Training for Parents and helpers
Each Bronze Fleet training session requires:
- An RYA qualified instructor
Each Silver & Gold Fleet training session requires:
- A qualified RLymYC JSOOD (Junior Sailing Officer Of the Day). To hold this qualification parent must be a member of RLYC
- An RYA qualified instructor (preferably two, one for each fleet)
- Three RYA Level-2 or above qualified RIB drivers
- Three physically fit adult RIB crews
- Someone with a First Aid qualification
(the above roles can be combined)
Without your help as parent volunteers, with the correct qualifications, the flotilla can't teach your children to race. Please support your children's sailing by letting us know what qualifications you already hold and considering getting further qualifications
If you wish to know how to:
Join the SSC Committee, please contact Kay Batten
Get an RYA Instructor's qualification, please contact Geoff Stock
Get an RYA Power boat qualification, please contact Lionel WolovitzGet a First Aid qualification, please contact Ros Urwin
Join the RLymYC, please contact Ros Urwin
Become a qualified JSOOD, please contact Geoff Stock
Club Race Coach Qualification
A Club Race Coach more infor> can Teach: Level 4 'Start racing' and 'Intermediate racing' at an RTC or an RYA affiliated club with the aim of introducing novice sailors to racing at clubs and to run/facilitate general race training within clubs. The one weekend course is for experienced racers and is run at local clubs. Participants must also attend either SailSmart or TopMark during their first year. The courses are run by the RYA Coaching Development Team course info>
Power Boat Level 2
The Power Boat Level 2 course is a two-day course provides the skills and background knowledge needed to drive a powerboat and is the basis of the International Certificate of Competence. It includes Close quarters handling, high speed manoeuvres, man overboard recovery and collision regulations. To apply at Lymington you will need to do a coastal course and have your certificate endorsed coastal. more infor>
Those interested in a higher qualification might like to consider a Safety Boat qualification: This two-day course provides the skills required when acting as an escort craft, safety boat or coach boat for a fleet of dinghies, windsurfers or canoes, and for racing or training activities. Prior to the course you will need to hold the RYA Level 2 Powerboat certificate. more info>
Instuction on the water
First Aid
HSE First Aid at Work certificate, or an equivalent, as a minimum first aid qualification. Doctors, Nurses (UKCC parts 1, 2, 7 or 12) with recent appropriate acute experience and paramedics are exempt from the need for a first aid certificate, but must be aware of current first aid practices as detailed in the Red Cross/St Johns/St Andrews First Aid Manual.
RYA Assitant instructor
The assistant instructor (AI) award provides recognition for the 'in-house' training given to experienced sailors intending to
qualify as RYA dinghy, keelboat or multihull instructors.
The AI is a competent small boat sailor who has been trained to assist instructors in teaching sailing up to the standard of the Level 2 or Stage 3 courses. They must work under the supervision of an RYA senior instructor (SI) or the chief instructor of a keelboat training centre.
As the AI's training is limited to assisting qualified instructors and does not include first aid or powerboat handlings, AI's must never be allowed to work without direct supervision.
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RYA Instructor
Instructors teaching the National Sailing Scheme need to be qualified for the type of boat in which they teach, ie dinghies, small keelboats or multihulls. In addition the instructor certificate is endorsed to show whether you are qualified to teach on inland or coastal waters.
The instructor is a competent, experienced sailor capable of sailing a training boat in strong winds and handling small powerboats. The instructor has been assessed as competent to teach adults and children, beginners and improvers.
Although responsible for teaching individuals and small groups, the instructor has not been assessed as competent in running a sailing centre, and should always work under the supervision of an RYA Senior instructor (for dinghy and multihull courses) or the chief instructor of a keelboat training centre.
Prior to the course candidates must fulfil the following requirements:
Minimum age 16;
Valid first aid certificate: either the RYA first aid course or one recognised by the Health and Safety Executive, covering the treatment of hypothermia and a minimum of six hours course length;
RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate;
Pre-entry sailing assessment completed within 1 year prior to the instructor training course.
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