30 January
2009
Newquay 005 2009
Newquay RNLI lifeboat station is looking for volunteer Sea
Safety Officer to join the Newquay Lifeboat Station team. The charity firmly
believes prevention is better than cure and a growing number of people are
being trained to help boat users avoid unnecessary incidents. Last year
nearly 500 lifeboat launches* in the south west* resulted from machinery
failure or a lack of basic sea safety knowledge.
Keith Colwell, Divisional Sea Safety
Manager, says it’s a rewarding role for someone with the right skills:
‘
We’re
looking for an outgoing person with boating experience who is willing to
give us, on average, a couple of hours each week advising those who go
afloat about safety on the water. Sea Safety officers and advisers not only
give confidential one-to-one advice to owners but also often to their crew
too. The Sea Safety Officer will be the focus for prevention advice from the
Lifeboat Station, running sea safety events, presentations and
demonstrations at local clubs and associations. We need somebody who has,
ideally, a broad experience of boating - from sports and motor boating,
dinghy and cruising sailing, sea angling to diving and surfing. In fact,
anybody who enjoys going on the water and wants to pass on their experience
and help keep others safe at sea.’
Volunteers have access to a broad range
of resources and will undergo RNLI training to ensure they are giving the
best advice in a friendly and professional manner. But Keith says above all,
its great fun:
‘Our Sea Safety Officers find the role
to be really enjoyable and incredibly rewarding. If you enjoy going afloat
on the water, what can be better than talking about the different aspects of
boating with like minded people, seeing how others cater for their safety
and giving advice that might well save somebody’s life.’
To find out more about the volunteer
role, please contact Keith Colwell on 01202 693691.
