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This award is all about keeping safe in your craft of choice in sheltered water venues, this includes canoes, kayaks and stand up paddleboards. So, whether you are paddling with friends or your club, this practical course is packed with safe practical solutions. It doesn’t matter about your age or whether you have limited paddling experience, this course supports your knowledge and raises your awareness of your personal safety.
If you needed any more convincing, the course is completely based around training and raising awareness, with no assessment. Structured to support you, our experienced tutors will ensure you have plenty of time practising, as well as understanding how you can develop skills and experience after the course.
The course takes around 6 hours and will cover 6 modules:
Clothing and Equipment
Safety frameworks
Contact and Towing rescues
Self-rescues
Deep water rescues
Reflection and development
There will be plenty of opportunities to develop and progress your rescue skills and meet like-minded people during the course.
Paddlesport Safety and Rescue has a recognised certificate from PaddleUK
If you want to progress to become a PaddleUK Instructor, Coach or Leader, this is the first step
Book a session today and begin your journey with professional outdoor instruction tailored to your goals and experience level.
No, a basic understanding of how to paddle is a requirement, but you don’t need to be a sponsored athlete.
Yes, of course. Please send me a message using the contact page to arrange a course.
No, I try to limit and time when participants are in the water to keep them as dry for as long as possible. But you wil be getting wet.