WATER AND FLOOD RESCUE BOAT (DEFRA MOD 4) AND INSTRUCTOR COURSES
This course is designed to give students the skills TO CONTROL rescue response craft operating in floodwater CONDITIONS.
Power boat rescue is potentially very hazardous. To operate safely and effectively requires boat operators and crews to have a good understanding of the environment and sound boat handling skills. This course aims to provide personnel with the knowledge and skills to handle a rescue boat in a range of conditions, and includes Grade 2 moving water as a component of the course.
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Pre-requisites
This course builds additional skills on those already developed during RYA Powerboat Level 2 and water rescue technician courses. Please ensure that you provide and then bring with you a copy of your RYA Level 2 Power Boat certificate and a copy of your water rescue technician one certification or equivalent
Although you will be taught various skills on the course, some pre-course practice of simple skills to refresh your own capability will help you get the most out of the course. Water and flood rescue technician DEFRA MOD 3 and boat skills to RYA powerboat level 2 are considered a fundamental skill level.
The Course
This programme is delivered through SEA TRAINING INTERNATIONAL.
The course will emphasise the safe operation of rescue boats in a variety of water environments. It builds on RYA powerboat level 2 and water rescue technician skills and develops the ways that boats may be able to assist in water rescues. The instructing staff are experienced boat operators and you will be using a range of equipment that you are likely to encounter as part of a rescue boat response in the UK.
The course has some classroom based learning but the majority of time is spent on the water developing practical skills in a variety of settings. Scenario based application of these skills occurs later in the course and includes time spent operating boats at night. The classroom based sessions will provide working level knowledge of subjects useful for a boat operator. In addition, you will be required to read materials as part of your course.
The main water venue is the Menai Straits, usually operating between Port Dinorwic (Y Felinheli) and Menai Bridge. The water flows that will be experienced vary from being still or flat water to fast moving swift water environments. As a student you will be required to show a progress of knowledge, skills and their application throughout the course in a range of water conditions.
Course Certification
& Coventry University
There are options on successful completion of this course to register it towards a Coventry University Diploma / Certificate in Specialist Rescue (subject to an additional assignment) or contribution towards other higher education awards. Further information will be provided at commencement of the course.