Teach First Sail and the junior program on Spa Creek, May to October.
The role
You will teach adults their first three days on the water, and children their first season, in dinghies on Spa Creek. Every new instructor shadows two First Sail courses in May before leading their own.
$24 to $30
an hour, by level
Team
Sailing school
Season
May 3 to Oct 18, 2027
Hours
24 to 36 a week
Reports to
Alex Ortiz
Closes
Feb 28, 2027
01
Teach First Sail groups of up to nine, three students to a dinghy
02
Run the safety launch and the capsize drill on day one
03
Rig, launch and put away the school fleet each day
04
Coach the Saturday junior program, two weekends a month
05
Keep the course log and each student's progress card
01
US Sailing level 1 instructor, or ready to train for it in April
02
Confident sailing a dinghy in 15 knots
03
First aid certificate (the club pays for the course)
04
Available most weekends from May to October
05
Patience, and a voice that carries across the creek
Apply
Tell us where you learned to sail, what you have taught and which weekends you can give us. Choose Careers as the subject; Alex reads every one.
Within two weeks
a reply from the school, whatever the answer
In March
an hour on the water with Alex
In April
paid training before the first course
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