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6 students to 1 Trainer & 2 boats. In practice these courses are typically
run with no more than three attendees. |
Of course you need to be a RYA Powerboat Instructor and possess your
Advanced Powerboat Certificate to attend the course. If there is any chance
that you will instruct on a 'Coded' craft then you will need your RYA/MCA
Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence too. Realistically to succeed
in the course you must possess a considerable amount of powerboating
experience including being very competent and at ease at night. You will be
an accomplished boat handler (in all conditions) and are likely to possess a
level of background knowledge well beyond the syllabus. Whilst not a
prerequisite you should possess the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster theory
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Background
There is no stipulated entry requirement for this course beyond the need for
your Powerboat Instructor’s qualification and your Advanced Certificate, so what
follows is only a guide. Key points to consider when you are considering an
Advanced Instructors endorsement are:
- More often than not a PBI will be far more experienced than the vast
majority of level 2 students. As an Advanced Instructor you will tend to
encounter infinitely more experienced boaters – is there clear water between
you & them? This covers both the general boat handling and particularly areas
such as night navigation (you should be very experienced, competent and
comfortable in this area), general navigation (can you lucidly teach CTS, DR,
BTW, EPs and so on?) and a host of other areas. In short there cannot be an
area on the course that you are not well placed to teach both in respect of
your theoretical knowledge and your practical capability.
- Advanced Instructors should possess considerable sea time across a range
of boats, their background knowledge is likely to extend well beyond the remit
of the course.
The course itself
The assumption when you arrive with us is that as a PBI you can instruct (this
has proven occasionally to be a dangerous assumption!) therefore the course is
not attempting to develop particularly your instructional techniques. The course
aims to ensure that you are competent to teach each of the areas on the syllabus
and clearly therefore is an assessment both of your capability and knowledge,
coupled to the way in which you teach these subjects. The Powerboat Trainer
running the course will be working with you to ensure that you develop sessions
that will get all of the points across in a structured and well thought through
way. Clearly the issues of safety and course planning feature heavily.
The course lasts two days (plus some night work on the first day) and is not
moderated by an additional Trainer. Depending on numbers we will work with 2 or
3 boats and might invite “guinea pig” advanced course powerboaters in for some
of the sections.
Course outcomes
Clearly our aim is to help you through the course and for you to become an
Advanced Powerboat Instructor. An action plan may be created for course
participants that highlights areas that may need work on ahead of signing off as
an APBI. We will always ask that the first Advanced Course you run once you
become an Instructor will be alongside an experienced Advanced Instructor. If we
can facilitate this through PTUK we will do else we will try to introduce you to
other schools we know.
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