BCU White Water Safety course
Conquer Whitewater with Confidence: 2-Day With Water Safety (WWS) Course for just £115!
Ready to unleash your inner rapids warrior? Join experienced – paddler and leader James Fleming for an action-packed, 2-day course that equips you with the skills to dominate white water while keeping yourself and your team safe.
This British Canoeing Awarding Body WWS course delivers top-notch instruction at great value for money, only £115 per person.
Ditch the assessments, embrace the adventure! This course is all about practical skills you can use right away. 9 modules covering:
1: Motivations & Decisions
2: River Trip
3: Emergency Planning & Procedures
4: Review & Reflections
5: Chase Boating & Equipment Rescues
6: Swimming & Rescues
7: Retrieving People & Equipment
8: Scenarios
9: Review & Reflections
Open to everyone, no age limit! Don't miss this chance to gain the confidence and skills to explore white water like never before.
Book your spot now! Limited spaces available.
June 2024
Sat 1st / Sun 2nd
Sat 15th / Sun 16th
Sat 29th / Sun 30th
July / Aug 2024
Contact James for more dates
Location River Tay - Scotland
P.S. This course is internationally recognized and aligns with industry-leading safety standards. So, you're not just having fun, you're getting qualified too!
Course Description
Your course will support you to consider safe practices, provide practical solutions to common issues and appropriate responses to incidents, providing peace of mind when venturing out onto the rivers.
This 2 day course is aimed at those paddling as peers and covers a range of topics that include emergency planning & procedures, chase boating, equipment rescues and scenarios and much more.This course is designed to support paddlers to be independent participants on grade 2(3) white water rivers. Paddlers can access the course with their preferred craft which can include kayaks, canoes and stand up paddleboards.
The White-Water Safety course is a 2-day programme that consists of 9 modules. This can be delivered in a weekend or modular, over a maximum of an eight-week period to suit you.
WHITE WATER SAFETY (WWS) TRAINING COURSE OUTLINE
Motivations and Decisions
River Trip
Emergency planning & procedures
Review and reflections
Chase boating and equipment rescues
Swimming and rescues
Retrieving people and equipment
Extracting methods
Review and reflections
To improve individuals’ awareness of safety skills in the river environment;
To teach personal survival skills;
To teach throw line rescue techniques;
To understand the need for structure in an emergency situation;
To outline basic rescue protocols that prioritise the safety of the individual above all others;
To introduce and develop the ‘clean rope’ principle.