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Boating Safety and Operations Certification Course

This course covers liability, towing laws, hull forms, navigation, emergency procedures, and equipment maintenance for safe boating. Students will learn practical skills and safety considerations. Includes national legislation and local bye laws. 8

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Boating Safety and Operations Certification Course

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  1. OutcomesSummarised

  2. Students should have a knowledge of • Liability and insurance • Consequences • on the water • on the road • Towing law • Trailer lighting & regulations • National legislation, local bye laws • Salvage laws • Advantages and disadvantages of hull forms, drives, engine types • Difference between planing & displacement hulls • Why routine maintenance is essential • Effect loading can have on a boat • Tidal flows & basic chart work • Different types of buoyage and their use

  3. Students should be able to • Brief and co-ordinate with • Diving Officers & Shore marshals • Dive crew • Before and during operations • Read Tide tables • Use a compass and transits for navigation • Explain the function of V.H.F. radio • Demonstrate First Aid and the use of O² on a dive-boat • Initiate the procedure for lost or over due divers • Use systematic procedure to • Return dive boat equipment • Report any lost or damaged equipment • Explain the importance of such a system

  4. Students should be able to • React appropriately to: • Becoming disabled • Starting to sink • Being adrift • Requiring a tow • Catching fire • Needing to indicate distress • Prepare a dive-boat to be towed • Obtain and decipher weather information • Carry out pre-start checks • Carry out checks on all boat equipment • Demonstrate the correct use of safety equipment

  5. Students should be able to • Launch and recover a dive boat safely • Prepare boat and trailer for towing • Safely re-fuel a dive boat and safely stow fuel at sea • Equip a dive boat for use on the water • Select and use appropriate personal safety equipment and clothing • Demonstrate the correct use of steering and other controls by: • Turning a boat in a confined area at low speed • Holding off at low speed • Planing at high speed • Completing S-turns and U-turns at high speed • Manoeuvre a dive-boat at close quarters in sea conditions

  6. Students should be able to • Display an awareness of other water users • Demonstrate a knowledge of: • Ropes • Selection of relevant knots • Safely deploy and recover divers from the water • Demonstrate procedures to recover a man overboard • Secure dive boat to a mooring buoy • Leave and come alongside a jetty or stationary boat • Anchor a dive boat • Lay and recover marker buoys and shot-lines • Diagnose and correct minor engine problems

  7. Safety Considerations • Equipment • Boat & Engine • Trailer • Boat Equipment • Towing, Launching, Recovery • Trailer storage • “All clear” • Planning • Learner to understand • Needs and uses of boat equipment • Need for pre launch checks. • Crew • Safety • Comfort • Always cover the need for active safety !

  8. Summary • Learning Outcomes • Theory • Practical • Outcomes Summarised • Safety Considerations

  9. Questions ?

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