PADDLESPORT TOURING LEADER TRAINING​

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The Details

 

First of all, the Paddlesport Touring Leader Award is open to all paddlers! The award supports your existing skills and enables you to lead fun, safe and enjoyable trips.

Secondly, you can design your own learning journey, using formal and informal opportunities to develop your skills.

Furthermore, this award is used by clubs, outdoor centres and organisations to support their activity delivery on mixed craft. This includes single or tandem craft.

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WHAT CAN A PADDLESPORT TOURING LEADER DO?

Your award will support you to run safe and enjoyable trips, based on your group’s needs and aspirations. You will lead journeys, on moderate inland water, for a range of mixed craft.

As a result of becoming a Leader, you can work independently or be deployed by a club, centre or organisation to lead trips and journeys. The purpose of these trips may be wide ranging from educational experiences, social adventures or trying something new.

You will be able to provide British Canoeing Awarding Body Awards and Training such as:

• Paddle  Awards – Paddle Start, Paddle Discover and Paddle Explore.

• Personal Performance Awards – Touring Award, Open Water Touring Award and Multi Day Touring Award.

Note: other experience, training or qualifications may be required. 

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HOW SHOULD I PREPARE FOR THE TRAINING COURSE?

There are no formal Personal Performance Award or Safety Award requirements to becoming a Paddlesport Touring Leader. However, to get the best from your course you need to feel comfortable in or on your craft.

You need to be able to independently paddle on open water and rivers up to and including short stretches of Grade 2.

In addition, we recommend holding the a personal performance award in your chosen discipline.

For example:

• Progressive White Water Award

• Progressive Canoe Award

• Stand Up Paddleboard White Water Award

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LEADERSHIP E-LEARNING AND ONLINE RESOURCES

These optional, interactive eLearning package will take you through some of the key principles behind :

• British Canoeing Awarding Body Model of Leadership.

• Leading in unfamiliar environments.

• Leading mixed craft journeys

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