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.
To be able to get the most out of your course, we recommend that you can paddle to the standard of one of the Personal Performance Awards.
↓ Course summary
The British Canoeing Awarding Body Sea Kayak Leader Award delivers the personal skill level and leadership ability required to lead a group of paddlers on short, single or multi-day journeys in a moderate tidal water environment with winds not exceeding Beaufort Force 4.
The White Water Kayak Leader course content emphasises the application of strokes to achieve suitable techniques and boat control in real situations and covers the following:
Part A – Personal Paddling Skills
Part B – Rescue Skills
Part C – Safety, Leadership and Group Skills
Part D – Theory
For full details of the content covered, please refer to the Sea Kayak Leader Syllabus.
Assessments are normally run over two days and take place on sections of white water and a suitable river journey. For full details of the content covered, please refer to the Sea Kayak Leader Assessment Notes.
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?
This programme is aimed at those wishing to lead a group of 4 (not including themselves) journeys in a moderate sea environment – up to and including force 4 open water.
The Sea Kayak Leader Award is a prerequisite for those Level 2 Coaches wishing to attain their moderate endorsement.
↓ What equipment do I need to bring?
You must have the appropriate resources to plan and navigate within the area where the course is being held.
Appropriate maps and charts
Tide times for standard and local ports
Pilots / guides and tidal stream atlas
Compass, note book and pencil
You need to bring all other appropriate equipment to lead a group efficiently and effectively on the sea in the prevailing conditions.
↓ What does my course fee include?
The course fee includes in course transport and all instruction / coaching
The course fee does not include catering or accommodation on the north coast (hostel based)
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……