Whitewater Safety Training Courses
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Whitewater Safety Training-2 days
Join us for the most important piece of whitewater tuition you'll ever receive. Your Paddle UK Whitewater Safety Training will be an immersive two day experience with hands-on scenario based learning. We will practice life saving techniques so that you can make sure that you are as well armed as possible to the realities of risk inherent in whitewater kayaking.
To find out more about the course and its syllabus, click here.
What's included in the price:
- Professional coaching from an experienced and qualified member of staff.
- Paddle UK Whitewater Safety Training attendance certificate. Pre-requisite for all river based leadership and coaching qualifications.
-Action planning and future mentoring
What's not included in the price
-Boat hire or equipment use.
-Parking or river access fees.
Kit List
• Personal kayaking clothing - especially footwear suitable for scrambling around banks.
• Throwline – Floating high visibility rope, minimum length 15m, minimum diameter 8mm.
• River Knife – sharp, safely stowed but easily accessible single-handed.
• 2 to 3 Karabiners – Locking HMS pear shaped anodised alloy karabiners.
• 1 Sling/Tape webbing
• Buoyancy Aid with quick release chest harness
• Whistle
• Kayak & Paddle
If there are any items on the list you do not have access to, please ask us for advice. Our aim is to have a variety of equipment on the course available to to share within the team.
Jamie teaching anchoring
Paddle365 are proud whitewater kayak craft specialists. If you would like to attend in Canoe or SUP, this should be fine but please check with us beforehand for course suitability.
When we instruct in white water safety, we create workshops that aim to present a strong learning environment for the development of safety and rescue skills, which means a thorough exploration of the more hazardous areas of white water paddling. This means that paradoxically, river safety instruction can carry with it a higher risk of personal injury to staff and participants. It is, however, our belief that if properly controlled these risks can be strongly mitigated, and furthermore, that the long term dangers of participating in an ineffective safety training course are greater to our participants than the short term risks we expose them to on this training. The potential benefits of being well trained in white water safety skills and culture are many, and have impacts that reach across whitewater communities around the world, and spreading these benefits is our aim.
