Safety Boat Operator

This course provides the skills needed to support water based activities at clubs, schools and outdoor recreation centres. You will learn about race design and practice on water rescue of dinghies and multihulls.

You’ll learn about:

Personal equipment
Safety boats and equipment
Course design and management
Positioning craft
Communication with other boats and shore
Lay and recover marker buoys
Rig multiple towing and towing alongside
Fragile high performance boat towing
Right capsized and inverted dinghies
Entrapment
Recovering persons in water

Prerequisites:

WA Recreational Skipper’s Ticket
Pre reading of the National Powerboating Work Book
Completed the Powerboat Handling Course

Upcoming Safety Boat Operator Courses

Courses are scheduled based on registered interest. To register your interest please email our training department.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT REGISTRATIONS

To make a course booking, please use the ‘Book Now’ button to register. This will take you to our Australian Sailing (AS) course registration page. Australian Sailing is the national body for the sport of sailing and Hillarys Yacht Club is a registered Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre.

Club Members will need to login to their AS profile to receive the Member’s discount.