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Sea Kayaking in Wales | Anglesey | Personal Performance and Leadership Awards.  British Canoeing (BC) Sea Kayak, Coastal Sea Kayak & Advanced Sea Kayak Awards.

BC Leadership Training, Coaching and Assessment at Moderate Water (4*) & Advanced (5*) Tidal Water.

 

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Personal Performance Awards

 

  • All of the awards are direct entry. Paddlers can choose which award they would like to work towards, developing their skills and decision making.
  • The awards provide appropriate milestones and acknowledgement of personal skills, setting up the paddler appropriately for British Canoeing Coaching and Leadership qualifications.
  • All of the awards have been created and written with the paddler at the heart of the content and creating self-directed learning, empowerment and ownership. 
  • As long as you can demonstrate or show that you meet each criteria in the syllabus during your time with us, then we can confirm your achievement.
  • To further assist you we have created a self profiling target model which can be used alongside the syllabus for guidance.  
  •  If the course your after is full drop us an email as we might be able to create another course or put you on the reserve list.

 

 

Sea Kayak Award (was known as the 3* award) 

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The Sea Kayak Award (SKA) endorses your skill, judgment and decision making required for a successful day on the sea.  You will be confident in planning and undertaking journeys on the sea, in winds up to and including force 3/4 winds, 2-3ft swell and surf and tides up to 1 Knot, with proficient skills to be in control throughout. 

 

This is a 2-day course with the option of training on both days or training on the first day with an opportunity for a chat and reflection at the end of the day, to consider if the second day is an assessment or further training.  This course is available on the Intermediate SKA weekends. 

 

More information is available here and for a profile take a look here

 
 

Coastal Sea Kayak Award.

 

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Your personal performance Coastal Sea Kayak Award endorses your judgment, decision making and expertise and requires a good understanding of paddling on the sea.  You should be confident planning and undertaking journeys on the sea in winds up to and including force 4 and/or tides up to 2 Knots, 3ft surf and 4-5ft swell. Your confidence should be based upon both proficiency in skills and a broad appreciation of surroundings and environmental context.

 

Join a Moderate Sea Kayaking weekend or a Surf & Tide course during the week, around Anglesey and new for 2021 Pembrokeshire. 

 

More information can be found here and a self profiling target model can be found here

 

 

 

 

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 Advanced Sea Kayak Award.

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As an Advanced Sea Kayaker, you will have extensive experience of paddling on the sea.

Your experience will include paddling a wide variety of sea conditions with winds over force 4 and/or tides over 2 Knots, 4-5ft surf, above 6ft swell. You may also make open crossings in excess of 2Nm, as well as travelling along the coastline.

 

More information can be found here and a self profiling target model is here. 

 

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Leadership Awards

 

Moderate Sea Kayak Leader (4*) Training Tidal Water and Coastal Navigation & Tidal Planning Award (CNTP).

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Moderate Water Sea Kayak Leader (4*) Training & CNTP, with four days at £320, inclusive of British Canoeing fees.
 

For those sea kayakers who wish to explore and develop the skills necessary to lead other paddlers in a Moderate tidal water environment.  The course will cover surfing, controlled landings, rocky landings, incident management, assisted and self-rescues, action-centred leadership, positioning, decision making, risk and benefit assessments, performance paddling, top tips and handy hints and address your wants and needs.  

 

Time will also be created to include the creation of a detailed action plan to assist you towards an assessment.  More information is available here.

 

 

 

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Sea Leader Assessment -Moderate Tidal Water (4 Star)

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For those sea kayakers who wish to be trained in the skills necessary to lead other paddlers in a Moderate tidal water environment with sea state 4. 

 

The assessment will include personal paddling skills, making decisions, risk & benefit assessments, tidal planning & navigation, rescues and management and leadership of a group of 4 paddlers in Moderate conditions.  All of the above will be covered using the fantastic locations that Anglesey, North Wales has to offer.  You will need to send in a copy of your Leadership Registration (LR) form and will receive an open book paper 2 weeks before your assessment.  More information is here

 

 

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Advanced Tidal Water Sea Kayak Leader (5*) Training, Night Navigation and  Open Water Navigation & Tidal Planning (OWNTP) Course.

 

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The course include's night navigation, Open Water Navigation & Tidal Planning (a 1-day theory course) and more time to explore techniques, polish skills, paddle in varied conditions without cramming it all in, plus an action plan.

 

Successful performance at this level indicates that you have a high level of performance and knowledge, personal skill and leadership in advanced situations. This is a leadership award and the appropriate training for paddlers who wish to lead groups of other paddlers in appropriate locations in advanced tidal waters and dynamic weather conditions typified by the climate of the British Isles.

 

The advanced sea kayak leader (what was known as the 5* sea kayak leader award) has the skills, ability and judgement to choose appropriate trips for a range of levels. This course is for paddlers who journey on the sea in areas where tidal races, headlands, open crossings, swell and challenging coastlines will be encountered.  

 

The course will cover surfing, controlled landings, rocky landings, incident management, assisted and self-rescues, action-centred leadership, positioning, decision making, risk and benefit assessments, performance paddling, top tips and handy hints and address your wants and needs. Time will also be created to include the creation of a detailed action plan to assist you towards an assessment and continued development.  

 

Further information on the specifics of the award and a Leadership Registration (LR) form can be found here.

 

Roger can also offer you Short, Medium or Long Term Sea Kayak Mentoring, so you get more out of your paddling and time on the water with quality support, coaching and guidance.  Follow this link for more information.

 

 

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Advanced (5*) Leader Sea Assessment - Anglesey, North Wales. 

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About 2-3 weeks before the Advanced Sea Kayak Leader (5-star) assessment course an open book theory paper will be sent to you, so you can research and gather your answers. The assessment will most likely begin on Saturday morning with an open water navigation paper, and over the two days, you will be assessed on your ability and decision making to lead a group in advanced tidal waters and dynamic weather conditions, incident management and your personal skills.  There will be a night navigation paddle on Saturday.  

 

Prior to an assessment, you need to have completed a Leadership Registration (LR) form, which is valid for 1 year from the application and a registered stamped photocopy needs to be forwarded to me before booking on this assessment. 

 

For details of the syllabus and a leadership Registration (LR) form have a look at the BC guidance notes here

 

 

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 For more in-depth and updated information please refer to the BC website www.bcu.co.uk  or contact us to discuss your requirements.

 




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