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RYA PWC Instructor Course Syllabus:

  • The Instructors Role
  • RYA Scheme
  • Introduction to the syllabus
  • Running the ‘perfect’ session
  • Briefing & Debriefing Skills
  • Course Planning
  • Teaching PWC Practical Sessions
  • Shorebased Teaching Skills

Practical Sessions:

  • Personal Safety Kit
  • Introduction to the PWC & safety kit
  • Launching
  • Pre-start checks & Starting Procedures
  • Group Management Afloat
  • Familiarisation
  • Stopping Distances
  • Man Overboard 
  • Coming Alongside & Departing
  • Towing
  • Use of a compass / Navigation Afloat
  • Planing Speed
  • Slalom
  • Deep water reboarding
  • Recovery
  • Aftercare and Maintenance

 

Theory Sessions:

  • Types of PWC
  • Weather
  • Tides & Tidal Streams
  • Introduction to Charts & Important Symbols
  • Buoyage
  • IRPCS & Byelaws
  • Anchoring
  • Capsize Recovery
  • EmergencyActions
  • Pilotage & Passage Planning