Instructor Prerequisites

Have completed the prerequisites;
Are in possession of the latest logbook with all the registration seals, and understand the use of the logbook for an instructor teaching and certifying students;
Are aware of the requirements for registering certified students with the Association;
Can demonstrate proper methods of instruction for both shore-based and practical courses;
Can demonstrate the knowledge and skills for the Association standards, up to and including the levels they are certified to teach, by completing and passing:
1. Applicable written sail or power instructor examinations;
2. Applicable practical sail or power boat operation test;
Have signed the instructor code of ethics;
Have provided the registration fee and annual membership fees;
Have provided the cost of an instructor personalized seal;
Have been evaluated and passed by a current Instructor Evaluator and registered with the Association.

Certification: Instruct and certify Competent Crew, Day Skipper and Coastal Navigator shore-based and practical courses.

The candidate must have completed Canadian Recreational Yachting Association, (the Association), Competent Crew, Day Skipper, and Coastal Navigation Certificates, and these certificates must be registered with the Association.
The candidate must also have completed the latest Association Competent Crew, Day Skipper, and Coastal Navigation workbooks and chart work, and be in possession of the latest Association logbook.
The candidate is responsible for meeting these prerequisites.

Certification: Instruct and certify Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Navigation, Coastal Skipper shore-based and practical courses.

The candidate has completed:

Canadian Recreational Yachting Association, (the Association), Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Navigation and Coastal Skipper Certificates and these certificates must be registered with the Association (See certificate registration procedure);
The latest Association Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Navigation and Coastal Skipper workbooks and be in possession of the latest Association logbook including registration seals and,
Canadian Recreational Yachting Association Competent Crew, Day Skipper Instructor clinic and is a registered Canadian Recreational Yachting Association instructor.
Instructed: a minimum of four Canadian Recreational Yachting Association Day Skipper courses.