This course covers topics within leadership and incident management relevant for sea kayak guides and coaches.
We will dive deeper into:
Beach brief:
SHEET (signals & safety, human factors, environment, equipment, timings): Group briefing technique
Underpinning exercises: Discovering the technical skill levels of the participants
Leadership:
CLAP (communication, line of sight, avoidance, position): Leadership on the water and on land
STOP (stop, think, observe, perform): Safety procedure for the participant
SAFER (stop, assess, formulate, execute, review): Safety procedure for the leader
PTRG (preach, throw, reach, go): Risk hierarchy for rescue methods
Survival or caretaking of the group:
PRWCF (please, remember, what, comes, first): Protection, Rescue, Water, Combustion, Food.
Post trip/incident:
Debriefing techniques: Soft skills and how to use them when debriefing
A typical course may look like this:
Day 1: Basic personal skills and leadership skills according to ISKGA
Day 2: Feature and journey leadership. Incident management in rock gardens and surf
Day 3: Longer scenarioes in rock gardens, rescues from land, rope and carabiners, coasteering and paddling at night
Day 4: Personal skills in surf, leadership and rescues in surf
In addition we will take a look at:
Improvised rope works (rappelling, slings, carabiners, rope, knots, pulleys, litters and more)
Primary and secondary survery, first aid
Cold treatment
Psychological first aid
Communication equipment
Coasteering and swimming techniques
Kayak, paddle, equipment repairs
All kinds of towing of kayaks in all kinds of environments (rocks, surf, darkness. caves, narrow places)
Equipment list:
Kayak
Paddle
Spraydeck
Drysuit
Helmet
Tow rope for sea kayaking
Food, water
Waterproof map case
Compass
Head torch with red or orange light
Pencil/pen, paper to write notes
Article about leadership for kayakers, in Norwegian:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/au71cbwyi1ngj3s/Ledelse%20for%20kursholdere%20og%20turledere-combined.pdf?dl=0
Article about leadership for kayakers, in English:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ktdaqm88yzqgmp1/Leadership%20INC%20Man%20Cse%20OCT%202016-1%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0
Wise words:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3w94zanc5d2dtcz/3270_001.pdf?dl=0