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Already have your skippers ticket? Been a while since you used a boat? Unaware of any changes to rules and regulations?

Refresher training includes both theory revision and practical tuition.

We can transfer your current qualifications to a WA Recreational Skippers Ticket for just an administration cost.

Check the Department of Transport website to see if your qualification is eligible for skills recognition. Follow this link:

http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/rst-skills-recognition-and-equivalents.asp

Yes, I’m eligible for skills recognition Transfer?

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Wanting to improve on your boating skills? Just a few things you would like to know how to do better? No stress, we can help. Here are some examples of how we can assist.

– Basic and advanced boat handling.
– Approaching and departing a jetty or pier.
– Launching and retrieval.
– Safety Procedures.
– Handling rough weather.
– Customised training to your needs.

Training can be 1 on 1 or as a group. There is no assessment or testing.

Training is a per hour basis.

We can offer familiarisation type voyages such as navigating the river day or night, voyages to Rottnest and more.

Note: Volunteer Sea Rescue Organizations offer familiarization type voyages and convoys at certain times of the year and ask only for a small donation. Check with your local VSSR group for more info.

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What is the Recreational Skipper’s Ticket?

The Recreational Skipper’s Ticket (RST) is a nationally-recognized certificate of competency which shows that the holder has the minimum knowledge and practical skills needed to operate a powerboat safely.

It is the minimum qualification needed to operate a powerboat in Western Australia.

Note:

The RST is not a license, so there is no need to renew the Ticket or pay ongoing fees.

Who has to have one?

A person must have a Recreational Skipper’s Ticket (RST) if:

• He or she is the person in charge of an RST vessel.
• The vessel is being operated in the water.

An RST vessel is any boat that is:

• Registered with the Department of Transport, or required to be registered.
• Used for recreational purposes.
• Powered by has an engine with more than 6 hp (4.5 kW).

Only the person-in-charge of the boat (the ‘skipper’) needs to have an RST, but he or she must have it with them the entire time the boat is in operation. The skipper is responsible for what happens on the boat during the voyage, but this doesn’t mean that he or she must be at the wheel the whole time.

How to get your Skippers Ticket

There are two steps to pass your Skippers’ Ticket assessment and training:

1. Theory Assessment
2. Practical Assessment

Theory and practical Assessments can be done on the same day of your booking.

Some study prior to the day of your training and assessment is essential. Study the RST Manual and have a go at the practice quizzes. Follow the Link to Department of Transport website for PDF of Manual and the practice quizzes.

http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/rst-workbook-and-quizzes.asp

What Happens on the day of your booking?

1) Easy Learn Boat School revision and tuition prior to taking theory assessment component.
2) 40 question theory assessment (pass mark 34 out of 40)
3) Practical Training +++
4) Practical Assessment (pass mark 56 out of 62)
5) Upon successful completion of both theory and practical assessments an Interim RST will be issued.

# More detail on the assessment process can be found on page 6 of the RST workbook.

Cost $330 per person

Authorised Provider | Yachting WA

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