Landing Craft Officers' Qualifying Course (LCOQC)
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14 weeks
Frequency
1 course per year
Location
10 Training Squadron, Royal Marines Tamar, HMNB Devonport, PLYMOUTH
IELTS
6
Aims
To train Royal Marines (RM) Captains as: Boat Group Commander, Squadron Landing Craft Officer and Amphibious Warfare Staff Officer.
Course Details
- Instruction on landing craft
- Seamanship
- Engineering
- Ship husbandry
- Rule of the road
- Pilotage
- Navigation
- Signals
- Craft handling
- Surf Drills
- Beach survey and Reconnaissance
- Confirmatory reports
- Amphibious operational planning, and landing craft order
- Boat group drills and procedures
- Craft employment
Requirements
- Junior Officers who have completed Young Officer (YO) training and have been a Troop Commander in a Commando Unit, or equivalent experience
- Possess CP2 colour perception
- Pass Basic Swim Test
- Pass Royal Marines Fitness Test (RMFT)
Exams and Qualifications
Progress tests weeks 2, 4, 5, 8 and 10 plus final written and practical examinations covering:
- Landing Craft (all aspects)
- Signals
- IRPCS - International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea
- Navigation and Pilotage – Theory and Practical
- A final consolidation exercise assessing practical application of all skills learned including the ability to act as Boat Group Commander and Boat
- Group Sergeant of a range of landing craft within a complex tactical scenario
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Short Range Certificate
- RYA Advance Powerboat Level 2
- Coxswain Inflatable Raiding Craft and Offshore Raiding Craft