Advanced Powerboat Instructor Course Summary:

The RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor course builds on the skills you learnt on the Powerboat Instructor course and from your experience teaching. Similar to all RYA instructor training it revises the skills covered by the syllabus. But the course does focus on how to teach these skills. At this level there is much more focus on coaching students and developing their ability, which is reflected in the training you will receive.

The RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor certificate will enable you to teach the RYA Powerboat Intermediate and Advanced courses. It also enables you to teach powerboat courses beyond the training centre's immediate operating area, opening up the chance to do own boat tuition in new areas. Over the 2 days you will develop your teaching skills to be able to train experienced students on the practical and theoretical aspects of the Powerboat Intermediate and Advance courses.

Course Pre-Requisites:

To become an RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor you will need a comprehensive knowledge of the Powerboat scheme, and be able to demonstrate you can do everything on the Advanced syllabus, both theory subjects and practical sessions. Your theory knowledge should be at the level of Yachtmaster and we recommend that you have completed the RYA Yachtmaster Theory course.

You will need suitable experience as an RYA instructor, preferably with a few years teaching as a powerboat instructor on a range of craft. The following certificates are pre-requisites:

Valid First Aid certificate, RYA Powerboat Instructor and the Advanced Powerboat Course Completion certificate.  In addition you will need one of the following Certificates of Competence:

Advanced Powerboat, RYA Yachtmaster Coastal (Power) or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore (Power).

Please note: Advanced Instructors who do not have a commercial endorsement will only be able to teach the Powerboat Intermediate course.