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Queensland Boatsafe (PDF) 44K
National Competencies (PDF) 44K

Yachting Queensland Boatsafe logbook (pdf) 152K
National Students Logbook (PDF) 104K

About

• Approx. 96 pps in black and white with a colour cover and inside colour panel with colour charts, lights and some navigation aids.
  
• This is a disposable workbook for instructors to allow powerboat course candidates to use during their course run by an accredited provider.
  
• There are about 37 fully illustrated core boating and 10 emergency skills worksheets and worksheets which match the national powerboating modules
  
• These skills cover the core requirements for ALL recreational powerboating courses in Australia
  
• There is a 40 competency based theory as well as a practical test based on the AYF TL3 standard
  
• Instructors guide (IG 104) available March 2006
  

Errata Sheet

• Errata Sheet 2006.1 (PDF) 52K

Format

• 96 page, saddle stapled book, colour cover

Contents

• What's new in the 3rd Edition
  - the order of skills in Sections 1 and 2 have been changed to suit lectures 1 to 6 for powerpoint slide shows.
  - the National logbook has been replaced with page 95 for Yachting Australia providers
  - the worksheets on trailer operations are now in the instructors guide
  -  their is an up-to-date safety gear requirements summary for Queenslander
  - all the minor errors have been corrected and many questions have been rewritten for greater clarity
  - new skills on safety planning and briefing have been added

• Chapter 1 Recreational boat technology and safety
  Skill 1: Identify where a boat can go
  Skill 2: Identify systems used in recreational boats
  Skill 3: Identify fasteners, fittings and places on a boat
  Skill 4: Maintain the boat
  Skill 5: Comply with Government and other regulations
  Skill 6: Identify safety equipment
  
• Chapter 2 Preparing for sea
  Skill 7: Prepare boat emergency plans
  Skill 8: Apply buoyage system rules
  Skill 9: Identify other navigation aids
  Skill 10: Apply boating rules
  Skill 11: Identify flags and signals
  Skill 12: Navigate a compass course
  Skill 13: Plan a boat trip
  Skill 14: Calculate tide heights
  Skill 15: Calculate depth of water under your boat 
  Skill 16: Identify navigation lights and vessel activities
  
• Chapter 3: Boating skills
  Skill 17: Row a boat
  Skill 18: Fuel the tank
  Skill 19: Mount an outboard motor and pre-departure check
  Skill 20: Start an outboard motor
  Skill 21: Exercise minimum control speed
  Skill 22: Depart from a beach
  Skill 23: Return to a beach
  Skill 24: Drive a boat with the helm at the stern
  Skill 25: Drive a boat with forward controls
  Skill 26: Depart from a dock
  Skill 27: Dock at a jetty
  Skill 28: Cross a wash
  Skill 29: Make a U turn
  Skill 30: Complete a figure of eight and S turn
  Skill 31: Make an emergency or controlled stop
  Skill 32: Moor at a buoy
  Skill 33: Handle adverse conditions
  Skill 34: Anchor
  Skill 35: Launch and retrieve a boat
  
• Chapter 4 Emergency skills
  Skill 36: Conduct a safety briefing
  Skill 37: Rescue a person overboard
  Skill 38: Use flares and other signalling devices
  Skill 39: Accept a tow
  Skill 40: Deal with engine failure
  Skill 41: Fight a fire
  Skill 42: Use a radio
  Skill 43: Describe how to activate an EPIRB
  Skill 44: Help others in distress
  Skill 45: Deal with a capsized boat
  Skill 46: Abandon ship
  
  
• Worksheets
  -  Boat controls and systems
  -  Boating terms
  -  Which Government regulations apply to me?
  -  What safety gear do I carry in my state?
  -  Prepare boat emergency plans
  -  Navigation aids
  -  Anticipating weather conditions
  -  Boat incidents
  
  
• Powerboat competency test
  
• Glossary
  
• Index
  
• Student result sheet