YORP

The GUEST accredited, pioneering program raising standards in the yachting industry

What is YORP?

The Yacht Owner Representative program (YORP) is fully-accredited by IAMI and consists of four courses.

SLA is the only GUEST Training Provider delivering Unit 40 of YORP:

GUEST Unit 40 - YOR role and responsibility skills (run in person and online)

Unit 40 focuses on the various roles and responsibilities of an owner representative. Participants will learn how to establish the owner's project aims and goals, present the requirements to shipyard, and negotiate project objectives on behalf of the owner.

Ultimately this course aims to equip yacht owner representatives with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure successful yacht projects and satisfied owners.

Who is this programme for?

YORP is primarily aimed at individuals who are ready to become certified owner’s representatives: captains, engineers, yacht managers, yacht brokers, yacht surveyors, technical consultants, shipyard project managers, HODs and experienced owner’s representatives. The course is also very useful for people who want to understand the role of the owner’s representative, including shipyard project managers, designers, lawyers, crew and family office managers.

What does the qualification offer?

Once you're qualified and accredited with Unit 40, you can apply to the Yacht Owner's Representative Register, an initiative hosted by the Superyacht Alliance and spearheaded by SYBAss (Superyacht Builder's Association) IAMI (International Association of Maritime Institutions) and GUEST.

When is it being held?

In-person

YORP Unit 40 is being run from October 22nd to 25th 2024.

It will be hosted at the De Vries facility at Feadship in Aalsmeer.

Your investment in-person is £2,500 (plus expenses).

Included: refreshments, lunch, one networking dinner, and an exclusive tour of the yard. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with other industry professionals.

Online

January 14th to February 6th 2025.

Two hour sessions, Tuesday and Thursday evening, 18:00-20:00 BST

Your investment online is £2,000

info@superyachtleadership.com

Tell me about the other Units

The other three units comprising the full YORP package are:

GUEST Unit 41 - Foundations of a New Build Project
GUEST Unit 42 - Management and Compliance Obligations
GUEST Unit 43 - Specialist Project, Legal and Administrative Knowledge

These comprise a comprehensive 45 hours of live teaching (2 x 2 hour sessions per week online) 45 hours of pre-recorded interviews plus 60 hours of self-study over 10 weeks.

These Units are supplementary and they provide a great wealth of additional learning to add to your knowledge base.

YORP in detail

The Yacht Owner's Representative Program enables qualified professionals to apply for the Yacht Owner's Register. The Register was created by the Superyacht Alliance to enhance professional standards and transparency within the industry with its purpose being to connect potential clients with owner's reps.

YORP comprises four Units; Unit 40 is required training for those looking to apply to be listed on the Yacht Owner Representative Professional Register and SLA are currently the only training provider delivering this course.

Unit 40

Role and Responsibility Skills

Owner Representative Responsibilities & Duties
Contractual Roles, Responsibilities & Tasks of the New Build Project Personnel.
Relationships, chains of communications, workflows & contractual obligations & compliances between Owner Representative & Project Teams & Personnel.
Effective communication with Owners, UHNW, Management & Corporate level individuals, & the Owner’s & Shipyard teams.
Importance of teambuilding & teamwork & the ability to manage the relationships between the Owners & Shipyard teams.
Discuss & establish Owner’s expectations, goals & aims for the New Build Project.
Preparing the New Build Project presentation of Owners requirements for Shipyard negotiations.
Assessing the impact of associated risks of Owners goals when choosing a Shipyard & negotiation.

Unit 42

Management & Compliance Obligations

Identifying Owners Team needs & managing budget.
Decision making, schedules, procurement & budgets for the interior designer.
Project surveys & risk assessments, inc. surveying experience & required time.
Interpreting Shipyard planning & schedules.
Managing workflows in line with planning schedules.
The impact of milestones on payment schedules.
Managing Owner decision flow, & the impact on planning schedules.
Raise, manage & coordinate change orders & variations.
The coordination & procurement of Owner supplied Items.
Management of supplied Items, budgets, & purchasing cost.
Procurement & purchasing, & associated delivery timelines.
Crew Recruitment & employment responsibilities, including key crew employment during procurement & set up phases.
Administrations & operational preparations & set up, for Shipyard departure.
Protocol & critical stages of the delivery process.
Commissioning phases & meeting the set targets
Process & preparations for sea trials.
Acceptance documentation process & dealing with outstanding issues.
Public Image, Owner expectations & confidentiality clauses.
Media outlets, resources & practices
Managing Publicity & Public Image during the Project

Unit 41

Foundations of a New Build Project

The various Shipyard organisation models & how they are structured.
The various Shipyard project management arrangements & considerations.
The various Shipyard sub-contractor’s collaboration models.
The various Shipyard costs & pricing arrangements.
The risks, responsibilities & rules between Shipyards
The processes for starting of a build project, the production guidelines & phases
The types, purpose, interpretation & considerations of a general arrangement plan.
The Shipyards prior new build experience, building standards, & application.
The risks & conflicts for inclusion of a Reference Vessel in a contract.
The new build legal frameworks, regulators, stakeholders & the relevancy & consequences for owners.
The build types, terminology & technical know-how & an overview of what is involved within each arrangement.
The principal processes relating to each phase of a build & specialized build.
The milestones & critical points of each process for planning, production & certification.

Unit 43

Specialist Project, Legal & Administrations

An organised, controlled & structured Record Keeping of Processes throughout all Phases of the Project Inc. Documents, Meetings, Discussions & Changes.
Differences between Documentation requirements of Production Vessels & Custom Vessels, & importance of timing Documentation deliverables.
Importance & relevancy of recording information & the impact on Shipyard & Owner teams for Contracts, Design, Production, Operations & Warranty.
Arrangement of onboard technical documentation & the ongoing management & accounting systems.
Owners Team Project Cost & Accounting
Owner Reporting Processes
Legal implications & the Terminology used
Contract between the Owner & Owner Representative