Case Study: Royal Yachting Association achieves nationwide offline SRC training and branded LMS for 230 centres with Totara Learn

Royal Yachting Association national training and certification platform serves 230 UK centres

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA), the UK’s national body for all forms of boating, needed to update its Short Range Certificate (SRC) training after international and EU regulation changes increased learner hours and separated training from assessment. Those changes risked higher costs and reduced access for students—many of whom train at sea or in remote areas with limited internet—so RYA required a digital, compliant alternative that preserved practical skills training.

Learning Pool built a digitised SRC and migrated RYA to Totara Learn, delivering a branded LMS for 230 centres and a standalone PC/Mac/iPad course that syncs progress when online. The solution combined ~7 hours of e‑learning with practical exercises, an innovative marine radio simulator, and voice-recording with model feedback; it supports offline use, scales to tens of thousands of students (≈18,000 for SRC, ≈30,000 across courses), increased reach, and improved centre-level branding, management and reporting.

Royal Yachting Association

Craig Burton

Training and Resource Manager