Touring Award Provider

What the Role Entails

By delivering the Touring Award you will help paddlers to develop their paddling and decision making skills. You will help them gain the skills required to plan and paddle a fun journey.

The Touring 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 Touring 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 Multi Day Touring Award Provider.

Final Recommendation

You will work with an existing Provider of the Touring Award. When you are both happy you fully understand the Touring Award and the requirements of being a Provider, they will then send us their Final Recommendation. The role will then be added to your British Canoeing record.

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

Want to know more?

You can read more about the Touring 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 Touring Award you must have completed the British Canoeing Awarding Body Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning.

To automatically be able to provide the Touring Award Award, you must hold one of the following British Canoeing Awarding Body qualifications:

• Canoe and Kayak Coach (Sheltered Water)
• Canoe Coach
• Sea Kayak Coach
• White Water Kayak Coach
• MWE Canoe Coach
• MWE Sea Coach
• MWE Touring Coach
• MWE White Water Kayak Coach
• BCU Level 3 Placid Water Coach
• BCU Level 3 Sea Coach
• BCU Level 3 Canoe Coach
• BCU Level 3 Inland Coach
• 4 Star Touring Leader
• Paddlesport Touring Leader

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

• Paddlesport Leader

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 Touring 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.