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In the summer of 2008 Arklow Sailing Club became an ISA Training Centre.
Arklow Sailing Club Training Officer for 2009: Peter Ivory
You can contact the training officer by emailing your query to:
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Our traing office are proposing to run ISA certified courses during the 2009 season.
Courses will be run under the guidelines laid out by the ISA. Click here for more details.
The training office will employ an instructor, certified by the ISA, to run the course while we draw on the experience and knowledge of our own members to provide voluntary support where needed.
Details on courses can be found here.
What is an ISA Training Centre?
• An ISA Training Centre is an organisation that has, in partnership with the ISA, undertaken to provide quality tuition and training to national and international standards.
• ISA certified training courses can only be run at accredited ISA Training Centres, by suitably-qualified staff, who follow the relevant national syllabus, use appropriate well-maintained equipment and have adequate safety support. The ISA through its Inspectors continuously monitors its recognised centres to ensure that operating standards are being maintained.
How do you benefit?
• Participants on an ISA course will be taught using a step by step syllabus, used and approved throughout Ireland. This means they can become proficient at their chosen sport using defined stages which can be transferred to any ISA Training Centre around the country.
• The certificate your clients receive upon successfully completion of their training course is the most widely recognised Irish certificate available, both nationally and internationally.
• Participants on an ISA recognised course know that the centre has undertaken to maintain standards of equipment and facilities in line with those defined by the ISA. This covers aspects such as sailing and safety boats through to changing facilities and wetsuits.
• All instructors working on ISA approved courses have been trained by ISA appointed personnel according to a comprehensive ISA training programme. This means that the course participant should be receiving the best instruction possible using the most up to date methods.
• The ISA provides certification and supporting literature for all courses. These can be purchased from the ISA office by the centres and certificates must be issued to all successful participants by the centre.
How does the club benefit?
• Referrals from the ISA office, ISA website and promotional material provide many centres with their primary source of clients.
• In advertising you can use the ISA Training Centre logo, an internationally recognised mark of quality, to promote your recognised courses.
• Your clients may be familiar already with ISA courses and syllabuses having already done courses with you, or elsewhere and now wish to move onto the next stage with you.
• Through the ISA you can access information and expertise on all aspects of your waterside operation.
• Using ISA Trained staff will improve safety standards, raise customer satisfaction and help reduce equipment damage & running costs.
• National Governing Body approval is a requirement for many customers particularly those from Education Authorities.
• The ISA provides logbooks, certification and support material for all its courses. These are available at discount from the ISA for you to retail to your clients.
• The ISA is currently the only organisation in Ireland providing a quality / safety assurance programme for activity centres.
• ISA accreditation can significantly reduce your insurance costs.
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