Instructor CPD Revalidation Workshop

Irish Sailing Instructor CPD Revalidation Workshop provides Irish Sailing Instructors with the opportunity to develop within the sport, the scheme and Irish Sailing, and to review their own personal skills and develop their instructor / coaching skills and knowledge. The aim of the CPD Revalidation Workshop is to:

• Maintain high standards of instruction;
• Inform and brief instructors of development within the sport;
• Review instructors own personal skills and knowledge.

This is done by:

• Shorebased briefing and administration;
• Review of shorebased knowledge and waterbased skills;
• Instructors delivering sessions with peer / Trainer review.

By attending an Irish Sailing CPD Revalidation Workshop you revalidate all your certificates within the same discipline up to and including Senior Instructor Certificates.

Each workshop has 6 places and is run by an Instructor Trainer.

Equipment Required to Host/Run a Workshop

Afloat

Boating / Sailing area should be immediately adjacent to shorebased facility.  The sailing area must be suitable for running all aspects of those courses appropriate to the workshop being run.

Powerboat Revalidation : Boating Equipment Required

• 2 x RIB capable of planing with 4 people
• 1 x RIB with tiller outboard

SBSS Revalidation : Sailing Equipment Required

Dinghy Instructor

• Single Handed Dinghies – 8 boats
• Double Handed Dinghies – 4 boats with Spinnaker & Trapeze
• Safety Boat – 1 boat equipped to Irish Sailing Standard
• Marks – 6 Marks with Ground Tackle

Catamaran Instructor

• Double Handed Catamarans- 5 boats with Spinnaker & Trapeze
• Safety Boat – 1 boat equipped to Irish Sailing Standard
• Marks – 6 Marks with Ground Tackle

Keelboat Instructor

• Keelboats – 4 boats with Spinnaker
• Safety Boat – 1 boat equipped to Irish Sailing Standard
• Marks – 6 Marks with Ground Tackle

Shorebased Facilities Required

• Room capable of comfortably accommodating 11 people equipped with:
• Chairs for all
• Flip Chart and 2 pads of paper
• White Board / Black Board plus pens and rubber
• Digital Projector
• Projector Screen
• Video and TV (may be digital projector)
• Room to be warm, well ventilated and well lit
• Walls suitable for hanging flipchart notes upon

» Room to be used as a de-briefing room, private from main room
» Galley capable of providing tea and coffee for 7 people
» Changing and showering facilities with hot water all day
» Access to weather forecast information via fax or internet
» Dinghy park / foreshore suitable for use as briefing area with rigged boats as appropriate to the workshop