Power Boat Level 1

  • Launching and recovery
  • Safety equipment
  • Pre-start checks
  • Personal buoyancy
  • Boat handling and manoeuvres
  • Starting and stopping
  • Use of kill cord
  • Steering controls
  • Securing to a buoy
  • Leaving and coming alongside
  • Being towed
  • IRPCS (International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea)
  • Rope work
  • Awareness of other water users

Power Boat Level 2

  • Launch and recovery
  • Safety equipment
  • Lines and fenders
  • Fuel tanks
  • Boat handling and manoeuvres
  • Starting and stopping
  • Use of kill cord
  • Steering controls
  • Securing to a buoy
  • Boat handling and manoeuvres
  • Effects of current or tide
  • High and low speed manoeuvring
  • Propeller controls
  • Securing to a buoy
  • Anchoring
  • Leaving and coming alongside
  • Man overboard
  • Types of craft and engine
  • Maintenance checks
  • IRPCS (International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea)
  • Weather forecasts
  • Emergency actions