Paddle UK Sea Kayak Leader
£220pp
The Paddle UK Sea Kayak Leader is open to anyone with experience of paddling in moderate coastal waters. The award will enable you to lead fun, safe and enjoyable trips for groups of sea kayaks, with a range of experience.
Secondly, you will be supported to develop your personal and leadership skills during two days of training, with like-minded sea kayakers.
Alternatively, if you have sufficient experience you could go straight to assessment. Furthermore, this award is used by clubs, outdoor centres and organisations to support their kayak journeys on moderate coastal waters.
What does a Sea Kayak Leader do?
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Your award will support you to lead safe and enjoyable journeys. You will lead kayakers with a range of experience on trips based on their needs and aspirations in a moderate coastal environment.
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As a Leader, you can choose to work independently or be deployed by a club, centre or organisation to lead trips and journeys.
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The purpose of these trips may be wide ranging from educational experiences, social adventures or trying something new.
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You will also be able to provide Paddle UK Awarding Body Awards and Training
Prepare for the course
To get the most from your course, you will need to feel comfortable in your and be able to paddle on open water that may be choppy and challenging. It is also important that you have gained some experience of coastal water conditions before booking on to your training.
Before your Assessment, you need to attend Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning Training. This isn’t a requirement for training but will support you to consider the safety aspects to be able to better plan journeys with confidence.
Prerequisites to enroll on assessment:
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1 day First Aid Certificate
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Safeguarding training
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Assessment
Is a completely separate course. Over 1 or 2 days assessment you will lead your participants on a planned moderate water journey and be assessed for your leading, personal, and rescue skills for sea kayak.
Paddle UK Certificate upon completion. Paddle UK Sea Kayak Leader link
