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Become an ISA INSTRUCTOR


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Sailing Instructor Courses

  • Calling All Junior Organisers! Let DMG Sailsports help you organise your sailing instructor courses! We can plan dates up to a year in advance in order to reserve a trainer.

  • Pre-entry Sailing Assessments: For details on what you need to be able to do to be successful in your pre-entry assessment, please refer to Pre-entry Assessment Guidelines and Small Boat Sailing Scheme: Checklist.

  • Small Boat Sailing Scheme: Checklist! Do you have everything you need for your pre-entry & instructor courses? Double check here first! Pre-entry, SBSS Instructor (Dinghy, Keelboat, Catamaran), Senior Instructor.

  • Instructor Pre-entry Assessments In order to qualify for entry onto an ISA instructor training course, you must successfully complete the appropriate pre-entry assessment

  • Dinghy Instructor Role is to deliver Levels 1-3 of ISA Small Boat Sailing Scheme. Course may be designed for sailing dinghies, keelboats or catamarans

  • Advanced Dinghy Instructor Role is to deliver the ISA SBSS Advanced Sailing Skills Course (Level 4)

  • Senior Instructor Role is to manage and organise sailing courses in the ISA SBSS including the supervision and development of instructors


Powerboat Instructor Courses

  • Powerboat Instructor Learn to deliver Levels 1 & 2 of ISA National Powerboat Training  Scheme. This is offered in Malahide for groups of 4-8 people. Pre-entry guidelines. This is not an adequate level to open as a powerboat school. You must be Senior Powerboat Instructor to open a training centre (see below).

  • Senior Powerboat Instructor: Experienced powerboat instructor having logged minimum hours and built up experience in teaching powerboat courses. Details on courses to be provided soon. Details on becoming a Senior Instructor.

  • Advanced Powerboat Instructor Endorsement Existing powerboat instructors learn to deliver the ISA Advanced Powerboat Certificate course. This is offered in Malahide for groups of 4-8 people. 

  • Safety Boat Instructor Existing powerboat instructors will learn to deliver the ISA Safety Boat Certificate Course. This is offered in Malahide for groups of 4-8 people. 


Windsurfing Instructor Courses


Instructor Training Programmes/Consultancy 

If you would like to develop the sailing, windsurfing or power boating activities in your organisation, we can provide you with the training programmes to ensure your instructors provide the best tuition, with quality and safety in mind. We will clearly identify your organisations needs and develop a training programme to meet them. Contact us


Additional Courses

First Aid: The aim of this course is to provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to provide emergency care in the marine environment and on inland waterways where professional medical assistance should be available within 30 minutes.

Irish Marine VHF (shorebased). Irish Short Range Certificate (SRC) required by persons wishing to use a VHF radio on Irish waters. Information from ISA...

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