RYA Powerboat Training Courses

Powerboat: Instructor ('PBI')

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"To both assess an attendees capability but also train them in instructional techniques and develop other skills as appropriate."	3 days from 9am to 5/6pm


6 students to 1 Trainer & 2 boats. On day 3 we are joined by a second Trainer (the 'Moderator'). We are usually able to use a variety of craft during the course particulalry when the 'guinea pigs' are with us.	Unsurprisingly to become an Instructor we expect you to be a competent powerboater! You should be experienced in and able to handle a range of powerboats and have a good grasp of all the subjects you would expect to teach both afloat and ashore - after all the course doesn't aim to develop your boat handling skills or background knowledge, although inevitably it does. As a guide you should have about 5 years powerboating experience, those with less experience may be considered - call to discuss.


The PBI course is 3 full days from 9am -5/6pm. You should expect to do some evening work too though - so no wild nights!	16


We run PBI courses roughly every 4/5 weeks at our Poole base. We also run numerous courses overseas particularly in the Mediterranean.	Open our Calendar to find course dates - click the logo


This is an intensive three day course which is a mixture of continual assessment and instruction. After introductions and a discussion of course outcomes we look at various aspects of instructional techniques. We are soon on the water giving you a chance to use the boats that we will be using and start practising instructing each other. Over the remainder of the course potential Instructors instruct sessions both on and off the water with regular debriefs with the Trainer where we ensure that you are getting the key teaching points across on each session. A hugely valuable element of our courses is that we invite ‘Guinea Pigs’ in for two half day sessions so that you can practice with real students – this is very beneficial and makes a real difference to the course. We would also recommend that you take us up on our offer of you attending a Level 2 course with us as an observer in the months/weeks running up to your course. This can be very useful as it gives you the chance to sit back and watch Instructors in action on each of the subjects you will train. Anyone interested in qualifying as an Instructor should acquire the following publications: Powerboat Instructor Handbook from the RYA (G19/97 - a new version will come out in 2008 (G19/08)). This publication explains the course and the requirements for those wishing to attend. RYA Powerboat Handbook (G13): The book written to support the National Powerboat Scheme by PTUK's Paul Glatzel RYA Start Powerboating (G48): The new book given to Level 2 attendees - a scaled down version of the RYA Powerboat Handbook RYA Powerboat Logbook (G20/04): The Logbook outlining the syllabus of the course. A PBI is qualified to teach Level One, Two and the Safety Boat Course (but only if they themselves possess the qualification).