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SUP Sheltered Water Leader Award

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Sheltered water stand up paddleboard leaders will take paddlers on great journeys, creating amazing experiences and inspiring participants to enjoy paddling in a range of environments. They should allow paddlers the freedom to journey at their own pace whilst supporting individuals to paddle in environments that are safe but challenging.

A sheltered water SUP leader is seen to be an independent leader who can work outside an organisation.

SUP Cumbria

How can Wild River help prepare you for the assessment?

Wild River provides 2-day training courses. On our training courses we will look at:

  • Pre-trip information gathering
  • Trip planning and predicting weather and conditions
  • Safety briefs for groups in open water and slow moving rivers
  • Group control in a variety of environments
  • Simple sailing set ups
  • Games for journeys
  • Wind and current awareness
  • Leading groups in safe but inspirational ways
  • Towing options
  • Rescues
  • Incident management
  • Benchmarking of personal paddling skill

You may well also decide to:

  • Attend a sheltered water sup performance award to develop your personal skill.
  • Receive some individualised bespoke training.

The key part of any training course is the individual debrief to assist with your development of your detailed action plan.

How does assessment work?

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Where does a Paddlesport Leader operate?

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SUP Leader Cumbria

Paddle UK have developed an online eLearning resource to support leaders learning and can be accessed using the following link: e-learning

Training Dates

2 Day Training
Dates to be arranged.

Cost: £200 per person (requires min 3).

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Assessment Dates

1 Day Assessments
Dates to be arranged.

Cost: £270 per person (requires 2 candidates to run).
1 to 1 assessments £400 - contact us to arrange this.

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Training Prerequisites

There are no formal pre-requisites for leader training but candidates should have a level of personal skill relevant to the sheltered water environment.

Assessment
Prerequisites

For assessment all candidates must register with Paddle UK.

You need to be at least 16 years of age to register.

At registration evidence of the following is required:

Full home nation association membership (Paddle England, Paddle Scotland, Canoe Wales, Paddle Northern Ireland).

1 Day First Aid (within 3 years) recognised by Paddle UK.

Safeguarding Training (within 3 years) recognised by Paddle UK.

British Canoeing Level 1 Course GuideRegistration Costs

Resources

Google Forms Action Plan

How to Register Video

Sheltered Water Leader GuidanceSheltered Water Leader Course Documents

SUP Sheltered Water Leader Skills ChecklistSkills Checklist

SUP Sheltered Water Leader Assessment GuidanceAssessment Guidance

Safeguarding Training

Paddlesport Leader e-learning

British Canoeing Environmental DefinitionsEnvironmental Definitions

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