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Our instructors & crew


We have invested heavily in our boats, our classrooms and our equipment however at the end of the day it will be for nothing if the Instructors we ask to work with you are not up to the job.

We have a core group of 8 Instructors that run the majority of our courses and a further 8 or so that work regularly with us. Each year a couple of  new Instructors join the team however they will only ever lead a course once they have gone through our induction process and worked on courses alongside one of our Senior Instructors so they are comfortable with our standards and how we would like the courses to be  run - and of course we get a chance to ensure that we are happy with them!

One of the most common observations we get about our Instructors is how patient and calm they are and how that has really helped to increase the confidence of the person being trained. Hand in hand with this goes a real passion for boating in all of its forms and of course a real depth of experience coupled to an ability to clearly get that knowledge across to you in a relaxed and fun way.

What we think of our Instructors only counts for so much though and it is really your views that count. Later in this section you'll find some quotes from our clients about the Instructors.

A bit more though about the people that work with us....

Instructors


  Paul Glatzel - Paul with his wife Viv founded the school back in 2000. Paul is a ......

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  Paul Sargent - Paul works full time for the school so you will usually see ....

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  Nye Davies - Nye is hugely experienced.....

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  Dominic Coleman - Dominic joined PTUK in .....

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  Peter Landridge - Peter has an incredibly broad boating .....

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  John Oldridge - John joined us a couple of years ago .....

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  Russ Sargent - Now with us for 4 years  .....

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  Martin Smith - A love for RIBs and anything boaty .....

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  Don Roper - Don joined us from Dorset Police's Marine Section where he had...

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  Dan Loughlin - Dan started working for us about 8 years ...

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  Campbell De Burgh - Campbell is our main Shorebased Theory Instructor.....

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  Terry McFall - Terry joined the school soon after it started coming onboard in 2001......

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 Hannah & Sammy Glatzel - have grown up in the school and are ....

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The engine room
     

  Viv Glatzel, In charge of everything !! - Viv really is the engine room of the school......

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  Esther Steele, In charge of everything else !! - Esther and Viv.....

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  Mad dog Buffa - our friendly mascot......

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The school also employs a number of other Instructors always ensuring that in addition to being extremely capable Instructors they share  our passion for powerboating. Each of our Instructors agrees to our exhaustive Operating Procedures & Safety Manual and our Risk Assessment but as importantly to uphold our mission statement:

"Powerboat Training UK prides itself on providing professional and expert instruction in a safe but fun environment. The school operates to the highest possible standards and expects all of its Instructors to uphold and surpass this expectation."

Each year we consider applications from a few new Instructors to join our team. If you want to have a chat or send a CV then please do. As a guide you would probably satisfy most of these criteria, be:

  • A natural communicator with a good sense of humour

  • An outstanding powerboater most probably already possessing your Advanced certificate and many years experience.

  • Already possessing Dayskipper (theory) or above.

  • Ideally a broad mix of boating experience including other disciplines such as  sail or dinghy.

  • Already Instructing elsewhere.

  • All relevant backup qualifications .

  • A passion for boating in all of its forms and particularly powerboating/motor cruising/personal watercraft and RYA training

Clearly the list above is quite demanding however we also take on one or two new Instructors from the various Instructor courses we run. So if you satisfy most of the above and are booked on an Instructor course with us (PBI/APBI or PWI) this can be a good route in.

If you are interested contact Paul via  paul@powerboattraininguk.co.uk

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