About the service

Y‑RankSTEP records practical skills and competence gained on board. Crew complete position-specific tasks, which are observed and verified by a qualified officer or Head of Department. Each verified task becomes part of a permanent professional record that follows the crew member from yacht to yacht.

Accounts

Crew and admins register with their own name and a personal email address. Each account belongs to one person and must not be shared.

Account holders are responsible for keeping their login details secure.

Crew seats and payment

A crew seat can be purchased by the crew member on a monthly, quarterly or annual subscription, or covered by the vessel while they are on board. Admin accounts are always free.

Purchased plans renew automatically until cancelled. Cancelling stops the next renewal; the current period runs to its end.

Vessel accounts

The Admin creates the vessel account and manages its crew list. Vessel-purchased seats can be reassigned as the crew list changes.

Verification and sign-offs

A task may only be verified by an officer or Head of Department who has observed it in person. By signing off a task, officers and Heads of Department confirm that the assessment is accurate and that the rank, qualifications and Certificate of Competency (CoC) number provided are their own.

A sign-off found to be inaccurate may be reversed by the vessel. Certificates that depend on it are then withdrawn.

Certificates

A certificate is issued when every mandatory task in a RankSTEP is verified. Each certificate carries an ID that anyone can check on the Verify Certificate page.

Acceptable use

Do not submit work that was not performed, verify tasks that were not observed, or alter a certificate PDF. Any account found to be involved in falsifying records will be suspended or permanently closed.

Liability

Y‑RankSTEP records the skills and tasks verified by officers and Heads of Department. It does not replace statutory certification, Flag State requirements or employer’s own verification procedures.

Changes to these terms

When these terms change, account holders are notified by email before the change takes effect.

What is collected

Account details: name, email, phone number, nationality and position. Record details: tasks, sign-offs, drills, references, certificates and vessel history.

How it is used

To keep the verified record, issue certificates, run the vessel admin, take payment for seats and reply to support requests. Data is not sold.

What a verifier sees

Anyone with a certificate ID and the holder’s surname can check it: the holder’s name, the RankSTEP, the date of issue, the tasks verified and the officers who signed them. Contact details are never shown.

Who it is shared with

The vessel a crew member is aboard sees their tasks and submissions. Payment is handled by a payment provider. Hosting and email providers process data on Y‑RankSTEP’s behalf.

How long it is kept

A verified record is kept for as long as the account is open, so it can be carried from vessel to vessel. Closing an account deletes it, apart from what must be kept by law.

Your rights

Account holders can request a copy of their data, correct it, or ask for it to be deleted, by writing to info@yrankstep.com.

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