SA-ENDORSE-L1.3

How Endorsements Attach to a Certificate

SA-ENDORSE-M1 · The Commercial Small Vessel Regime · SA-ENDORSE-M1-A What makes a vessel commercial, what the owner and skipper must do, and how endorsements attach to a SAMSA certificate.

A South African small vessel certificate is a base ticket plus endorsements. **The endorsement, not the base ticket, is what makes you legal on a dive or passenger boat.**

Independent study. xplor is not a SAMSA-accredited training provider and awards no certificate or Certificate of Competency. Every endorsement described here is examined and issued only by SAMSA, its appointed examiners or authorised agencies, and any practical demonstration must be completed before them. AI-drafted content pending subject-matter-expert review.