Rescue Boat Operator
The Rescue Boat Operator course is suitable for people with little or no powerboat experience who wish to attain an inland boat handling and rescue boat capability on flat or slow moving water.
This course can be run as a 3 day course for those who hold no qualifications or a 1 day course for those who hold RYA Powerboat Level 2.
Accredited by Rescue 3 Europe and The RYA
Rescue Boat Operator
The course & Who its for!
The Rescue Boat Operator course is suitable for people with little or no powerboat experience who wish to attain an inland boat handling and rescue boat capability on flat or slow moving water. If you do this course over 3 days you will also gain your RYA Powerboat Level 2.
If you already hold your powerboat Level 2 you can do this course as a 1 day course instead of a 3 day course.
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Water rescue training standards
- Personal equipment
- Dynamic risk assessment and incident size-up
- Pre-planning
- Medical and decontamination considerations
- Navigation and route planning
- Communications
- Crew operational roles
- Boat, hull and drive types
- Rescue boat equipment
- Pre- and post-trip checks
- Launching and recovery
- Boat handling under power
- Boat handling with paddles
- Towing
- Anchoring/securing
- Considerations for night/poor visibility operations
- Search considerations
- Team/personal recovery
- Casualty pick-up and recovery
- Casualty management
- Boat-based conditional rescues
- Boat-based stretcher management
Course Dates 2026
Dates and prices coming soon!
Email info@medicalwatersafety.co.uk to express interest.
Location
This course is run from our training centre on the River Thames at Harleyford Marina. We have a number of areas to also do high speed maneuvers.
Pre-requests
Must be a confident swimmer