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Marine and Aquatic Practices (SAS)
This strand enables students to develop skills in Marine & Aquatic Practices through the delivery of study units in management, safety and optional School-developed electives. Students will study Strand B of the Marine & Aquatic Pursuits Course.
Units and modules are designed to deliver interactions within the commercial, environmental, recreational and cultural areas of study. This does not contribute towards an OP.
Completion of the Broadwater studies Science elective in years 9 or 10 will contribute to the understanding of Marine and Aquatic Pursuits, although is not prerequisite.
Students will study the following topics:
• Boating
• Estuarine Animals & Plants
• Shipwrecks & Maritime History
• Oceans
• Canoeing & First Aid
• Aquaculture
• Tourism
• Pollution Management & Conservation
• Fishing, Tides, Weather & Currents
Students who select this course need to display a high degree of self-discipline within the structure of this course. Study elements will require practical experience, recall of knowledge and working with theoretical processes. They need to possess self-discipline and maturity to undertake the activities involved.
(The student must comply with all safety regulations and policies of this course.)
Students also have the opportunity to gain their Recreational Marine Drivers Licence.
Marine and Aquatic Pursuits opens pathways to Queensland Yachting Federation accreditation. This may lead to gaining a commercial Coxswain’s certificate, a requirement for working at sea.
This course can lead to:
• Deckhand
• Restricted Coxswain’s Certificate
• Coxswain’s Certificate
• Master Class V
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