Description

The RYA Powerboat Instructor Skills Assessment is a mandatory requirement ahead of all Powerboat Instructor courses.

Course Duration

1/2 day for each group of 3 attendees. If we have 6 attending then one group will go afloat in the morning and another in the afternoon with an overlap at lunchtime to address the theory element of the assessment.

Instructor – student ratio

3 students to 1 Powerboat Trainer per boat.

Minimum Age

Those over the age of 16 can attend the assessment.

Course price

For those attending the RYA Powerboat Instructor course with us the cost of the assessment is £150.

Course dates

You can attend a pre-assessment at any time up to 6 months before your course. Assessments are always scheduled the day before a instructors course for those that can’t get to the centre ahead of the course. We are usually happy to schedule dates for assessments to suit your diary.

Candidates for the pre-assessment will be expected to demonstrate competence in

• Hold off a mark
• Pick up and secure to a buoy
• Moor alongside up/downtide
• Turn using warps
• Turn in a confined space
• Recover a man overboard (dummy)
• Stop and start the engine
• Planing speed runs including figure 8 and ‘U’ turns
• Theory including charts, tides, buoyage, colregs and pilotage

RYA Instructor Training

At Torbay Sea School we have trained many RYA Instructors who have gone on to instruct with us, other RYA training centres or as freelance instructors. During the course of your general RYA training you will have gained all the skills necessary to sail, motor or power boat with confidence to a high standard. The following courses consolidate all those skills and give you the tools required to instruct others to gain their RYA qualifications. You will be able to utilise our Instructors experience and our boats/equipment to feel at ease with instructing others.