Instructors Training

Become ISSA Authorised Instructor and teach sailing worldwide. More on www.issa-schools.orgBecome ISSA Authorised Instructor and teach sailing worldwide. More on www.issa-schools.orgBecome ISSA Authorised Instructor and teach sailing worldwide. More on www.issa-schools.orgBecome ISSA Authorised Instructor and teach sailing worldwide. More on www.issa-schools.orgBecome ISSA Authorised Instructor and teach sailing worldwide. More on www.issa-schools.orgBecome ISSA Authorised Instructor and teach sailing worldwide. More on www.issa-schools.org
ISSA focuses on training the Sailing Instructors worldwide. Constantly developing approach to teaching how to sail provides the best possible sail training to skippers. That gives the ISSA Certificate of Competence holders confidence and awareness. Stay safe, teach safe, become ISSA Instructor.

List of ISSA trainers:

  • Mike Downard
  • Jakub Elsahen
  • Tarrek Hassan
  • Tomasz Szczegielniak
  • Erez Vardi

As an ISSA instructor you:

  • Have internationally recognised qualifications;
  • Get versatile skills in the demanding market;
  • Can work in any ISSA Accredited School;
  • Gain experience and expertise to run your own school;
  • Posses professional qualifications to get work in yachting industry.

Eligibility

In order to participate in the ISSA instructor training, the candidate should have skills and knowledge at the level of Offshore Skipper. Offshore Skipper is a yachtsman with experience from at least two sailing areas as well as more than average skills in boat handling and knowledge of leisure navigation, colregs and meteorology.

All of the training takes place onboard a sailing yacht. There can be a maximum of 4 candidates at a time.

Training Programme

The training is split into the following stages:

  • Levelling up of the candidates’ skills. In most cases instructor candidates come from very different regions with varying experience. Therefore, it is essential to start the training with levelling of the candidates’ skills. It usually takes from one to three days as needed.
  • Development of teaching abilities. Candidates practice teaching techniques at subsequent steps of yachting education. Starting with very basic sailing classes, going through intermediary level exercises and doing more advanced classes at the end of the stage.
  • Next phase comprises of practice during real sailing classes with real students. At the start of this stage, the instructor candidates work as instructor assistants, getting transformed into self-dependent instructors with full ability to teach, assist and assess future skippers.
  • The very last part refers to an exam run by an ISSA authorised examiner.

Instructor candidates live onboard the training vessel.

Welcome to the ISSA instructor training program

Intensive training of teaching methods

Next sessions of ISSA Instructor courses

Special session of Instructor Training:
Sailing Instructor of Persons with Disabilities (SIPD), 09-12.02.2024, Larnaca Marina, Cyprus

For information of the course，plsease contact Mr.Michal Stronka
E-mail: michal.stronka@issa.global

General sessions of Instructor Training:

08-12.04.2024 – Torrevieja (Spain, course will be ran in Polish)
22-26.04.2024 – Darłowo (Poland)

For information about above the courses，plsease contact Mr.Tomasz Szczegielniak
E-mail: auditor@issa.com.pl

03-08.05.2024, Instructor course, in Marmaris
18-21.05.2024, Instructor update, in Marmaris
15-20.06.2024, Instructor course, in Cyprus

For information about above the courses，plsease contact Mr.Jakub Elsahen
E-mail: Jakub.elsahen@issa.global

For more information do not hesitate to contact our Executive Office.

ISSA Head Office in Cyprus
51, Prodromou 2nd floor, 2063 Nicosia
VAT-number: CY10378372D

ISSA Executive Office in Poland
ul. Tadeusza Borowskiego 2/27
03-475 Warszawa, Poland

+48 787 992 888
09:00 – 15:00 UTC
11:00 – 17:00 CEST
10:00 – 16:00 CET
Please contact us via e-mails beyond these hours.
issa@sailingschools.org