“I got your details from my brother, Wesley Jones. He has just finished his first season as a crew member of Jazz of Monaco, thanks to your training courses.
I am looking at doing the same for next year and am very interested in doing your Professional Crew Career Course. I currently reside in London and I have a British passport. I am looking at flying back to SA to do the course as my brother speaks very highly of you, and it is 100 times cheaper.”
David Jones, UK
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“Antibes has been a blast, start to finish… I see what you mean now about the Rose, baguettes, fromage and chirizo sausages coming out of your ears… good times!
I got a great job, just wanted to let you guys know!
50m Super yacht, new build, I am deck/stew which is best of both worlds… 9 crew, starts on 1st July in Sanremo Italy, world cruising as of next Feb…
I am super excited!”
Carly Jack, South Africa
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“I hope you are all well. I just wanted to give you the good news. Lee-Anne and I both got full time jobs on separate yachts. Her yacht is called My Petra and mine is call Lionheart. We are both very happy and super excited for the season ahead, but mostly grateful and appreciate the time we spend in Cape Town doing courses with you.”
David Jones, UK
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“Just a quick thank you for your help with my STCW. It was fun.”
Johann Rousseau, South Africa
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“I must say a very BIG thank you to you guys for helping me in choosing the correct courses for my new career path. I have been working on yachts for almost 3 months now and absolutely love it!!! Keep up the good work.”
Tasmin Dreyer, South Africa
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“What an awesome concept! It’s great to meet people who are passionate about what they do. Your enthusiasm and willingness to help is very impressive, and I would recommend Certified to anyone.”
Greg Hanley, South Africa
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“I’m so glad I found your website. You saved me money and gave me a great holiday at the same time!”
Jon Cunningham, UK
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“Hi Guys,
The feedback I got from both our Johannesburg and Cape Town offices were very positive, but especially so from the Cape Town training.The Johannesburg learners reported that the training was a lot of fun and they enjoyed it very much. The Cape Town learners came back very enthusiastic from the training. They said that they learnt a lot of stuff that they would never have thought of before. They thought it was great fun. And especially enjoyed the fact that there was so much practical where they could apply their taught knowledge.
An extract from an email of one of the employees who gave feedback about the course:
“The training we had yesterday was fun and interesting. The course was presented in a professional manor.Theory – The presenter was professional in the way he presented training. His message was clear and fully understandable. Practical – Was fun…dressing up, looking the part, and doing exercises, which definitely helped building team spirit, working as a team and most importantly, learning the correct procedures, to be followed in case of a fire occurring.”
Once again, thank you so much for organising such a successful training programme. You have really provided excellent service and I would most certainly recommend your company to other organisations who are in search of training service providers.”
Lianne Diamond, Eurolux South Africa
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“I would just like to thank Richard & Conrad at certified training for there professional and efficient service I received.
Having investigated all possible avenues to get into the Yachting Industry I came across the Certified website and sent through my request and contact details. Within an hour I received a breakdown of all the necessary requirements for the various positions and costs for all the courses, I was able to easily review what I needed and book my course and by the following day I had a reply email confirming the dates for my STCW and Powerboat courses. There after sales service was excellent, contacting me after I had completed the course to see how it went and if there was any way in which they could improve their Service. I was very impressed with this as they made me feel I wasn’t a number to them and they showed a genuine interest in me as a customer.
I also enjoy that they’re always updating me of upcoming courses and necessary information I might need to further my yachting career.
I will definitely recommend Certified Training to anyone who is looking at getting into the yachting industry!
Thanks again”
Lance Green (March 2010 – M/Y Candyscape II 62 metre)
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“Certified’s service has been great thus far. Your response is always quick and you are very efficient in what you do. I would do any course through certified again and will suggest you to anyone i know. The STCW course was absolutely great. Had so much fun and enjoyed it a lot.”
Adele Jordaan, South Africa
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“You’ve really helped me a lot with all this stuff, I would have been very lost without it all!”
Anna Shilina’s comments on entering the Superyachting Industry
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“I really appreciate all your efforts in getting me this far with my dream. I cannot thank you enough.”
Kelly Francis, South Africa – Reply after we set up an interview on a cruise ship for her
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“Your presentation was extremely valuable!!”
Kim Pannack’s comments on the Certified Superyacht Presentation
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“I enjoyed the info session and found you to be very thorough with information shared. Am thankful for your willingness to help people progress in the industry.”
Renee Du Rand’s comments on the Certified Superyacht Presentation (Aug 2010 on Motor Yacht CARCHARIAS – 35m)
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“Finished the STCW on Sunday. Really enjoyed it. The trainers/instructors where all excellent. I do feel a lot more confident about the prospect of spending extended periods of time afloat. Also made some great connections that I’m sure will come in use in the future.”
Damion Swan on completing his STCW 95 Course
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“I Just wanna let you know that I got a job here in Monaco, found one after a week of dockwalking, which is lucky. The competition is tight, but there are jobs going around. Interesting industry, learning a lot, having to adapt to the lifestyle too, but all good 
Thanks again for all your help in getting me here!”
Anna Shilina, one of our many successful students. We wish you the best of luck! Fair winds and smooth sailing.
(34m Sunseeker)
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“It has been a pleasure dealing with Conrad of Certified Training. I was looking to do a few courses before venturing into the super yacht industry, and Conrad’s extensive knowledge of the industry, and all the necessary requirements quickly swayed me to do my coursed through “Certified”. Conrad’s service has been excellent, with detailed descriptions of where to go, what to bring, and he even followed up after each course to find out how I enjoyed them. The courses were fantastic, and I have already had two job offers! If you are new to the industry, you can’t go wrong with dealing with Conrad.”
Lin Willis
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“Thank you, the course was really fun and sufficient”
Jessica de Bruin’s comments on the STCW-95 course which she completed in order to work on Cruise Ships.
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“The courses were very good thanks, quite an amazing experience actually. I already have permanent employment, I just did the course to further my education and hopefully I’ll be able to work on my bosses yacht now.”
Dean Charles Hauptfleisch
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