Subject: Free Powerboat Instruction How to Guide Now Available

Hello National On-Water Standards Program Volunteer!
You are receiving this email because you were a volunteer in the National On-Water Standards (NOWS) Program funded by United States Coast Guard grants. As you may recall, over the past five years, there has been an initiative underway to develop information and tools that can help raise the level of enjoyment and safety that recreational boaters experience on our nation’s waterways. 
 
We are pleased to share with you a major milestone in the project, the completion of a free comprehensive “How to” guide for developing or enhancing on-water, skills-based instructional course in beginner-level powerboat operation. 
The same team of recreational boating experts that produced the American National Standard (ANS) for On-Water, skills-based powerboat instruction has developed a Power Technical Support Document (TSD).  The free 148-page document contains the most complete set of information and tools available to assist education providers, including:
  • Information about the ANS for on-water powerboat instruction, why it was developed, and why education providers should use it in their powerboat instruction programs 
  • Tips and recommendations from recreational boating experts across the country for how to use the ANS to design, develop and implement courses, curricula, syllabi, and lesson plans that deliver high-quality On-Water, skills-based powerboat instruction, and
  • Guidelines for using performance assessment / measurement rubrics to design specific behaviors into programs that result in skilled entry-level powerboat operation.

This guide has been designed to help education providers ensure that their skills-based instructional courses are not only of the highest quality, but also meet the ANS for entry-level powerboat instruction. 
 
All recreational boating safety education providers, large and small, national or local, are encouraged to use the materials contained within the Power TSD to develop or enhance their On-Water instruction. All recreational boaters are encouraged to share this news with family members, friends, and colleagues.  By taking an active role in raising the overall quality and availability of skills-based training and instruction for entry-level recreational powerboat operation, all can help create a culture of safety in recreational boating that reduces accidents and saves lives on our nation’s waterways.
 
The Power TSD is freely available for download as a PDF on the NOWS Program website (www.onwaterstandards.org) and the ABYC (The American Boat & Yacht Council) on-line store (www.abycinc.org). TSDs are also under development for national standards for Sail and Human-propelled boat operation, which will also be available for free download once completed.
 
Thank you one again for your involvement in the project and helping to make our waterways safer for our nation’s boaters.
 
Kind Regards,
 
K. Brian Dorval
National On-Water Standards Facilitator
PS:  These materials also help those interested in learning how to operate a powerboat know what instructional programs to attend by ensuring the program is designed to train the skills identified in the national standard for on-water instruction.  All those interested in learning how to operate a powerboat are encouraged to review these materials to make informed decisions about what programs to attend.
 
Click Below to View and Download the POWER Technical Support Document on the NOWS Official Site:
National On-Water Standards Program, 1500 K St. NW Suite 350, Washington, DC 20005, United States
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