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Sea Kayak Instructor Training

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Introduction & Overview Contents

▶ Welcome Introduction 📄 Course overview

Preparing a group to go Sea Kayaking

▶ Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Injuries and relevant health information ▶ Participants Gear and Equipment ▶ Group and Hazard Management Strategies ▶ Risk Disclosure

Skills to lead a group

▶ Personal Skill: Return a client from a capsized single kayak ▶ Personal Skill: Return a client to a double kayak ▶ Personal Skill: Sea Kayak Self Rescues

Rescues

▶ Sea Kayak Rescues - Getting Mechanical Advantage 📄 Rescue of an unconscious patient from a sea kayak

Instructing Skills

▶ How to Instruct: Loading and unloading kayaks onto a trailer for transportation ▶ How to Instruct: Wet Exits ▶ How to Instruct: Launching — How to Instruct: Paddle Strokes - Power, Touring, Stopping and Reversing — How to Instruct: Turning Using Paddle Strokes ▶ How To Instruct: Use and purpose of a rudder

Care for the environment, teachable moments & Te Ao Maori

▶ Kaitiakitanga and Teachable Moments ▶ Te Ao Maori

Maps & Charts

▶ Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 1 ▶ Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 2 ▶ Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 3 ▶ Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 4

Equipment, Clothing and Nutrition

▶ General Kayaking Equipment ▶ Equipment Repairs in the field ▶ Types of cookers and managing groups working with them

Managing Emergencies

▶ Applying an organisations Emergency Response Plan

How To Instruct: Use and purpose of a rudder

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