RYA PWC Instructor (jetski etc)

The 3 day RYA PWC Instructor course is for experienced riders and aims to develop your skills to teaching standards, but focuses on teaching you instructing techniques to enable you to teach the RYA PWC Proficiency Course. You will also be able to teach the RYA PWC Safety course, which is for guests using PWC on superyachts. On the course you will learn the syllabus of the Proficiency and Safety courses and the techniques used to teach on the water and in the classroom. If you hold a RYA Powerboat Instructor's certificate and the PWC Proficiency certificate, the PWC instructor course can be completed in one day, please look at our PWC Instructor's conversion (1 day).

Course Structure

The course revises the PWC Proficiency course syllabus to help develop your skills, but furthermore, focuses on showing you how to teach and debrief the students.

Course pre-requisites:

The minimum age is 16. You must hold the PWC Proficiency certificate and have a minimum of 2 years' experience. You must also hold an in date First Aid certificate and a VHF SRC certificate.

Superyachts:

Superyachts often have a range of ‘toys’ for clients to use. These often include PWC and it is the duty of the staff to ensure that clients are using these safely. The RYA developed the PWC Safety course as a structured way to provide training to the clients. If you wish to teach this, then you will need the RYA PWC Instructor certificate.

Useful Information

Course starts at 0800 each day, and finishes approx 1700. Wetsuits, spray tops, boots and gloves can be provided at no extra cost.