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RYA UK National PowerBoat Scheme Level 2
Vocational qualification
In Largs ()
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Duration
2 Days
This course is designed to provide a practical introduction to boat handling and safety in powerboats as well as to teach seamanship in powerboats and both slow and high-speed manoeuvres. Theory, safety and navigation topics will be covered including IRPCS (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea). Suitable for: Persons looking to seek employment in the public or private marine sectors. Opportunties include Safety-Boat Drivers, RIB-Operators, Tour-Operators, Paid Work within LifeBoat and Coastguard Organisations, Tender and Passenger Transfer Boat Drivers, Instructors, Yacht and Motor-Yacht Crew, CruiseLine Staff etc.
Important information
Government funding available
About this course
RYA PowerBoat Level 1 Practical Course, and either ENSC (Essential Navigation & Seamanship), or RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Navigation Strongly Advised.
Reviews
Teachers and trainers (2)
Alex Fajardo
RYA Chief Instructor (Power)
Stephen Kerr
RYA Principle
Course programme
Section A - Practical Boat Handling
1.Launch and Recovery
2.Preparation of Boat and Crew
3.Boat Handling, Loading, Trim, High-Speed Manouvres, Power-Trim
4. Securing to a Mooring Buoy, Preparation and Methods, Over-Shoot Procedures
5. Anchoring, Preparation and Methods, Types of Anchor
6. Berthing and Docking (Parking), Leaving and Coming Alongside, Wind & Tidal Effects
7. Man Over-Board, Emergency Procedures, Being Towed
Section B - Theory
8. Types of craft, different hull forms with respect to sea-keeping ability
9. Engines and drives, fuels, fuel tanks, batteries, electrical systems
10. Routine engine checks and basic fault diagnosis, Close-Down Procedure.
11. Use and limitations of GPS, application of local byelaws, commercial shipping laws
12. Sources of weather information,
13. Ropework, Emergency Actions, Fire precautions and fighting, distress and mayday
14. Application of IRPCS: 5, 7 8, 9, 12-19
15. Pilotage and Passage Planning
16. Charts, chart symbols, buoyage
17. Tides and tidal streams
This list is representative only and is not necessarily exhaustive
Additional information
RYA UK National PowerBoat Scheme Level 2