Personal Watercraft Partnership - RYA PWC (jetski) Training

The National Governing Body for PWC training

Learn to ride a PWC (jet ski) with the RYA

Proper training is the key to successful PW riding. The RYA (Royal Yachting Association) has been teaching people how to get afloat safely for over a century and a quarter. In that time, their courses and curriculum have travelled around the globe as models of consistency, quality and best practice. The RYA PW competency course is one day of instruction, designed to teach beginners and more experienced riders the essentials of safe, confident water use.

This includes PW control, essential equipment, launching and familiarisation, collision avoidance, orientation at sea, high and low speed handling, emergencies, weather, tides, essential safety information and courtesy to other water users.

Increasingly the RYA PW certificate is required for launching in UK harbours, but is also needed if you want to use your PW abroad.

All new PWs are sold with a £50-00 voucher towards the cost of this course and, once passed, you are issued with a certificate of competence.

Most courses take place over one day and can be taken either on a centres craft or your own.

	Personal Watercraft Competency Course

Pre-course experience	None
Assumed Knowledge	None
Course content	Launching, handling and recovery skills. Passage planning and decision making
Ability after course	Self-sufficient in good conditions, aware of limitations of self and craft
Minimum duration	1 day
Minimum age	12. Certificates for children aged between 12 and 16 will be endorsed to show that they must use PWs only under the supervision of a responsible adult.

If you want to use a PW outside the UK, you are likely to need certificates, often in the form of the International Certificate of Competence. You should also be aware of the local requirements for drivers, craft and licences wherever you go and, if possible, take with you a translation of your RYA PW Competency Certificate.

For more information and to find an RYA school in your area please go to www.rya.org.uk

Teaching the RYA PWC competency course:

If you are a experienced PW rider and you are looking to share your skills with others in or entering the sport then perhaps you are considering becoming an RYA PWC (jetski) instructor; if so please find details of the course below:

RYA Personal Watercraft Instructor

Can teach: RYA PWC competency course

Pre-requisites:

RYA PWC certificate of competence
RYA First Aid certificate (or similar)
5 years part-time or 1 season full time PWC handling experience
(Already an RYA Powerboat instructor? - see section below)

Hold all the pre-requisites? Complete an RYA PWC instructor course at an RYA training centre.

Duration: 3 days

If you already hold the above PWI pre-requisites in addition to an RYA Powerboat instructor certificate then you are applicable to complete a:

PWIC = RYA PWC instructor conversion course

Duration: 1 day

To find out more information or to find a school running an instructor course in your area please visit the RYA website on http://www.rya.org.uk