Paddlesport Touring Leader Tutor

What the Role Entails

As a Paddlesport Touring Leader Tutor, you will support paddlers to develop their leadership skills on moderate water.

You will be sharing your knowledge, skills and experience with aspirant leaders. This could be throughout their development process by providing training sessions. Or it could just be at the point of assessment. Each of these sessions will be tailored around the needs of the paddlers in front of you.

You may even help the paddlers develop an action plan for their long-term goals. For example, their next steps towards either a more advanced discipline or guide endorsement.

How do I become a Paddlesport Touring Leader Tutor?

When applications are open, you will have 4 weeks to submit your application. You will be required to provide referees so please make sure you think carefully about who these could be. If you are successful, then you will then complete the following steps:

Online Learning

This webinar will cover the theory and the ethos of the leadership awards, as well as what will be expected of you as a provider. You will get to discuss and share best practice with providers from a range of different disciplines.

Orientation Event

You will work alongside other aspirant Paddlesport Touring Leader Tutors to share best practice.

This event includes a skills verification. At the end of the 2 days you will agree an action plan with your trainer and dependant on outcome may become a Leadership Tutor.

Final Sign-off

If you require a final sign-off you will:

• Manage a full leadership assessment
• Take the lead in all aspects under the supervision of a National Association Trainer

Successful completion of the sign off will lead to the full role being granted.

Want to know more?

Read about the Paddlesport Touring Leader here.

Minimum Requirements

Environment Specific Coaching Qualification

To become a Paddlesport Touring Leader Tutor you will be expected to hold experience of coaching and leading in the open water environment. This can be by holding a range of the following British Canoeing Awarding Body coaching qualifications:

• Open Water Canoe/White Water Canoe/White Water Kayak/SUP Open Water /Sea Kayak Coach
• MWE Canoe/White Water Kayak/ Touring/ Sea Coach
• BCU Level 3 Inland Kayak/ Sea/ Canoe/ Coach

Successful applicants will be able to evidence coaching, personal skills and leadership experience across Canoe, Kayak and SUP disciplines. At Orientation all craft must be paddled at the top end of the remit for the award.

PPA Provider

You should be a Paddle Award Provider and be, or be working towards, the relevant Personal Performance Award Provider roles to the open water environment such as:

• Open Water Touring Award Provider
• SUP Open Water Award Provider
• Canoe Award Provider
• White Water Award Provider

Note: All Providers are expected to be able to effectively paddle the full range of craft involved in the training and assessing of Paddlesport Touring Leaders at the top end of the remit

Assessor Training

You will hold, or be working towards, an Assessing qualification that meets the National Occupational Standards this could be any of the following:

• British Canoeing Awarding Body Assessor Training
• Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocational Related Achievement (QCF)
• Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocational Achievement (QCF)
• Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment (QCF)
• Conduct the Assessment Process PDA (SCQF, L&D9)
• Assess Workplace Competence Using Direct Methods (SCQF, L&D9D)
• Assess Workplace Competence Using Direct and Indirect Methods (SCQF, L&D9DI)
• NVQ A1 Assessor Award
• NVQ D32/D33 Assessor Award

Further Instructions

Application Process

Applications open in April each year. An ‘Apply Now’ button will appear on all open roles. Please read the instructions on the application for application deadlines and offline options.

Orientations will be agreed with successful applicants. Orientations are face to face, the orientation fee will be confirmed in the application pack. There may be additional costs in the case of a final sign off being required.

Maintaining Your Provider Role

Once you have been awarded the role of Paddlesport Touring Leader Tutor you will be expected to stay up to date under the Update Scheme.

In addition to this you will also be expected to maintain your skills and coaching ability in the open water environment. You will also be expected to attend face to face and online meetings to share best practice and updates. This takes the form of a yearly ‘hot topic’ meeting online and a face to face moderation every 3 years.

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