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As the RYA state the entry requirements for this course are:
“The Instructor is a competent & experienced powerboat handler who has been
trained to teach powerboating up to the standard of the RYA National Powerboat
Certificate (Level 2) under the supervision of the Principal of a RYA Training
Centre.
Candidate’s should have logged at least five seasons’ experience of powerboating
preferably in a range of boat types & sizes. For those who use powerboats as an
integral part of their normal full-time occupation, this period is reduced to
one season.
Candidates will hold the RYA National Powerboat Certificate (Level 2) and a
valid First Aid Certificate of a type approved by the RYA. Instructors wishing
to teach the Safety Boat course must hold that level of certificate themselves.
Instructors wishing to teach the Intermediate or Advanced Course must attend a
two day endorsement course”
The amount of experience required is a recommendation and it may be that
individuals with less experience may be accepted onto the course – please call
to discuss. That said irrespective of how many years you have been boating the
key point must be that you have plenty of experience and so will have ‘clear
water’ between you and those that you teach.
RYA Powerboat Instructor Pre-assessment - 1/2 day
Achieving your Powerboat Instructor qualification is a great achievement and
something that many aspire to. Sadly too many individuals attending Powerboat
Instructor courses historically have struggled in relation to their boat handling and
their theory/background knowledge.
To address this problem and to increase the numbers of those attending a
course succeeding, the RYA introduced an assessment for everyone wanting to
attend an Instructor course. This is called the Powerboat
Instructors Skills Assessment.
This assessment assesses your boat handling skills and will expect you to
be able to competently demonstrate capability in all of the areas identified as
'Cans' in the Powerboat Logbook (G20/04) to the level necessary to be able to
demonstrate these areas to students. Your theory/background knowledge will
also be assessed (eg your knowledge of charts/tides/col regs etc).
The assessment can be completed up to 6 months before your instructor course.
Ideally you should do so about 4 weeks ahead of your course as this this the
optimal time to then be able to brush up as necessary on boat handling and
theory as suggested/required by the Trainer running the assessment. For many
attendees though attending the centre twice is impractical so we always schedule
an assessment the day before a course starts. You must ensure if you choose this
option that you are sure your boat handling and theory is at the level required.
RYA Powerboat Instructor Course ~ 3 days
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).
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