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Powerboat Handling with MSC extras - 2023 / JAN

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Sat 21 Jan 2023 09:00 — Tue 28 Feb 2023 23:30
Mordialloc Sailing Club, 12A Bowman Street, Aspendale VIC 3195
Australian Sailing - 2. Powerboat Handling

Course information

Registrations for this course are closed.

This course has has closed.

If you wish to go onto a waiting list for the next Powerboat handling course or a Safetyboat Operators course at MSC then contact Dale Collings on 0415 595 754 or email to Dale at training@mordiallocsc.com.au 

The Powerboat Handling course is "designed to improve your boat handling skills, especially in confined areas such as marinas and in swell and waves. You will learn more about engines and types of crafts and practice navigation techniques on a passage." When this course is run over 2 days it will also refresh the Start Powerboating skills "practical driving skills, trip planning, boat maintenance, safety equipment and dealing with emergency situations" and include the additional skills; mark laying and retrieving, dinghy sailor rescue, and person overboard rescue.  

Participants need to be water confident. Minimum age is 12. A Marine License is not a pre-requisite for this course. To obtain a Marine Drivers License, you need to book into VicRoads, pay the fee and sit the computer test. 

This course will further develop your powerboat driving skills and is also a prerequisite for becoming a Dinghy and/or Windsurfing Instructor.

Course Overview 

The Powerboat Handling (PBH) Certificate is achieved by completing two course components: 

  1. Powerboat Program Essential Skills e-learning – The online theory course must be completed before attending this Powerboat Handling face-to-face course. 

  1. Powerboat Handling face-to-face course – A one-day practical course focusing on boat handling, particularly in confined areas such as marinas and in challenging conditions like swell and waves. Participants will also gain a deeper understanding of engines, different types of craft, and navigation techniques during a passage. 

Together, these components provide the knowledge and practical skills required to handle a powerboat safely and confidently. 

In some instances, you can take your Powerboat Handling completion certificate to your State Maritime Regulator and gain the State Boat License.  

Who should complete this course? 

This course is designed for participants to develop their practical powerboat driving skills. Attaining this course is a component to the PBH certificate and that is also a requirement for becoming a Powerboat, Dinghy and/or Windsurfing Instructor. 

Course Outcome 

You will gain your Powerboat Handling completion certificate.  

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Pardale/Mentone Bendigo Community Bank
Kingston City Council

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