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Download the WA guide on MCA AN1006 here

(Certifying UK flagged Workboats for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods)

Please find here all resources to support the application, preparation and completion of a VTE Assessment.

All resources are available for download free of charge.

The VTE process is as follows:

(Preamble) See here the MCA Guidance Notice 468 – MGN 468: VTE Scheme

(1) Candidate downloads and completes a Training Record Book – VTE Training_Record_Book_Rev 2

(Updated in 2020)

(2) Once complete, the Candidate applies for an assessment –

VTE Application Form                                                                 VTE scheme 2019 price list

(3) The Workboat Association will then arrange with the Candidates Employer for an Assessor and Assessment date.

(4) After the Assessment is complete and the funds have been paid, the Workboat Association will either award a Voluntary Towing Endorsement Certificate or arrange for Re-assessment (depending on original assessment result).

Free download: Dangerous Goods Manifest template for Workboats: The Workboat Association

The carriage of Dangerous Goods on Workboats: Good Practice Guide

More information can be found here

Download the Workboat Association’s ‘Workboat Code Explained’ Interactive Guide

(This tool requires Microsoft Powerpoint to function as intended)

Those not able to run Powerpoint should contact the Workboat Association for alternative possibilities.

Download the Passage Planning Explained guide by the Workboat Association

The John Percival Memorial Award is the annual award for the ‘best’ Workboat Industry Apprentice or Trainee.

Download the criteria and nomination form via the following link

4.1WA QMS JP Memorial Award (2)

Free download available here: COVID-19 Good Practice Guide. The Workboat Association 02.04.2020

To gain your Workboat Association member Discount Code for use in the ABR Company Ltd shop, send your request to; admin@workboatassociation.org

Not only will the purchaser recieve a 10% discount on their order of books by Captain Henk Hensen, but the Workboat Association will receive a donation of 15% of all orders made using the code.

Click on the products below to link to the shop;

Hard copies of the Towage Good Practice Guide and/or the Tug Stability Guide

(Soft copies unavailable).

Guides are priced at: £25 each for Members and £50 each for Non-members.

(The Towage Guide and the Stability Guide = 2 items)

Also applicable for Workboat Apprenticeship Scheme Candidates

This document is created and bound in hard-copy with photographic ID stamped and sealed by the Workboat Association.

Candidates interested in purchasing this Crewmember TRB must prepare 2 x countersigned (by the Employer) Passport Photos and write a cover letter including; Name, Date of Birth, and an Identity No. (Passport, Discharge Book or Driving Licence) prior to application.

Once complete the Cover letter and 2 x countersigned photos can be sent to:

The Workboat Association, 3 Rathdora Mews, Hamble Lane, Bursledon, Hampshire SO31 8EL

Members = £10                  Non-members = £25

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Free download available here: CTV-GPG-Edition 2-Final

Free download available here: Master Workboat <500gt TRB