A course and exam for anyone who owns a fixed or handheld marine VHF radio. A radio is an important piece of safety equipment on board and it is vital to understand the correct procedures. The Short Range Certificate is the minimum qualification required by law to control the operation of VHF and VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC) equipment on any British flagged vessel voluntarily fitted with a radio either fixed or hand held.
This course will take place at our Ullapool centre with assessment taking place the following day.
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Cancellation Policy
UHI North, West & Hebrides reserves the right to cancel or defer the dates of courses.
In the event of UHI NWH cancelling a course, delegates will be deferred to another (scheduled UHI NWH) course or given a full refund if UHI NWH are unable to provide a course on dates suitable to the learner.
In the event of cancellation of a course by the delegate, business or their representative, the following charges will apply:
More than 28 days notice – 0% of course fee charged
15-28 days – 25% of fee charged
7 to 14 days – 50% of course fee charged
7 days or less – 100% of course fee charged
All requests to cancel, change a delegate name or transfer to a new course date must be made in writing to business.nwh@uhi.ac.uk
