Ok, I have just been on the phone with Georgie from Yachtwork in Portsmouth, UK.

She now runs the Ships Cook Assessment there and is approved by MCA and offers chefs with the right prior chef qualifications with the ability to only have to sit the half day written assessment in order to get the Ship’s cook Certificate from UK MCA.

for full article see http://www.shipscookcertificate.com/yachtwork-accreditation-of-prior-learning/