CEC (UK Equivalent) Certificates of Competency

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CEC (UK Equivalent) Certificates of Competency

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What dose it take to get a CEC? How hard is it to get?

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For everything you wanted to know, and probably more just follow the link below.

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-hom ... ga-cec.htm

It can be that hard, judging by some of the people I have sailed or worked with!!
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Just took a quick look at the website. Doesn't see that hard to get.
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I know, makes me wonder sometimes why I bothered getting mine from scratch............should have got my Panamanian one first and then my UK Cert.
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So you think getting a CEC is easy, think again, I tried back in 2001 and the paperwork is horrendous wait until you get to the part about writing the UKLAP exam. I took more than 1000 pages of documents with me from the MCA and when I got to the exam room the examiner said "is that all you brought" he said that most candidates have more than 3 times what I brought with me needless to say I failed the UKLAP exam.
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