For seafarers
Keep your radio skills sharp
The procedures you rarely use are the ones you forget. Refresh your VHF communication and prepare for the exam – on your own schedule, by voice or text.
Every call type
The calls you hope you never need – practised until they are routine
DISTRESS
MAYDAY
A vessel or person in grave and imminent danger. Practise the full distress procedure step by step.
URGENCY
PAN PAN
Urgent situations concerning the safety of a vessel or person, without immediate danger to life.
SAFETY
SÉCURITÉ
Navigational and weather warnings to all stations – how to send them and how to receive them.
ROUTINE
Everyday calls
Radio checks, calling coast radio stations and other vessels, and changing to working channels.
Training and exam modes
Test yourself as if it were the real exam
Learn the procedures with guidance in training mode. When you are ready, switch to exam mode and work through the scenarios on your own.
- A scorecard with feedback after every exercise
- Guidance in training mode – none in exam mode
- Repeat any scenario as often as you like
On your schedule
Train wherever you are
In your browser
No installation – it runs on any modern computer with a microphone.
By voice or text
Speak like on a real radio, or type your messages when you cannot talk.
Between contracts
Keep the procedures fresh at home, onboard or while waiting for your next contract.
Refresh your radio skills
Start the course, or try the simulator for free first.
We provide online training. The official exam and certificate are handled by the maritime authorities.