Certified training

Certified Training is partnering with CrewPass

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Certified Training is a certified superyacht crew training academy based in Cape Town, South Africa. The academy has assisted over 7000 crew members from all over the world, benefiting all four roles: Yacht Deckhand, Yacht Steward(ess), Yacht Engineer and Yacht Chef.

Certified Training’s unique selling point is their extensive range of superyacht-specific courses designed to enhance crew members’ training experience. The academy offers a free personal consultation allowing students to access a superyacht-style cv template, worldwide crew accommodation lists and even interview techniques.

However, Certified Training has gone one step further to support their students by helping them gain their Visa’s and Offshore accounts.

CrewPass and Certified Training’s partnership aims to further aid crew with their hiring journey. The partnership gives crew all the essential tools to gain a competitive edge over other candidates. Furthermore, CrewPass is proud to be fully integrated into Certified Training’s sign up process providing CrewPass Approved crew with a straightforward way to validate their status.

Gain a competitive edge by accomplishing superyacht training courses that are role-based on top of essential courses like STWC today. Also, highlight that you are a safe crew member by passing a full background check by CrewPass.

To find out more about Certified Training visit their website:

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If you want to be CrewPass Approved, subscribe today:

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Certified Training social media links:

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CrewPass is supporting the revolutionary job board company, Dockendo!

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"Applying for a job has never been so easy" -Dockendo

CrewPass is pleased to announce a new partnership with Dockendo!

Dockendo is the unique digital job board platform for the yacht industry, with native apps for iOS, Android, and the web. It is a robust, user-friendly interface and cost-effective platform that helps find and attract candidates deliver speed and quality crew worldwide thanks to the matching algorithm based on the soft and hard skills of the applicants. Have a first impression of the future crew members thanks to the video CV presentation integrated.

Get recognised by Dockendo by signing up with CrewPass and becoming CrewPass Approved, and let the recruiter know that you are a safe placement option. It is a straightforward process; you just fill in your information and wait 7–10 days for your background check results and accreditation.

Dockendo and Crewpass are fully integrated into the sign-in, allowing members to connect and validate their CrewPass approved accreditation and show the badge in their profile when they apply for a job in Dockendo. 

Create and post your offers in Dockendo with our Coupon: Dockendo25

and get 25% off CrewPass for 6 months. If you don’t have a CrewPass subscription, you can create a CrewPass account through the Dockendo sign-up process.

Looking for a SuperbCrew? Hungry for a Yacht Job? Visit: https://bit.ly/333FiK9

Dockendo’s Social Media Links:
https://www.instagram.com/dockendo_/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/dockendo/
https://www.facebook.com/dockendo

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CrewPass is nominated for ACREW’s Best Superyacht Software Award 2022

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"The Superyacht Business Awards 2022, voted the Best by Superyacht Captains & Crew, are awarded to the best businesses in the yachting industry. ACREW's network of over 15,000 Captain and Crew Members are invited to vote for the superyacht businesses that deserve global recognition for being the best in their field."

(ACREW, 2022)

Businesses will be judged on their strong social and digital platforms and media partnerships. Winning such a prestigious award will be a great marketing tool for businesses.

CrewPass is officially a nominee for the ‘Best Superyacht Software Award’ 2022. This award recognises businesses that use digital technology to improve the lives of crew members and guests onboard. The product or service is innovative, well polished, easily implemented by the user and has an overall attractive design. The software must serve a purpose, and customer service must be top quality.

We believe CrewPass’ services are a great contender for the awards as our main objective is to make the yachting industry safer for all and, in return, improve all lives onboard. CrewPass’ crew vetting services provide captains visibility on who they are employing. We also give crew agencies the confidence to place fully-vetted crew members onboard. We offer CrewPass Approved crew the chance to stand out and increase their employment chances. Plus, we at CrewPass believes we have surpassed the criteria for the awards:

• Innovation
• Technical excellence
• Effectiveness and implementation
• Impact
• Usability
• Potential for growth
• On-call assistance

Check out our social media pages to find out more:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crewpass.co.uk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crewpass/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crewpassuk

Quay Crew

CrewPass partners with Quay Crew

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CrewPass is proud to say they are supported by Quay Crew.

Quay Crew is a leading agency for crew recruitment with over 36 years of combined recruitment experience. The agency supplies yachts with crew that have an exceptional level of yachting experience. Quay Crew has worked alongside some of the most prestigious superyachts in the yachting industry. If you are looking for yacht engineer jobs, yacht galley jobs, yacht deck jobs or interior yacht jobs, Quay Crew posts all these types of jobs on their website!

Quay Crew also agreed that there is a need for CrewPass’ services and has decided to support our brand. Our partnership will help make the marine industry a more secure and safe place.

Get recognised by leading crew agencies like Quay Crew by signing up with CrewPass and becoming CrewPass Approved. It’s a straightforward process, fill in your information, wait 7-10 days for your background check results and receive our accreditation. The accredited crew stand out from the crowd of fully trained crew applicants.

Streamline your onboarding process today and find a job with Quay Crew on their website: https://jobs.quaycrew.com/

Quay Crew Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/quaycrew1?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/quaycrew

https://www.instagram.com/quaycrew/

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CrewPass partners with Wilsonhalligan

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CrewPass announces a new partnership with the ‘Best Superyacht Agency 2021’ (ACrew, 2021) Wilsonhalligan. Wilsonhalligan offers the latest Superyacht job roles and provides shoreside jobs plus jobs in private households.

Wilsonhalligan sees the values CrewPass brings in furthering the profession of yachting and providing safety within the industry.

Crew members can easily search vacancies, get advice and download a CV template with Wilsonhalligan. The crew agency hosts a range of job types, including freelance, full-time, part-time, permanent, rotational, seasonal and temporary vessel positions. In return, the scope of job vacancies that Wilsonhalligan offers best suits any crew candidate looking to work onboard.

Anyone looking to get hired but struggling to stand out from the ever-growing industry, use CrewPass’ services and become a start candidate and be recognised by leading crew agencies like Wilsonhalligan. Kick start your dream yachting career today and register with Wilsonhalligan on their website: https://www.wilsonhalligan.com/search-yacht-crew-jobs/

Our ‘CrewPass Approved’ accreditation makes you one step ahead of the rest!

Wilsonhalligan Social Media links:

https://www.instagram.com/wilsonhalliganrecruit/
https://www.facebook.com/wilsonhalliganjobs
https://www.linkedin.com/company/wilsonhalligan-large-yacht-recruitment/

 

For 10% off your 2-year subscription please use the discount code: Wilsonhalligan10

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The top yacht chefs on social media 2021

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On superyachts, food is one the most important elements that can make or break a charter. Therefore, chefs have an essential role on yachts, and they are constantly under pressure to meet high standards. Becoming a yacht chef takes hard work and dedication; all yacht chefs need basic yacht training and at least two years of experience in a professional kitchen. These highly skilled chefs have incredibly long workdays and very early starts. Serving the elite with unique food preferences and demands means yacht chefs have to be completely versatile. The yacht chefs featured on this blog are, in our opinion, the top chefs on social media. All chefs included in this blog post extraordinary creations and excellent food presentations on their social media.

Dean Harrison(@theyachtchef)

Dean Harrison is arguably one of the most well-known chefs on Instagram, and if you’re a yachting enthusiast, you have probably heard of Dean Harrison. Harrison has been a trained chef for 16 years, and impressively, 9 of them has been in yachting! Flexibility, composure and organisation are his greatest strengths. Harrison’s Instagram highlights a range of brightly coloured food and aspirational yacht lifestyle posts. Dean Harrison has a uniquely neat and precise food presentation that looks luxurious. Combining his thorough plate displays and the use of expensive garnishes such as caviar, Harrison’s food screams extravagance. If you are interested in becoming a yacht chef, Harrison also provides in-depth tips and advice on his website.

Nicholas Hare (@nickprivatechef)

Nicholas Hare, also known as “Nick”, is a private yacht chef from England. Hare is a very versatile chef cooking vegan dinners to lavish seafood! But what draw people to his social media is that Nick is not afraid to make comfort food such as a smashed double patty’s with cheese, maple bacon burger that looks mouth-watering—or re-creating a family favourite, a classic spaghetti bolognese! Nick’s social media pages highlight his dedication and love for cooking, as nearly all of his posts showcase his exceptional food creations.

Nina Wilson (@thecrewchef)

Nina Wilson is currently the head chef on Motor Yacht Trevelry, and she is also behind the scenes of the yachting industry columnist for Dockwalk. Her attention to detail is exceptional, and her YouTube video about breakfast preparation illustrates how dedicated Nina is to her profession. Her warm personality on her YouTube videos makes her naturally likeable. Her accuracy in batch production shows how much of a perfectionist she is as a chef. Like Dean Harrison, Nina Wilson posts a variety of food and travel photography on her social media. Plus, Nina uses interesting flavour combinations making her a stand out yacht chef.

Hannah Walker (@chefhannah_seasoning)

Hannah Walker is another British yacht chef who has made our top yacht chef list! Her fresh and flavoursome cooking is always a crowd-pleaser. Plus, Walker’s strengths are cooking healthy food plus, vegan and vegetarian dishes. For example, Walker’s buttermilk battered cauliflower looks divine and wholesome; many of her meals are internationally inspired cuisine. Walker’s innovative dishes is one of many reasons why her social media pages are such a hit online.

Grace Dvornik (@gracedvornik)

Lastly but definitely not least, Grace Dvornik is growing in popularity on social media. Grace is a freelance yacht and estate chef who is rather famous on TikTok. Impressively, Grace has served many impressive figures, including celebrities, royalty and retired politicians. Grace’s salad’s looks too good to eat, and delicious desserts are insanely impressive. Grace’s healthy but delicious food, plus her down-to-Earth Instagram, is refreshing and inspiring.

*CrewPass doesn’t own the rights to the images displayed on this blog.

If you liked this blog, comment below! Please like, follow and share CrewPass’ social media and stay up to date with CrewPass by signing up with our newsletter. Plus, if you are a chef trying to streamline your onboarding process, why not subscribe to CrewPass’ accreditation and stand out from the crowd!

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PRESS RELEASE: CrewPass Enhances Maritime Safety With New Background Check And Crew Vetting Services

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December 3rd, 2021 – CrewPass today announces the launch of a new set of services,
carefully designed to improve the safety and security of the maritime industry through
enhanced background and certification checks.

The recently launched start-up has selected First Advantage – a leading global provider of
technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety and compliance related to human
capital – as their service provider to provide background screening and identity checks.
CrewPass have integrated First Advantage’s leading technology platform to fulfil global
vetting checks. It has already signed agreements with some of the leading crew agencies
such as Viking Crew and Bespoke Crew, who are supporting this accreditation as an
industry standard.

The CrewPass accreditation scheme includes background checks, criminal record checks,
ID verification checks and soon to be launched automated Certificate of Competence checks
through the MCA. A simple sign up process by the individual crew member allows CrewPass to verify their identity and to conduct enhanced global criminal background
checks, helping vessels, crew agencies and management companies ensure that only fully
vetted individuals are allowed on board.

The CrewPass software application also hosts a variety of impressive, enhanced features
that include a digitalised watch rota and encrypted inter-crew vessel chats. In addition, a real-time crew list displays persons on/off board using intelligent beacons. Tapping in and
out of the vessel updates status and collates working hours.

Signing up with CrewPass gives an identification badge which serves as a digital passport
confirming that crew members are fully vetted by the company. This will provide the
advantage to crew members applying for jobs earning confidence and trust of employers by
proving they have a clean and verifiable record with the CrewPass Accreditation.

Once onboard the new app and website allows vessels to improve their daily operations,
ensuring the safety and security of everyone on board, by enabling them to check,
communicate, and monitor the daily operations of crew members.

Interested individuals, vessels, and crew agencies can utilize the company’s subscription
services to enhance their vetting process instantly. Signing up for these services on the
company’s website to take advantage of this revolutionary app, ensuring that only fully vetted
and competent crew members are registered for your clients and allowing individual crew
members to stand out from the crowd.

CrewPass can also be reached through any of its social media handles on LinkedIn,
Facebook, and Instagram.

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Social Media links
https://www.facebook.com/crewpass.co.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/crewpassuk/ https://www.instagram.com/crewpass/

For more information, please contact:
CrewPass www.crewpass.co.uk
info@crewpass.co.uk

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Will 3D printing be the future of yacht manufacturing?

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Boat international spoke to some of the “most influential people in the yachting industry” to hypothesise key trends for the future of the yachting industry. 3D printing seemed to be a popular prediction for the future of yachts. Many large industries have already adopted 3D printing for manufacturing. For example, the healthcare industry, the aerospace industry, and the defence industry have all incorporated 3D printing into their manufacturing. This fundamental transformation has enabled distributed manufacturing and decentralised production. Furthermore, this has contributed to materials development, expanded digital architecture, and greater endurance within 3D manufacturing technologies. Additive manufacturing (3D printing) has offered more efficient solutions by saving time in the design process and “[enables] easy scalability in rapid prototyping to full-scale manufacturing” (Rush LaSelle, Senior Director, Jabil).

Gregory C Marshall (Canadian yacht designer) informs The Boat International that the future of yachting lies in new technology: “We are deep into the possibility that we could print an entire yacht using 3D additive printing.” Some innovative players in the maritime sector have already adopted 3D technology into some design components for their boats. For example, the 12’4″ (6.5 meters) long, 8’2″ (2.5 meters) wide, and about 1763.7lbs (800 kg) in weight boat named MAMBO is a fully functional 3D fibreglass boat. The Pioner 14 Active Dark Line model is Europe’s first seaworthy 3D printed boat, and it is made “layer by layer” from a mixture of glass fibre and plastic. The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions and MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has focused on the world’s first autonomous 3D printed boat: Roboat, as part of five-year research.

A notable boat that has been ground-breaking in the maritime industry is 3Dirigo. This boat was announced by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in September 2019. If you have not heard of 3Dirigo, the 3Dirigo is the world’s largest 3D-printed boat. It only took 72 hours to make the whole 25′ (7.6m) long, 5,000lbs (2,268kg) boat! This boat is so impressive that it holds the record for being the world’s largest solid 3D printed item.  Unlike other moulds, a 3D-printed mould is made from thermoplastics and wood composites that take a very short time to make, and they can be recycled, unlike traditionally made products that are disposed of in landfills.

According to MaineBoats:

“The 3D printing project puts Maine at the forefront of a rapidly evolving industry, and has the potential to make a ground-breaking difference not only for boatbuilders, but also for other manufacturing sectors.”

However, this boat won’t actually be used, but it has been tested in a pool at the Alfond 22 Ocean Engineering Laboratory test site.

But will 3D printing be the future of superyacht manufacturing? Well, on average, a superyacht is from 40 metres (130 ft) to more than 180 metres (590 ft) in length. In contrast, the Ingersoll Machine only has the capacity to print objects that are 100 feet long, 20 feet wide and 10 feet tall, according to MaineBoats. But when 3D technology advances and has the capacity to build larger objects, it is not impossible that 3D printers could make superyachts in the future. Thus, Gregory C Marshall states that this technology will disrupt virtually every aspect of the industry. It’s a lot closer than you think — I’d say 2050 — and we will see large component parts before that.”

Do you think 3D printing will be used commonly for superyacht manufacturing in the future? Let us know in the comment section below!

Sources:

https://maineboats.com/print/issue-162/university-maine-3dirigo

https://www.3dnatives.com/en/3d-printed-boats-300320214/#

https://www.jabil.com/blog/future-of-3d-printing-additive-manufacturing-looks-bright.html

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/yacht-design/industry-insiders-predict-the-future-of-yachting–33997

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Luxury yacht rape victim wins $70M suit

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TW: This entire post discusses multiple forms of trauma, violence, sexual assault, and mental health.

On February 25th, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale a stewardess was brutally raped by deckhand Rafal Dowgwillowicz-Nowicki. The intoxicated deckhand, aged 39, forced the victim to have ‘aggressive’ intercourse and oral sex, threatening to kill her if she did not comply. On the night of the attack, the stewardess was “raped for over an hour before she escaped and got the captain’s attention” said Edwards (the victim’s lawyer). The victim was not given a walkie-talkie to alert anyone and the intercom system which could have allowed the victim to call for help did not work as it was being refitted. The victim even tried to scream for help, but she was three floors below her supervisor meaning her cries for help was not heard.

The yacht owner’s failure to prevent cases like this happening is why they were also held accountable. Therefore, the owner of Endless Summer, a 130-foot luxury yacht, was forced to pay $70 million in damages including $70,000 in lost wages, $4.2 million in lost future earnings and $66 million for pain and suffering. The victim was also awarded $290,050 in past and future medical expenses, the Sun-Sentinel reports. Thus, the owner failed to offer the stewardess “prompt, adequate, and complete medical care” according to the suit.

Although there is a policy disabling intoxicated crew members from returning to their duties on the yacht, no one was on board that night to enforce. Meanwhile, the deckhand was found guilty of four counts of sexual battery and was sentenced to two years in jail in 2016. Rafal Dowgwillowicz-Nowicki was then deported to Poland according to sources.

The failure to provide property security and “negligently hiring and retain crew members with dangerous propensities” or warn the victim of these propensities according to sources. If background checks had been performed as part of the employment process, the yacht owner would have been aware of the deckhand’s “dangerous propensities.”

Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5331679/Victim-rape-aboard-Florida-luxury-yacht-wins-70M-damages.html

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/victim-of-rape-aboard-florida-luxury-yacht-wins-70m-damages

https://www.dockwalk.com/news/crewmember-receives-more-than-70-million-in-yacht-rape-case

https://www.legalreader.com/yacht-rape-victim-awarded-nearly-71-million-damages/

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-sb-yacht-rape-lawsuit-verdict-20180130-story.html

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METSTRADE- Where the global leisure marine industry comes together.

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Taking place from the 16th-18th November 2021.

CrewPass will be attending the METSTRADE show this year to discuss our upcoming launch and our services.

The METSTRADE Show is the world’s largest trade exhibition of marine equipment, materials and systems. The METS is an international B2B exhibition for the marine leisure industry and have served as a platform for innovation, market developments and networking since our launch in 1988.

Please get in touch if you wish to arrange a meeting.

info@crewpass.co.uk