RYA Personal Watercraft Instructor

Personal Watercraft (Jet Ski) Instructors are experienced PW drivers who have been trained and assessed to run the RYA's Personal Watercraft Proficiency Course. The instructor course is run over three days by an RYA PWC Trainer and then moderated by an independent trainer on the final day. PWC instructors can now also run the RYA Introduction to PWC Safety Course, which is for guests on Super Yacht charters. Pre-course requirements: Minimum age 16 years RYA PWC Proficiency Certificate, conducted the day before the course Proficient PWC rider with at least two full seasons experience of personal watercraft and good background knowledge. Valid first aid certificate *Please Note recent changes to RYA rules now state that to be eligible to be an RYA Instructor your 1st Aid certificate must have been issued in the last 3 years. If you have proof that you have attended on-board training this is also sufficient. This is regardless of STCW 95 conventions.

Dates 2012 27th- 30th March* (26th March PWCP) 1st - 3rd May (30th April PWCP) 29th - 31st May (28th May PWCP) 19th - 21st June (18th June PWCP) 11th - 13th September (10th September PWCP) *Powerboat Instructor course and PWC Instructor conversion Further courses by arrangement for group bookings Note! This course can be conducted as own craft tuition on-board a Yacht.

Note! Candidates who are already qualified as an RYA Powerboat Instructor may attend the one day conversion course, rather than the full course. Please contact us for details.

Course fees PWC Instructor Course 975€* PWC Proficiency & Instructor Course 1,100€* (Includes hire of Jet Skis & course materials) *Instructor candidates may also become RYA members (£40 GBP per person). PWC Instructor certificates are then issued free of charge to RYA members. You can join online by clicking the link below.

PWC Instructor Course Sylabus: Preparation to teach the below Instruction Ashore Essential safety information, layout of PW, pre-launch checks, collision avoidance, rules of the road applied to PW, charts, scales, direction & distance, weather, safety & courtesy to other water users. Instruction Afloat Launching and familiarisation, reboarding, capsize and righting, collision avoidance, control at speed, emergency procedures. Instructor Resource Downloads IRPCSforPWCs.pdf Teaching-tides-tips.pdf Tips-for-PWC-courses.pdf