Example PWC Course Program
- Usual course timings at most training centres are 09:00 - 17:00/17:30
- Aim to complete all theory sessions within 1 hour.
| AM | PM |
| Covers off PWs / Check Kit | Lunch |
| Instructor get changed | Theory: Weather, Tides, Intro to charts, Buoyage, Anchoring |
| Students arrive & complete Medical forms | Transit to operating area students lead following route plan & using hand bearing compass |
| Intro to personal kit | COL REGS / IRPCS theory |
| Students get changed | COL REGS / IRPCS practical |
| Intro to PWC & Safety Kit | Planing speed - Progressive box course |
| Launch PWC | Slalom course |
| 1:1 Familiarisation session afloat (instructor wear killcord) | Deep water re-boarding |
| Transit to operating area (instructor led formation) | Transit to base (instructor led formation) |
| Slow speed box course | Recover PWC |
| Stopping distances | Aftercare & Maintenance |
| Man overboard | Students get changed |
| Towing | Capsize Video |
| Transit back to base for lunch & theory sessions, Come alongside dock/pontoon / floating dock | Feedback forms & Certificate issuing |
How to balance time afloat and ashore. (RYA website login required)