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Leadership Awards

BCU Leadership Awards

Leadership awards involve training and assessment to enable leaders to lead a group of paddlers competent in the environment and craft.

For details of the pre-requisites for training and assessment elements open the relevant syllabus.

4 Star Leader

The 4 Star Leader Award providers the holder with the remit of leading a group of competent paddlers in a moderate water environement in their respective discipline. The 4 Star Leader Award can be achieved and used without holding any coach training or awards.

Full details of the remit can be found in the BCU Terms of Reference.    

  1. Achieve the Training pre-requisites
  2. Attend Training
  3. Achieve the Assessment Pre-requisites
  4. Register with the SCA (Leadership Registration)
  5. Attend Assessment and Pass

This discipline specific award is designed to indicate that the candidate has the skill level to safely paddle and lead other competent paddlers on sections of moderate water. A four Star leader will have the all round paddling ability, safety, rescue and basic leadership required to undertake trips on sheltered - moderate water with a group of paddlers able themselves to be able to operate in a self-sufficient manner. The new award looks much the same structurally to the old 5 star, but the personal skills and leadership reflect an easier environment. 

The 4 Star Leader Award is a leadership award and not a coaching award. It is not suitable for introducing beginners to the sport. If you wish to introduce people to moderate water conditions, you must get your Moderate Water Endorsement.

In order to obtain the 4 Star Leader award, you will have to attend a training course which will last a minimum of 2-days, or with sufficient evidence of both personal paddling experience and leadership experience, you can use the APL process to apply to go straight to assessment (with all other pre-requisites in place). The assessment course lasts 2-days.

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Successful performance at this level indicates that you have the skill level required to lead a group of 4 competent* paddlers in appropriate locations, up to "moderate conditions" (for white water this is grade 2 with some elements of grade 3). The award can be taken in any white water spec kayak or canoe that is suitable for such conditions.

Successful performance at this level indicates that you have the skill level required to lead a group of 4 competent* paddlers in appropriate locations, up to "moderate conditions" (for open canoe this is grade 2 white water and open water with winds up to force 4). The award shows that you can judge the conditions and the standard of the group to make appropriate decisions, understanding the need to modify plans when required.

*Competent = Paddlers who do not require coaching to be in/on that environment.

 

Successful performance at this level indicates that you have the skill level required to lead a group of 4 competent* paddlers for short journeys (6-8 miles), up to "moderate conditions" (in the sea this is winds up to force 4 or sea state 4). The award shows that you can judge the conditions and the standard of the group to make appropriate decisions, understanding the need to modify plans when required.

Successful performance at this level indicates that you have sufficient personal skills and the ability to manage a group of up to 4 competent* surf paddlers and to judge the conditions and the standard of the group and make appropriate decisions. The emphasis is on the application of skills in a surf environment, requiring the paddler to perform appropriate and effective manoeuvres in moderate surf. The award can be taken in any kayak in which you feel you can make all required manoeuvres. 

 

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5 Star Leader

A Five Star Leader Award holder has the personal, leadership and safety skills required to lead groups, (in formal and informal settings) in discipline specific advanced environments. The new award looks much the same structurally to the old 5 star, but the personal skills and leadership have been updated in line with current developments where appropriate.

Live Accordion

 

Successful performance at this level indicates that you are at the top level of performance, involving a high level of personal skill and leadership in advanced situations. This is a leadership award and as such is the appropriate award for paddlers who wish to lead groups of up to 4 paddlers in advanced white water scenarios in suitable white water kayaks. The five star leader has the skills and judgement to select appropriate river trips for paddlers with a range of experience, however this is not a coaching award and as such is not a suitable qualification for introducing people to the sport. 

 

Successful performance at this level indicates that you are at the top level of performance, involving a high level of personal skill and leadership in advanced situations. It is a leadership award and the appropriate test for paddlers who wish to lead groups of up to 4 paddlers on advanced river journeys and on remote, exposed open waters in open canoe. The five star leader has the skills and judgement to select appropriate trips for paddlers with a range of experience, however it is not a coaching award and as such is not a suitable qualification for introducing people to the sport.

 

Successful performance at this level indicates that you have a high level of performance and knowledge, involving a high level of personal skill and leadership in advanced situations. This is a leadership award and the appropriate test for paddlers who wish to lead groups of other paddlers in appropriate locations in advanced tidal waters and in dynamic weather conditions typified by the Climate of the British Isles. The five star leader has the skills and judgement to select appropriate trips for a range of ability levels, however it is not a coaching award and not suitable for introducing beginners to the sport.

This award is intended for paddlers who journey on the sea in areas where tidal races, headlands, open crossings, swell and challenging coastlines will be encountered. It is intended that this award is accessible to all those people who journey on the sea on a regular basis and should not be seen as the preserve of a few elite performers. It is envisaged that a committed club paddler, sea kayaking regularly in a suitable range of situations, sea areas and conditions should be able to obtain this award within a period of three years. 

 

Attainment of this award shows that you have attained a high level of performance, personal skill and group management in advanced situations. It is a leadership award and the appropriate test for paddlers who wish to lead groups of other paddlers in remote or advanced surf, however this is not a coaching award and as such not the appropriate award for introducing people to the sport.
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