Dinghy Senior Instructor Course

Venue 

Whitstable Yacht Club

Date 

02 - 05 September 2024

Cost

£295.00

Description

This is the course to take to develop your skills from an RYA Dinghy Instructor to RYA Senior Instructor.  
 
The 4-day course will cover the role of a Senior Instructor, preparation and delivery of sessions, course and centre management, powerboat handling in a teaching environment and the RYA Sailing Schemes. You will be assessed on a continual basis including running water-based simulated group management sessions. 

Candidates must first be an RYA Dinghy Instructor and must fulfil the following criteria prior to the course:  

- Minimum age of 18 
- Valid First Aid certificate 
- RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate 
- Dinghy Instructor certificate, with at least two years intermittent or one year's full time instructing experience since qualifying 
- Safety boat certificate 
- RYA Safe and Fun safeguarding certificate (within 12 months of the course) or a previous course that has been taken in the last three years. 
- Recommendation from the RYA Chief Instructor, or principal, RYA Regional Development Officer/Regional Trainer, or RYA appointed Trainer. 
- Completed Senior Instructor workbook 
- Sailing ability to at least RYA pre-entry standard 

If you have any questions about the event, please do not hesitate to contact me

Paul Outram
RYA London & South East Sailing Development Officer
paul.outram@rya.org.uk