Sea Kayak Award Provider

What the Role Entails

By delivering the Sea Kayak Award you will develop a paddler’s decision-making and personal paddling skills to help them have an enjoyable trip at sea. You will help them become confident and in control of the craft whilst on the sea.

The Sea Kayak Award is paddler-focused.

At Paddles Up Training we want you to help paddlers take charge of their learning by:

• Supporting your paddlers to become independent.
• Helping your paddlers to be clear ‘what’s next’ for them.

What does the development process look like?

As long as you meet the minimum requirements, you can become a Provider at any time by completing the following steps:

Complete the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning

This fun eLearning guides you by subject, through the design of the awards, why we made those choices and will give you some useful hints and tips.

Development Phase

You do what you need, this might involve:

• Co-delivery of Sea Kayak Awards with other Providers.
• Reflecting on your own development.
• Discussing with your Mentor.

Once you feel ready to run the award independently, the final step will depend on your existing qualifications, in some cases you will be able to straight away! It’s a self managed process.

Open the Minimum Requirements tab for more info.

Alternatively, you may need a Final Recommendation.

This must be from a current Sea Kayak Award Provider.

Final Recommendation

You will work with an existing Provider of the Sea Kayak Award. When you are both happy you fully understand the Sea Kayak Award and the requirements of being a Provider, they will then send us their Final Recommendation. You will then be given the Provider role.

You can find out more in the Final Recommendation Guidance Document.

Want to know more?

You can read more about the Sea Kayak Award here.

Ready to begin?

Click here to access the Personal Performance Award Provider eLearning or use the finder tool to find an existing Provider to work with.

Minimum Requirements

To provide the Sea Kayak Award you must have completed the Paddle UK Awarding Body Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning

To automatically be able to provide the Sea Kayak Award, you must hold one of the following Paddle UK Awarding Body qualifications:

• Sea Kayak Coach
• MWE Sea Kayak Coach
• BCU Level 3 Sea Coach

If you hold one of these awards you can work through a personal development plan and when you feel ready approach a Sea Kayak Award Provider for your final recommendation.

• Sea Kayak Leader (tidal or non-tidal)

Once your Personal Performance Awards Provider Recommendation is complete please return it to [email protected] .

Further Instructions

There is no application process for becoming a Sea Kayak Award Provider. You just need to complete the eLearning and then ask a current Provider for your final recommendation when you are ready.

If you would like to begin your journey, then the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning can be found here.