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Old 27 November 2009, 20:10   #1
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PBI Skills Assesment session tomorrow !!!!!

Got a powerboat instructor skill assesmnt tomorrow ! what will i be asked to do ? how long will it last etc ?

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Surely you've had a look at what the assessment involves?
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Im 18 years old currently with PB 2, 1000s of hours experience in many different boats (i.e. i'd happily do the practical/helming side of any exam now), little or no experience of navigation, night passages etc. Lots of experience with VHF and hold a St Johns ambulance first aid certificate.
He'll been fine as long as it includes radioing ahead for a clear berth, going along side then treating a cut finger when he gets there.
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He'll been fine as long as it includes radioing ahead for a clear berth, going along side then treating a cut finger when he gets there.
The lads 18 years old, obviously enjoying his boating, so a little encouragment
would be more helpfull than trying to take the piss.
All it took was a link to some usefull information. as supplied by Sea skills.
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All it took was a link to some usefull information. as supplied by Sea skills.
Well no, as it happens. His test was to be the following morning, so he had about 5 hours to acquaint himself with the syllabus/test.

As there wasn't any gratuitous abuse or belittlement involved, I wouldn't sweat his age too much either, it certainly wouldn't put the army off shipping him to Afghanistan and I'm sure "the lad" wouldn't expect to be patronised for it either.
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All it took was a link to some usefull information. as supplied by Sea skills.
What I'm getting at is he should have researched the course first, he said himself he has little or no navigation experience yet he'll be teaching people.
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What I'm getting at is he should have researched the course first, he said himself he has little or no navigation experience yet he'll be teaching people.
Well no he wont be teaching people, because it is an asscesment,intended to direct him on the skills he needs to acquire to pass. which has to be better
than going for the course and being totally out of your limits resulting in a fail. Clearly he has alot of learning to do and would be better going down the
rya sylabus pb2, vhf, intermediate, advanced,and then pbi.
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Well no, as it happens. His test was to be the following morning, so he had about 5 hours to acquaint himself with the syllabus/test.

"the lad" wouldn't expect to be patronised for it either.
so are you saying that in 5hrs hes not capable of acquainting himself with the syllabus.
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so are you saying that in 5hrs hes not capable of acquainting himself with the syllabus.
I never said that, I'd rather know what was in the syllabus then make sure I can do it with confidence.
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I never said that, I'd rather know what was in the syllabus then make sure I can do it with confidence.
read the syllabus that was directed at wilk
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Passed it! As it turns out I was getting over worked up about it, peice of pi$$ to be honest haha!

Next question and it may benfit from some admin work to delete this thread or change title or what ever but....
Whats the syllabus for the commerical endorsment exam for the advanced powerboat ? got that in 2 weeks !
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http://www.marine-matters.co.uk/file...t_syllabus.pdf

You could have a search on google.
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Passed it! As it turns out I was getting over worked up about it, peice of pi$$ to be honest haha!

Next question and it may benfit from some admin work to delete this thread or change title or what ever but....
Whats the syllabus for the commerical endorsment exam for the advanced powerboat ? got that in 2 weeks !
Well done, where did you take your Advanced course.
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Well done, where did you take your Advanced course.
He's doing it in two weeks.
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He's doing it in two weeks.
I thought he was doing his commercial endorsment of the advanced course.
so he must allready hold his advanced pb.
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I think your right. What assessment do you need for CE?
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I think your right. What assessment do you need for CE?
I thought that you need to be qualified upto
Advanced pb
basic sea survival
ml5 medical
20 days on board a boat
2 days as skipper
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the course is run by an outside rya examiner.with theory exam and night passage.

just my obsevation of it though.
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Im at Plas Menai in North Wales doing their 3-week Fast-Track Powerboat Instructor course.

So far done RYA 1st Aid, Intermediate, Safety Boat, PBI Skills assement and have done the VHF today. In 2 weeks time, we will have done Day skipper theorey, sea survival, deisel engine maintenance, advanced powerboat and the instructor course and we (in combination with Plas Menai) are arranging to get the external RYA examiner in at the end of the course to do the assement that allows us to commercially endorse are advanced certificate's. We have already been given the advanced powerboat syllabus but dont know wat to expect when the external examiner comes in!

So the question is aimed at all the commercially endorsed advanced powerboaters or senior RYA examiners, what will I be asked to do/ excpeted to do in the assement ?
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