2008 Guide Training    

Paddle like a pro!

 

Whether you’re interested in working at a job you’ll love, or you’re just interested in improving your personal kayaking skills in the company of professionals, our guide training programs will challenge you to become the best you can be.

Our guide training programs comprise the following:
 

• Level One Guide

• Assistant Overnight Guide

For a chronological listing of all our courses, click here.

Level One Guide

(4 days) Get into guiding!
This fun and exciting program teaches you the skills and theory necessary to lead day-long (or shorter) kayaking tours. We’ll develop your existing strokes and rescue techniques, then help you learn to confidently plan routes and navigate in sea kayaks by predicting tides and currents, interpreting marine weather forecasts, and reading marine charts, You’ll learn how to teach new paddlers basic kayaking skills and safety requirements. You’ll also learn group management skills to keep paddlers together on the water, and strategies for responding to incidents. Successful candidates will be awarded Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC (SKGABC) Level One Guide status. For more information on guide certification and requirements, please visit the Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC website www.skgabc.com.

Location: Victoria
Dates: May 30 - June 2
Cost: $595      Kayak Rental: $83

Level One Guide.pdf     Waiver.pdf

Assistant Overnight Guide

(9 days) Lead the way!
This fun and challenging program teaches you the skills and theory necessary to start leading day-long (or shorter) kayaking tours and to start assisting on overnight kayaking tours. You’ll learn to use your foundational strokes and rescue skills to manage groups safely on the water. You’ll apply navigation skills to lead groups on multi-day, overnight trips into wilderness settings. Surf conditions may get between your group and your overnight camping location, so you’ll learn strategies to safely get your group ashore. This practical course takes place in the field, so you’ll take part in a multi-day kayak tour as you learn to set-up campsites and prepare meals. Successful candidates will be awarded Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC (SKGABC) Assistant Overnight Guide status. For more information on guide certification and requirements, please visit the Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC website www.skgabc.com. Before taking this course, we recommend that you have learned basic kayaking strokes and rescue skills, and you have overnight camping experience.

Location: Victoria, Port Renfrew, and the Gulf Islands
Dates: May 17-25
Cost: $1250   Kayak Rental: $158
Assistant Overnight Guide.pdf     Waiver.pdf