SACE points - boat licence, water rescue from boat, 1st Aid.
SA Government requirements for operating a power boat.
SA government requirements:
- Special permit is available for age 12-16. Requires theory test AND practical test. It allows skills training under near adult supervision and maximum speed 10 knots.
- Boat Licence requires theory test only age16 no practical skills test requirement DNAGER, DANGER, DANGER
We believe the Government Unrestricted SA boat Licence THEORY ONLY TEST IS UNSAFE
- We teacher the practical boating skills listed below as adequate to skipper a power boat in near coastal waters and rivers.
- Offshore cruising requires a higher skill level than SA Boat licence.
Power boat operating and water safety skills can gain SACE points.
We believe the following list of skills training and qualifications should carry progressive SACE points at each skills progression level.
- Provide First Aid
- Provide Oxygen resuscitation
- Provide water rescue using a spinal board
- Coxswain grade 3 Near Coastal and recreational safety boat operator
- Fleet-master safety boat operator for Large group sail/kayak/canoe fleet with several rescue boat escort operators attending the fleet. (EG Direction of a sailing fleet knockdown in a sudden wind disaster event. Or a dispersed Kayak fleet capsize in a sudden strong wind causing river waves situation.
We travel to any school to deliver the above SACE points skills for a class group contact.
- Class fees are negotiable and include our travel costs.
- Any student age 12+ can be granted a Special permit - learner certificate
- Any student 16+ can be granted the full licence certificate
- We like to work with a student boat skills group of 5. We ask the school to arrange a fleet of properly equipped local power boat with their skilled skippers for practical skills training. Our instructor works the training fleet as fleet master directing the whole power boat process, launch, operate, man overboard, recover boat at ramp..