White Water Leader Training
Perthshire
March 15th-16th 2025, or get in touch for alternatives
2 days
£210
This course trains and assess people to skilfully paddle and lead a group of 4 paddlers on grade 2(3) white water. Time will be spent, improving your paddling skill level as well as developing strategies to keep others safe, whilst having a fun and enjoyable time on the water.
Learn how to lead safe, fun and enjoyable, grade 2(3) river trips
Course Content
We know how important these courses are for your development so we draw upon years of experience leading rivers all over the world to give you the best training possible.
Although this course is no longer a pre-requsite for the assessment, we strongly reccomend that paddlers attend one. You will hopefully learn lots from the instructors and fellow students, more about what BC is looking for in their leaders, more about the assessment process and develop an action plan to help you prepare well for the assessment if you wish to attend one.
We will focus our delivery around the following topics and tailor the learning to suit you as much as possible.
- Participant focused leadership skills
- Personal paddling skills
- Rescue skills
- Underpinning background knowledge, understanding and experience
At the of the course we will support you to make an action plan, helping you structure your journey towards assessment and then we will be on hand going forwards as a mentor to help you continue developing.
More information about the award can be found at the link below.
www.britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/white-water-kayak-leader-moderate-water/
Requirements
There are no formal requirements for this course but to get the most of it you should be happy paddling grade 2(3) with some experience of leading groups on grade 2. It is also good but not necessary for you to have attended a White Water Safety course recently.
Your Instructor/s
Jonny Hawkins
Jonny has a passion for adventuring in the outdoors and loves helping others to work towards their goals and expand possibilities. He prides himself on his relaxed, friendly approach and teaching the most up-to-date information in a safe and supportive manner.
