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15 hours (2 days)
1:4
3 years
Outreach Rescue Certificate of Achievement
Outreach Rescue, Tan-y-Bwlch Centre, Llanllechid, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales LL57 3HY
To provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage rescue craft paddling training and simulations, assess risks, demonstrate paddle skills, and evaluate delegate performance in water rescue operations.
Personnel experienced in rescue paddle craft usage and training delivery seeking to enhance instructional abilities.
Refined instructional capabilities for the intricacies of paddling techniques.
Introduces craft-based student rescue techniques.
The course is mostly spent on the water with an emphasis on practical training throughout.
In-date DEFRA Mod 3 Instructors Award AND In-date Rescue Craft Paddling Skills Award (issued within 3 years)
Age 18+. Delegates must be fit for this physically demanding course involving several hours a day paddling a craft. It is essential to be highly competent in the manoeuvring of Rescue Paddle Craft and an experienced instructor as this course demands high performance throughout.
Recertification is recommended every 2 years by means of re-attending this course.
- Classroom sessions introduce some coaching theory building on existing knowledge.
- This course is predominantly practical, involving coaching sessions from the trainer, and then giving delegates opportunities to coach their peers, requiring selection of venues, activities and instructional and coaching techniques to achieve the desired outcomes.
- All technical equipment can be provided.
- This course is holistically assessed throughout.
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