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BCAB White Water Safety (WWS)

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This 2 day course is aimed at those paddling as peers and covers a range of topics that include emergency planning & procedures, chase boating, equipment rescues and scenarios and much more.

This course is designed to support paddlers to be independent participants on grade 2(3) white water rivers. Paddlers can access the course with their preferred craft which can include kayaks, rafts, canoes and stand up paddleboards.

Please note, this course replaced the White Water Safety and Rescue course (WWSR) on the 1st November 2023, however both the WWS and WWSR are recognised as pre requisites for the relevant qualifications e.g White Water Leader,White water Canoe leader etc

PRE-REQUISITES

  • Moving water experience
  • Ability to swim

SYLLABUS

WHITE WATER SAFETY AND RESCUE (WWS) TRAINING COURSE OUTLINE

  • Motivations and Decisions

  • River Trip

  • Emergency planning & procedures

  • Review and reflections

  • Chase boating and equipment rescues

  • Swimming and rescues

  • Retrieving people and equipment

  • Extracting methods

  • Review and reflections

 

Course Dates

Course Options

Location

Book Course

31/10/2026 - 01/11/2026

River Dart , Southwest

Current Courses

Rescue

BCAB Advanced white water safety (2026-11-05 /£250)

BCAB white water safety (2026-10-31 /£220)

Coach Education

BCAB Stand up paddle board instructor (2026-07-25 /£230)

Personal Development

Open Water Skills Canoe (2026-08-08 /£185)

Leadership

BCAB advanced white water kayak leader training (2026-11-14 /£265)

Paddlesport Leader Assessment (2026-06-10 /£250)