gixxerboss Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Hi all new to the site so a big hello, what course can you do to undertake instructor training in the uk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin (Simon W) Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 The Paramotor Club has an instructor course for those interested. Call or PM SW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerboss Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 What i mean is really, is there a legal requirement and certification for paramotor instructors, or can i learn my buddies as long as i follow the syllabus, i've personally never really given it much thought, i paid me money when i learnt and never questioned it until my friends asked to be tutored, when i look into it people seem to learn themselves these days, so i must be able to learn the lads right!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 'Teach', not learn your buddies. Get something right from the start. Good luck if you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerboss Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Its not luck alan_k its skill, is teaching someone and learning someone not the same, bit petty!!! i appreciate your educated opinion? school teacher by chance, or a subscriber to Grammarly, so i take it as no there is no certification to becoming an instructor, just a case of having the student follow a syllabus, in an organised and responsible manner, as i did myself all those years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Su21g-tck this guy does it for free, maybe we should put something back, teaching my buddies in the appropriate way, safely under supervision of an experienced individual can only be a good thing,? ( no different to an instructor ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin (Simon W) Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 There is no legal requirement for you to do anything to start teaching people to fly other than those of the normal business responsibilities. That said, anyone looking into setting up in this industry would be stupid not to do so via PMC or the BHPA when looking at the actual costings, timings and rewards equation. Our instructors course teaches you how to teach, it teaches you how to see peoples different needs (no one is the same) I had to attend and pass this course myself and feel very proud to have done so. This in it's self remains worth the cost. to this day. I guess if you have taught before or been taught how to teach and see the differences in people... Are they a Theorist or a Pragmatist? An activist maybe? Can YOU spot the difference? Do you know how to deal with that in the learning environment? If so you should be OK. A professional instructor will go out of his or her way to know this stuff. A simple course can teach you it opting to NOT attend some kind of instructional teaching course is preparing to fail IMO. SW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cianpars Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Little things like how much you learn from what you hear, from what you see and what you do are important, understanding how and why people learn differently and how to teach or instruct rather than simply tell. Instruction is as much about understanding your pupil as it is about the knowledge of what you are teaching. I've actually coached people by simply encouraging them to explore and discuss their own strengths and weaknesses and come up with their own solutions to their problems and produce their own development plans in areas that I have known very little about the subject matter. I've known coaches develop olympic champions who were nowhere near that standard themselves. Edited March 6, 2018 by cianpars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerboss Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Cheers i just wanted to know on a legal stand point is all, top men cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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