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National Safe Boating Council’s (NSBC) and
National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators (NASBLA)
Boating Safety Instructor Certification Course
April 13 – 14, 2008
The
purpose of this training is to educate instructors in the National Association
of State Boating Law Administrators’ (NASBLA)
Minimum Standards for Boating Education, accepted best practices in
developing a boating safety program and in effective boating education methods.
The NSBC/NASBLA Boating
Safety Instructor Certification Course is designed to recognize the instructor
candidate’s prior training and instructor experience in addition to the
completion of basic boating safety course work. The course focus is to clarify
and identify the knowledge and skills needed to present an effective NASBLA
approved boating safety education curricula to entry-level students. The course
involves lecture, group discussion, and review of standards and best practices.
Additional subject areas covered in the course will be procedures for receiving
course approval, manual selection, writing lesson plans and developing tests.
This training is significant
for those seeking national level instructor certifications that are not
affiliated with another national certifying boating safety organization. It is
of special benefit to state programs since the instructors are being trained in
NASBLA’s
Minimum Standards for Boating Education.
This two-day course is an
intense review of the national boating safety standards. Instructor candidates
will be evaluated with a practical performance presentation review and written
exam. Upon successful completion of the course the instructor will receive a
certificate of training as a certified boating safety instructor from the
National Safe Boating Council.
Prerequisite of
Certification:
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To be accepted into this training program, the student
must hold a current instructor level certification in a state or nationally
recognized training program (or equivalent) and have a minimum of 40 hours
teaching experience.
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Students must have successfully completed a NASBLA
approved, classroom based, basic boating course and possess a high level of
comprehension of the course content.
The
Boating Safety Instructor Certification course will be offered prior to the
Summit on April 13 & 14, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day, at the
Bahia in San
Diego, California. The cost for the two day course is $195 if you pre-register
by March 13, 2008. Late registration is $250 if you register after March 13,
2008. The class size is limited to 12 students.
Please
contact the National Safe Boating Council at 703-361-4294 or visit our web site:
www.safeboatingcouncil.org/training for further details about the Boating
Safety Instructor Certification Course.
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