Quote:
Originally Posted by requiem
Those organizations might benefit from confusing people by claiming their IPC is an ICC, but as the previous poster mentioned, US organizations are not able to issue an ICC; they can only be issued via a government that has signed onto the problem.
For US citizens, the simplest route to an ICC is likely via the RYA. Some organizations like NauticEd might facilitate this process, but it's the RYA doing the examination and issuance.
|
The US has not signed the relevant UN treaty, and is not likely to, so the US cannot charter an organization to issue the ICC. The UK has signed the treaty, and has chartered the RYA to issue the RYA.
But you don't have to be a UK citizen to get the ICC through RYA, and a school doesn't have to be in the UK to affiliate with the RYA or to offer the certificate.
There are a few RYA schools in the US.