White Water Safety and Rescue (WWSR) Training

Course Description

Do you paddle on moving water? Do you want the skills to stay out of trouble? Want to know what to do if either you or others get into trouble on the river? Then the White Water Safety and Rescue (WWSR) Training is for you!

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.

Why take the White Water Safety & Rescue (WWSR) Training course?

First of all, this award is all about keeping safe on white water rivers. So, whether you are paddling with friends or using the training course as preparation for a Leadership qualification, this practical course is packed with safe, practical solutions. It doesn’t matter about your age or whether you Kayak, Stand Up Paddleboard, Canoe or Sit on Top, this course provides appropriate skills for both safety and rescue on rivers.
If you needed any more convincing, the course is completely based around training, raising awareness with no assessment. Structured to support you, our experienced tutors will ensure you have plenty of time practising, as well as understanding how you can develop skills and experience after the course.
The course will cover many subjects; here is an outline of what you will explore during your course:

White Water Safety and Rescue (WWSR) Training Course Outline

• You will develop an understanding of safety principles and protocols;
• You will explore and practice different ways to provide a rescue from a bank;
• The tutors will support you in practising personal rescue skills;
• You will develop techniques to rescue swimmers from the water;
• Our tutors will share with you top tips to recover both craft and paddles;
• You will know how to prioritise and structure rescues;
• You will explore solutions to appropriate methods of paddling rivers;

There will be opportunities to develop and progress your own paddling skills and meet like-minded people during the course. Many of our course candidates develop long lasting friendships, connections and contacts.
You can read the Course Guide here.

There is no need to register for this training course, by using the ‘find a course’ function you can book straight onto the 10-hour course.

However, to get the best from your course you need to feel comfortable swimming in and around grade 2 water and be able to independently paddle your craft. Holding the White Water Award would put you in a position to fully engage and enjoy your course.

Course Content

This is a mainly practical training course with no assessment. Your course will support you in keeping yourself and others safe whilst on the river, providing you with the tools and concepts to consider solutions to common issues on moving water. p>

• Firstly, British Canoeing Awarding Body has a longstanding reputation of providing industry leading qualifications that are recognised internationally as well as closer to home
• British Canoeing Awarding Body has over 40 years’ experience in safety training and we have every confidence in the robustness and procedures that underpin the course design and delivery.

• Keeping you and others safe on the water
• Focused on practical solutions
• Rescuing yourself and others that end up in the water
• Safe paddling principles

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