Boating for Fun and Profit - Becoming an Instructor

Jack DaleISPA Yachtmaster Ocean Instructor Evaluator

Sail Canada Advanced Cruising InstructorASA Advanced Cruising / Catamaran Instructor

IYT Yachtmaster Coastal Instructor

Qualities of a Good Instructor Sociable Knowledgeable Skilled

Sailor Teacher

Reflective

Consciousness / Competence “You don’t know what you don’t know”

Unconscious Incompetence “You know what you don’t know”

Conscious Incompetence “You know what you know”

Conscious Competence “You don’t know what you know”

Unconscious Competence

Reflective Competence Good instructor Can transmit what you know Step by step instruction

Sail Canada Registration

Prerequisites 18 or older Sail Canada Basic Cruising Standard Sail Canada Coastal Navigation Standard Have 2 or more years keelboat sailing experience Standard First Aid Certificate with CPR PCOC VHF Restricted Operator’s Certificate (Maritime) Medically fit

Sail Canada Ashore Knowledge - Theory

90% Sail Canada Basic Cruising exam 90% Sail Canada PCOC exam 70% Sail Canada Intermediate Cruising

exam 90% on the Sail Canada Rules and Buoyage

exam 90% on all Sail Canada Basic Cruising

Working Papers

Sail Canada Ashore Knowledge – Teaching

Micro-teaching Classroom Dockside Afloat lessons

Sail Canada Afloat Skills

Sailing circle with crew Single handed sailing

Sail from anchor Prescribed course

3 tacks and 3 gybes Reef and shake out Triangle MOB Anchor and secure

Sail Canada Certification Powers

Introduction to Boating Start Keelboat Sailing Basic Crew Standard Basic Cruising Standard Pleasure Craft Operator Card Liveaboard courses require Advanced

Cruising standard

International Sail and Power Association Registration

Prerequisites 18 and older Have a current logbook Completed manuals

Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Navigation

Demonstrated knowledge and skills VHF Standard first aid with CPR

International Sail and Power Association

Clinics Phase One – Evaluation

Single handed test Vessel checkout Docking – single line Raising and lowering sails Sailing circle Reefing while hove to MOB (sail) - Upwind and downwind (heave-to) MOB (power) – Anderson and Williamson Anchoring

International Sail and Power Association Coastal Navigation Practical

Appropriate route Weather forecast Hazards Aids to Navigation Danger /clearing bearings Deck log

International Sail and Power Association Clinics

Phase Two – Methods of Instruction Seminar Micro teaching – classroom Micro teaching – boat at dock Micro teaching – on the water

International Sail and Power Association Certification Powers

Fees Instructor seal Instructor / insurance fees

Courses Competent Crew / Day Skipper

Including liveaboard Coastal Navigation PCOC

American Sailing Association Prerequisites

18 years of age or older 3 years sailing experience Teaching experience Aptitude for clearly communicating

sailing concepts to the novice sailor Capable of performing the standards

American Sailing Association Instructor Qualification Clinic

Review of sailing theory Written test 90% required

American Sailing Association Instructor Qualification Clinic

Boat handling abilities – single handed

Points of sail Control Sail trim Safety MOB recovery Reefing Anchoring. 

American Sailing Association Instructor Qualification Clinic

Communication and teaching skills formal, assigned classroom topic

presentation assigned on-the-water teaching

American Sailing Association Notes

Keelboat and Basic Cruising Instructor can be done consecutively

Coastal Navigation exam 80% to pass 90% to instruct

Primarily American Schools in 15 other countries

American Sailing Association Notes

Almost identical to Sail Canada Cross over possible

Except catamaran

International Yacht Training

Recreational and Professional Training Currently primarily cross-overs

Teaching Experience # of students Hours

Qualifications Night hours Offshore miles Depth of Knowledge

Planning future instructor clinics

International Yacht Training

Registration Current photograph Copy of government issued ID Copy of any relevant currently held

instructor qualification Copy of any relevant nautical

qualification(s) Copy of proof of seatime Resume of Maritime Experience Copy of Mariners Medical Fitness Form

International Yacht Training

Recreational Courses Introduction to Boating & International Crew  International Flotilla Skipper International Bareboat Skipper Power Boat Master Navigation Master Weather Master Personal Watercraft Operations Yachtmaster Coastal (Power or Sail) Yachtmaster Offshore (Power or Sail) Yachtmaster Ocean

International Yacht Training

Professional Courses: VHF Radio Short Range Certificate (SRC) Small Powerboat & RIB Master Superyacht Crew Superyacht Hospitality Superyacht Chef General Engineering STCW Basic Safety Training (5 modules) Master of Yachts Coastal/Mate 200 tons (MCA approved) Master of Yachts Ltd, 200gt /Mate 500 tons (MCA approved) Master of Yachts 200gt Unlimited (all oceans) (MCA approved) Diveboat Mate (PADI approved) Diveboat Master (PADI approved) Diveboat Operations Specialist (PADI approved)

International Yacht Training

Notes ICC required for some

Mediterranean countries Issued on authority from

Maritime and Coastguard Agency of Great Britain

Irish Government ICC has now been recognized by

Transport Canada (Jan 2016) Holders of the ICC ( Canadian

edition) are exempt from a PCOC card

International Yacht Training

Notes 64 stand- alone course approvals from 12

different countries. 200 partner schools in 56 countries

Web Sites Sail Canada

http://www.sailing.ca International Sail and Power

Association http://www.ispassociation.ca

American Sailing Association http://asa.com

International Yacht Training http://www.iytworld.com/