillary certificates

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Revalidation generally requires: (a) Nothing (b) Recent qualifying sea service and up-to-date safety and medical certificates (c) A new vessel (d) A deck ticket

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The ancillary certificates (basic safety, AFF, PSCRB, ENG1) must be: (a) Ignored (b) Kept in date for the qualification to be usable (c) Discarded (d) Framed only

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Transition to a modern SV certificate may require: (a) Nothing at all (b) Specific modules, service or assessment as the MCA determines (c) A deck exam (d) A radio licence

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Before relying on an equivalence or transition path, the holder should: (a) Assume it applies (b) Confirm their specific position with the MCA and keep the evidence (c) Tell no one (d) Change vessels

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