RYA First Aid Instructor

• You must hold a First Aid at Work, meeting the requirements of the UK Health and Safety Regulations and issued by a UK Awarding Organisation or voluntary accreditation scheme (including voluntary aid organisations and trade bodies), or;
  STCW Medical First Aid at Sea issued/updated in the last 5 years, or;
  A licence to practice in the UK as a Doctor, Nurse, Paramedic or physician associate.
  If you are outside the UK and cannot access the certificates listed above, other equivalent qualifications may be considered on a case by case basis.
• RYA Marine Radio SRC certificate or higher GMDSS radio certificate
• Evidence of competence in recreational boating demonstrated by RYA Yachtmaster Offshore or an RYA Instructor certificate in a practical discipline.
• Recommended: RYA Sea Survival or STCW Personal Survival Techniques course completion certificate, and certificated training in the use of an AED
• Recommend RYA First Aid Certificate, or have observed a course being delivered in the last 5 years
• Teaching in the Classroom

• An appreciation of the restrictions to first aid in the marine environment
• Recent, relevant boating experience
• Awareness of current first aid practices shown in the latest edition of the RYA First Aid book.

Exemption for medical professionals: Doctors and nurses with recent appropriate acute experience, and paramedics are exempt from the need for a first aid qualification, but attending an RYA First Aid course before coming on the Instructor’s course is highly recommended. Once retired and no longer practising, a First Aid at Work or STCW Medical First Aid at Sea Certificate will be required after three years.

You will be required to undertake pre-course knowledge checks and exercises, details of which will be provided prior to the course.

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