Marine Radio Courses
Marine radios are an essential and important piece of safety equipment on board your vessel, providing a way to communicate with other boats or marine rescue groups, and receive navigational warnings and weather updates. You must be qualified to operate a marine radio.
The Long Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency (LROCP) course offered by Hillarys Yacht Club teach you how to confidently and competently operate and use correct radio protocols, procedures, radio rules and etiquette when using a marine radio and to familiarise you with all situations that you may encounter and require to use a marine radio.
The course content includes making calls, receiving calls, relaying calls, and various call signs and distress messages.
Skippers and crew should know –
- How to operate all marine radios on board your boat
- The distress and safety frequencies
- How to properly format and transmit distress and safety messages.
Long Range Radio Licence
The Long Range Operators Certificate of Proficiency (LROCP) is for operating both short-range (VHF) radios and High Frequency (HF) long-range radios for long-range transmission.
The minimum age for the LROCP qualification is 16 years.
The LROCP exam and certificate for the course provided at Hillarys Yacht Club are issued and managed by the Australian Maritime College at the University of Tasmania.
Handbook and revision questions for the course can be viewed online HERE. A hard copy of the handbook will be provided at the course.
Marine Radio Course
Marine Radio Course (LROCP) - Expressions of Interest
Marine Radio Operator Course (LROCP)
Day: TBA
During this 2 hr course
- Learn how to confidently and competently operate and use correct radio protocols and procedures when using a marine radio
- The course will also familiarise you with all situations you may encounter on the radio and make sure you are aware of radio rules and etiquette
- The course content includes making calls, receiving calls, relaying calls, and various call signs and distress messages.
Maximum participants: 9
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT REGISTRATIONS
To make a course booking, please use the ‘Book Now’ button to register. This will take you to our Australian Sailing (AS) course registration page. Australian Sailing is the national body for the sport of sailing and Hillarys Yacht Club is a registered Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre. You will need to know the Australian Sailing (AS) number of the sailor participating in the course in order to register that person, or you can create a profile for a new sailor. This profile and number are a unique identifier and stores course information for future reference, accessible by yourself and your registered club. It is important that the AS number is created for the person doing the course with their own name and details as they will keep this number for the lifetime of their journey in the sport of sailing.
