Continuing Professional Development
Revalidation Workshops
Instructorships are valid for 3-years when first issued.
Upon successful completion of a Revalidation or Upgrade, your Instructorship will be valid for 5-years.
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Instructor Revalidation Workshop (CPD)
Instructor CPD Revalidation Workshops provide Irish Sailing Instructors an opportunity to develop within their discipline and review their own personal and instructor skills. 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 share knowledge and ideas of session delivery.
This is done by:
• Shorebased briefing and administration.
• Review of shorebased knowledge and waterbased skills.
• Instuctors delivering sessions with peer / Trainer review.
By attending an Irish Sailing CPD Revalidation Workshop you will revalidate all your Instructor certificates within that discipline for 5 years.
Each workshop has a capacity for x6 Instructors working as a peer group facilitated by an Instructor Trainer.
Workshops can be organised by any host accredited Training Centre by securing availability with an Instructor Trainer HERE;
and by registering the course with Irish Sailing; training@sailing.ie
Irish Sailing will periodically schedule Revalidation Workshops when enough demand is reached via the Expression of Interest facility.
Host Training Centres can also contact Irish Sailing to seek additional candidates via the Expression of Interest facility.
Instructor Pre-Requisites for CPD Revalidation Workshop;
- Instructorship is valid or about to expire.
- First Aid Certificate is in-date.
- Sport Ireland Safeguarding Certificate is in-date.
- Garda Vetting (via Irish Sailing) is in-date.
- Instructor is a member of Irish Sailing (directly or via their Home Club membership).
Equipment Required to Host a Revalidation Workshop
A Revalidation Workshop can be hosted at any Accreddited Training Centre within their approved disciplines.
Powerboat Revalidation - Equipment Required
- Tiller boat, kitted to the required Training Centre Recognistion Standards.
- Console boat, kitted to the required Training Centre Recognistion Standards.
- Launching or road trailer available.
- NPTS ratio (1:3).
- Shorebased Facility (as below).
SBSS Revalidation - Equipment Required
Dinghy Instructor
- Single-Handed Dinghy.
- and Double-Handed Dinghy, fitted with Spinnaker & Trapeze.
- Safety Boat, kitted to the required Training Centre Recognistion Standards.
- Training Marks available, at least x3.
- SBSS ratio, enough single/ double-handed boats for all participants.
Catamaran Instructor
- Double-Handed Catamaran, fitted with Spinnaker & Trapeze.
- Safety Boat, kitted to the required Training Centre Recognistion Standards.
- Training Marks available, at least x3.
- SBSS ratio, enough boat spaces for all participants.
Keelboat Instructor
- Keelboat, fitted with Spinnaker
- Safety Boat, kitted to the required Training Centre Recognistion Standards.
- Training Marks available, at least x3.
- SBSS ratio (1:5).
Shorebased Facilities Required
- Room, well-lit, dry and warm capable of comfortably accommodating x6 Trainees and x1 Trainer.
- Chairs for all.
- Flipchart, markers and paper.
- or Whiteboard and markers.
- Projector & Screen/ TV.
- Tea & Coffee making facility for x7
- Changing and shower facilities.
- Dinghy pen/ foreshore area for boat rigging, demonstrations and briefings.