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14 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 develop participants’ proficiency in controlling and manoeuvring rescue craft in class 1 and 2 water environments using single and double-bladed paddles.
Emergency Services personnel and organisations involved in water rescue responses requiring the use of paddle manoeuvred craft.
Enhances paddle skills for reliable craft control in moving water.
Covers capsize drills and rescue techniques within rescue craft.
Emphasises practical skills and direct assessment.
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In-date DEFRA Mod 3 compliant 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 beneficial to have experience beyond the Mod 3 level in paddling craft, either as a water rescuer or recreationally.
Recertification is recommended every 2 years by means of re-attending this course.
- This is a predominantly practical course focused on maximising time in the craft in a variety of environments.
- Brief classroom sessions introduce some of the concepts and nomenclature. "
- Practical sessions maximise the time delegates spend in the craft in the environments.
- Sessions will focus on the minutia of effective and efficient craft manoeuvrability, including positioning, working with hydrology and paddle strokes.
- This then progresses into challenges of manoeuvring the craft, and taking these skillsets into rescue scenarios.
- All technical equipment can be provided.
- This course is holistically assessed throughout.
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