Advanced Sea Kayak Leader (Assessment)
Activity: Qualifications
£230 (does not include accommodation) Book Now
Course Dates
| Start Date | End Date | Duration |
| Saturday 22nd Apr, 2023 | Saturday 22nd Apr 2023 | 1 day |
↓ Course pre-requisites
- Advanced Sea Kayak Leader training (within 3 years)
- Relevant Safety Training: Open Water Navigation & Tidal Planning or similar RYA course (see the Equivalents for British Canoeing Safety Awards)
- First Aid Award: Recognised 2-day First Aid within last 3 years
- Home Nation Leadership Registration (LR) Form
- Full Home Nation Association Membership
- Valid 2 day First Aid training
- Aged 18 or over
Registration with CANI (or another Home Nation) is required prior to attending the course, you should allow at least two weeks prior to your course. If you require assistance on how to register with CANI click HERE.
If you are a British Canoeing, Scottish Canoeing or Canoe Wales member you will register through your member portal. If you are a Canoeing Ireland Member contact the CANI office for assistance with registration.
↓ Course summary
Tollymore has been running Advanced Leader Sea Kayak Assessment for over 15 years. We run our courses on the North coast utilising the Benbane Head, The Causeway, the many surf beaches and of course the many tide races found off Rathlin.
The Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Assessment course content covers the following:
- Part A – Personal Paddling Skills
- Part B – Rescue Skills
- Part C – Safety, Leadership & Group Skills
- Part D – Theory
For full details of the content covered please refer to the Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Syllabus on the British Canoeing Awarding Body website.
The Advanced Leader Award is intended for paddlers who journey on the sea in areas where tidal races, headlands, open crossings, swell and challenging coastlines may be encountered. The award should be accessible to all those people who journey on the sea and should not be seen as the preserve of a few elite performers. It is envisaged that the average club member canoeing regularly, should be able to obtain this award within three years of starting to paddle.
A variety of skills will be assessed over the weekend, including:
- Planning journeys along exposed coastlines free from landings and open water crossings
- Boat handling skills in advanced water, rolling in rough water, self rescue, boat control in tidal races, coping with wind, negotiating reefs, etc
- Correctly applying a range of leadership styles and group management strategies
- Application of safety and rescue skills
- Use of equipment appropriate to this environment, tow lines, flares, boat repair
- Surf landings, rock hoping, incident management.
Click HERE for the interactive Leadership eLearning will take you through some of the key principles behind the British Canoeing Model of Leadership, ensuring Leaders have a basic knowledge of those principles. This activity is aimed at any Leader.
↓ Who is the course for?
If you are an active sea paddler looking to develop your knowledge and skills in an advanced sea environment then this is the course for you. This course will help you develop the necessary skills to safely lead and journey in an advanced sea environment.
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↓ Outline Programme
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↓ What equipment do I need to bring?
You are expected to attend the assessment fully equipped to lead and take care of a group in advanced conditions. If you are having any difficulties with equipment logistics do contact the centre to discuss.
↓ What does my course fee include?
Course fee includes equipment and coaching. The course fee DOES NOT include food and accommodation or governing body fees.
Tollymore will advise course participants of the location of the assessment and the hostel base.
↓ Useful books and resources
BCU Canoe & Kayak Handbook
BCU Coaching Handbook
Brown, G. Sea Kayak
Cooper, D. Sea Kayak Handling Skills
Ferrero, F. Sea Kayak Navigation
All of the above are published by Pesda Press
Lull, J. Sea Kayaking Safely & Rescue – Published by Wilderness Press
Current situation
As you are probably aware the current advice from the Northern Ireland Executive, Health Promotion Agency NI and Health & Safety Executive NI, as well as our expert group within Sport NI is that we cannot deliver any face to face courses for our customers including use of the Hot Rock Climbing Wall.
We know that you and many others like minded folk are very keen to get back on track with your plans to attend and complete a range of personal skills training and qualifications in a range of disciplines.
Believe us when we say we are equally keen to get outside with you and help you reach your goals and complete that journey.
How do we know? Because every day we get emails and phone calls asking when will courses resume and with every NI Executive mention of easing of restrictions the emails and phone calls are more frequent……