example powerboat level 2 course program

Day 1

Location AM Location PM
Ashore  Personal buoyancy & clothing Marina / Ashore Engines & Drives
Onboard Introduction to the boat & safety kit Marina / Ashore Types of craft
Onboard Prepare vessel to go afloat Afloat Coming alongside & departing
Onboard Pre-start checks, Starting & Stopping Procedures Afloat Turning on a warp
Afloat Familiarisation & Low Speed Handling Afloat Springing on and off
Afloat Holding Off Afloat Turning in a confined space
Afloat Picking up a Mooring Onboard Boat / Engine Close down procedures
Afloat Man Overboard (drive on / into wind method)     

Day 2

** NOTE: Day 2 (AM) theory / ashore sessions should take approx 1.5 hours maximum

Location AM Location PM
Ashore Weather Onboard Use & limitations of GPS / Chart Plotters
Ashore Buoyage Afloat Using steering & hand bearing compass
Ashore Tides & Tidal streams Onboard / Afloat Apply IRPCS 
Ashore Charts & chart symbols Afloat Man overboard (Drift on method)
Ashore Launching & Recovery Afloat Anchoring
Ashore Pilotage & Passage planning Afloat Planing speed
Afloat Man overboard (drive on / into wind method) practice Onboard Boat / Engine Close down procedures
Afloat Marina work refresher / continue session from Day 1    

* Extra info to include at appropriate times during course: