MARITIME COLLEGES APPROVED BY MCA (U.K) AND THAT WHICH WILL LEAD TO A U.K COC

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NAUTICAL COLLEGES AND TRAINING PROVIDERS

The list below provides contact details for colleges who run courses leading to a UK Certificate of Competency (CoC).
Seafarer Training and Certification Branch maybe contacted if you would like confirmation of training providers running specific courses.
Y = Yacht courses only

	Banff & Buchan College of Further Education, Henderson Road Fraserburgh Scotland AB43 9GA	Tel: +44 (0)1346 – 586100 Fax: +44 (0)1346 – 515370 info@banff-buchan.ac.uk www.banff-buchan.ac.uk
	Blackpool  & Fylde College Fleetwood Nautical Campus Broadwater Fleetwood Lancs FY7 8JZ	Tel: +44 (0)1253 352352 Fax:+44 (0)1253 773014 maritime@blackpool.ac.uk www.blackpool.ac.uk
Y	Blue Water Crew Training Centre 7 Boulevard d'Aguillon 06600 Antibes France	Tel: +33 (0)493344773 Fax:+33 (0)493347774 training@bluewateryachting.com www.bluewateryachting.com
Y	Blue Water Edificio Plaza Ctra 43 L.12 Palma Andratx Portais Nous Calvia Spain	Tel: +34 971 677 154 palma@bluewateryachting.com www.bluewateryachting.com
	City of Glasgow College 21 Thistle Street Glasgow G5 9XB	Tel: +44(0) 141 5652500 Fax: +44(0) 141 5652599 enquiries@gcns.ac.uk www.glasgow-nautical.ac.uk
Y	International Yachtmaster Training 910, South East 17th Street Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale Florida 33316 USA	Tel: +1 954 7797764 Fax: +1 954 7797165 info@yachtmaster.com www.yachtmaster.com
Y	John Percival Marine Associates/ Hoylake Sailing School Ltd Marine House 86a Market Street Hoylake Wirral CH47 3 BD United Kingdom	Phone (UK): +44(0)1516324664 Phone (UK): +44(0)1516324000 Fax: +44(0)1516324776 email: captain@hss.ac.uk http://www.hss.ac.uk
Y	Lairdside Maritime Centre 3 Vanguard Way Campbeltown Road Birkenhead Wirral CH41 9HX	Tel: +44 (0)151 647 0494 Fax: +44 (0)151 647 0498 lairdside@livjm.ac.uk www.lairdside-maritime.com
	Liverpool John Moore’s University School of Management & Technology Byron Street Liverpool L3 3AF	Tel:  +44 (0) 151 2312121 Fax: +44 (0) 151 2312529 www.livjm.ac.uk
	Lowestoft College Maritime Studies St Peters Street Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2NB	Tel: +44 (0)1502 525025 Fax +44 (0)1502 525106 info@lowestoft.ac.uk www.lowestoft.ac.uk/maritime.asp
Y	Maritime Professional Training 1915 South Andrews Ave Ft. Lauderdale FL 33316	Tel: +1 954 525 1014 Fax: +1 954 764 0431 info@mptusa.com www.mptusa.com
	NAFC Marine Centre Port Arthur, Scalloway Shetland ZE1 OUN	Tel: +44 (0)1595 772000 Fax:+44 (0)1595 772001 jan.rigden@natc.uhi.ac.uk www.nafc.ac.uk
	Ocean Training Plymouth Woodland House Forresters Business Park Estover Close Estover Plymouth PL6 7PL	Tel:  +44 (0) 1752 696656 info@oceantraining.org.uk
	Orkney College Department of Maritime Studies Victoria Street Stromness Orkney KW16  3BS	Tel: +44 (0) 1856 569000 Fax:+44 (0) 1856 569001 fred.breck@orkney.uhi.ac.uk www.orkney.uhi.ac.uk
	University of Plymouth A109 Portland Square Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA	Tel: +44 (0) 1752 233093 Fax: +44 (0) 1752 232406 science@plymouth.ac.uk www.plymouth.ac.uk
Y	Professional Yachtmaster Training 10 Fenton Road Durban 4001	Tel: +27 (0) 31 307-4992 Fax: +27 (0) 31 307-4999 info@pyt.co.za www.pyt.co.za
	South Tyneside College Faculty of Nautical Science St George’s Avenue South Shields Tyne & Wear NE34 6ET	Tel: +44 (0)191 4273500 Fax +44 (0)191 4273646 info@stc.ac.uk nautical@stc.ac.uk www.stc.ac.uk
	Maritime Operations & Logistics Centre NW Kent College, Gravesend Campus Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2JJ	Tel: +44 (0)1322 629600 Fax:+44 (0)1322 629687 course.enquiries@nwkcollege.ac.uk www.nwkcollege.ac.uk
Y	UKSA Arctic Road West Cowes Isle of Wight PO31 7PQ	Tel: +44 (0)1983 203038 Fax: +44 (0) 1983 295 938 info@uksa.org www.uksa.org
	Warsash Maritime Academy Newtown Road Warsash, Southampton SO31 9ZL	Tel:  +44 (0)1489  576161 Fax: +44 (0)1489 573988 wma@solent.ac.uk www.warsashacademy.co.uk