Interactive Safe and Fun (Safeguarding) Course

Description

Overview:

This Interactive Safe and Fun (Safeguarding) Course is a pre-requisite forall new Dinghy, Multihull, Keelboat and Windsurfing Instructors and Senior Instructors, to be followed up with further training during their instructor training course.  Safeguarding certificates issued by other organisations will not be accepted for newly qualifying instructor trainees.

The online course will provide a basic level of knowledge and awareness of safeguarding and will be suitable as an introduction for anyone volunteering or working with children and young people.  Those with specific responsibilities, such as Club Welfare Officers, Centre Managers, Youth Co-ordinators etc, are also advised to attend a training course where they can discuss scenarios, ask questions and exchange ideas with other participants.

Course Outline:

All organisations that work with children and young people under the age of 18 have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare.  The RYA is committed to providing a safe environment for young people to enjoy sailing, windsurfing and powerboating at RYA-organised events, and to helping its affiliated clubs and class associations and recognised training centres to fulfil their responsibilities.

Certificate

You can see more about the course here:

Privacy Policy

To enable access to your online course we need to share some of your personal data with the RYA via your user profile in www.ryainteractive.org. This learning management website is hosted and maintained by a third party called Learning Pool, who will not use your personal information for any reason other than enabling your course.

Your name and email address will be entered on www.ryainteractive.org in order to create your user account. On your first access to the site, you will be asked to enter your address and date of birth. You will have access to the site for one year in order to complete your online course. During this period, your personal information will be held on the website by Learning Pool and be available to this training centre and the RYA for the purpose of managing your course.

Instructional support will be provided by this training centre for a period of 1 year from the date of your course booking.

On completion of your course, your name, email, date of birth and address will be transferred to the RYA’s central database for the purpose of recording details of the course and any certification you gain as a result of it. This information allows the RYA to record your certification, to update any records they may already hold about you or your qualifications and to verify your certificate if required. After one year from the date of your enrolment on the course, your user account will be removed from www.ryainteractive.org.

Full details of how the RYA will deal with your personal information will be displayed when you first access www.ryainteractive.org.

How to sign up:

1. ‘Buy’ the course through the website.

2. PPSA will create a user account for you on RYA Interactive and let you know your log in details.  Please note, although PPSA will do its utmost to process your application in a swift manner, it is a manual process, please do not expect your account details to be sent to you immediately after you’ve paid for the course.  If you’re applying for the course as a pre-requisite for an instructor course, do not leave it until the last minute.

3.  If you are paying for someone else, please make sure that you indicate the name of the person taking the course in the comments box when you pay for it.

4. Once you receive your details, you can log on to the Interactive Site with your username and you’ll be asked to change your password.  You can then start working on your course.