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.

1 day

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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.

Course dates and online booking system

This course is not assessed but delegates will be given constructive feedback about their teaching ability. The delegate report from this course will be made available to the Trainer running the  subject-specific Shorebased Instructor training course.

To be able to teach the RYA First Aid course.

Five years, after which a revalidation course will be required. A valid First Aid certificate of the type listed above must be maintained.

All First Aid Instructors are required to revalidate every five years and will be contacted as the fifth anniversary of their qualification approaches.

How to revalidate