Adventure Activities Licensing Authority AALA Note: 5.15 (rev 6) AALA Inspectors' notes are produced by the AALA and AALS primarily to provide information and guidance to AALS inspectors to aid consistency. They are based on the collective experience of the Authority, Service and the sector. They are not legally definitive. They are made available to adventure activity licence holders and other interested stakeholders. Date: Subject: October 2014 Paddlesport Competence Summary Issue: Evidence of the competence of paddlesport instructors can be provided using BCU/UKCC awards, the previous BCU awards, Statements of Competence from a Technical Advisor, Canoe Wales ‘Certificates of Competence’, or a combination of these. The Licensing Regulations sets standards for the safety of sessions not the quality of the coaching. Our interpretation of the current situation, as set out below, may undergo further development as new awards become available. OPEN WATER 1. Open Water includes what the BCU describe as very sheltered water, sheltered water and moderate water. It includes lakes and ponds, slow moving rivers, and sheltered tidal water. 2. Open Water sessions are divided into; a) Open Water Type A. Those that involve ‘journeying’ or being more than 50m from an accessible shore, requiring autonomous judgement and the ability to anticipate, avoid or deal with incidents without necessarily being able to retreat immediately to the shore; b) Open Water Type B. ‘Local’ sessions that stay at a fixed location, less than 50m from an accessible shore, in benign conditions. ADDITIONAL OPEN WATER COMPETENCIES 3. BCU/UKCC Level One Coaches operating without direct supervision by a BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach (or equivalent) would need to be further trained and assessed by an appropriate Technical Advisor, even for Type B (Static) sessions. 4. Before being deployed on Open Water Type A (Journeying) where seeking the safety of the shore is not always an immediate option UKCC Level One Coaches with 3 Star will need to be further trained and assessed by a Technical Advisor as competent to manage some or all of the following: • Rescues in wave conditions; • Methods and limitations of towing; • Waves effects and the use of spraydecks; • Fetch and the effect of windage on the particular water and craft; • Forecasts – a range of sources of reliable detailed local predictions; • Equipment – additional to a simple shore based session, including means of communication and/or gaining attention; AALA, HSE, Mercantile Chambers, 53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6TS [email protected] www.hse.gsi.gov.uk/aala • • • • • • • • • Use of skegs; Lee shore problems, such as landing on and leaving them, running sessions adjacent to them and avoiding being blown into trees, jetties, moored craft and the like; Offshore winds - judging where in sheltered bays to operate from and having a Plan B should the group be blown offshore or onto the opposite shore – including the need for map, group shelter, recovery options, etc; Rafted kayaks and open canoes; Towing with a powerboat if one is used; Sailing open canoes (rafted and solo); Other water users – awareness of both professional and incompetent water users; Local signs and buoyage systems and the Prevention of Collision procedures; Late back protocols. INTER-CHANGEABILITY AND COMBINATIONS OF AWARDS AND EXPERIENCE IN ALTERNATIVE DISCIPLINES. 5. There is considerable overlap between the competencies required for some alternative paddlesport disciplines such as Kayak, Canoe, Sea, Bellboat, Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) etc. The BCU/UKCC Level One Coach award is also inter-disciplinary. It is appropriate, therefore, to have a degree of interchange-ability between the awards a particular instructor may require, and the experience they may have, in order to demonstrate competence. A combination of awards and experience may, therefore, acceptable for consideration on a case-by-case basis. If in doubt, advice could be sought from a Technical Advisor. Examples could include: • A BCU/UKCC Level One Coach with 4 Star Leader Kayak and 3 Star Canoe would generally be acceptable to lead a canoe journey on a lake. (Type A.); • Someone with the experience and qualifications to be a technical advisor for an Open Water kayak journey but who also has experience and a lower award in canoe would likely be suitable to be a technical advisor for a similar canoe journey; • Someone with the experience and qualifications to run a Type B (Local) Open Water Kayak sessions and who also has significant personal experience in Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) would generally be suitable to run Type B (Local) SUP sessions. AALA, HSE, Mercantile Chambers, 53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6TS [email protected] www.hse.gsi.gov.uk/aala QUALIFICATION MATRIX Open Water Activity Open Water Type A (Journeying) Group instructor/leader BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 4 Star Leader (Touring, Sea, or Open Canoe as appropriate). Alternatively BCU /UKCC Level One Coach plus 4 Star Leader (Touring, Sea, or Open Canoe as appropriate). plus First Aid plus Assessed induction by a Technical Advisor Technical Advisor BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 5 Star Leader (Touring, Sea or Open Canoe as appropriate) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach Alternatively Open Water Type B (Local) ‘Old’ BCU Level Two Coach plus Assessed induction by a Technical Advisor BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 3 Star Leader (Touring, Sea, or Open Canoe as appropriate). Alternatively BCU/UKCC Level One Coach plus 3 Star Leader (Touring, Sea, or Open Canoe as appropriate). plus First Aid plus Assessed induction by a Technical Advisor BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 5 Star Leader (Touring, Sea, or Open Canoe as appropriate). Alternatively ‘Old BCU Level Three Coach Alternatively: ‘Old BCU Level Two Coach White Water Activity Advanced White Water (Grade 3 and above) Group instructor/leader BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 5 Star Leader (White Water) plus BCU white water endorsement or assessed induction by a Technical Advisor (including AALA, HSE, Mercantile Chambers, 53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6TS [email protected] www.hse.gsi.gov.uk/aala Technical Advisor BCU/UKCC Level Three Coach Plus 5 Star (White Water) the management of novices on white water). Alternatively Simple White Water (Grade 2 and below) ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (White water) plus 5 Star (White Water) BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 4 Star Leader (White Water) plus BCU white water endorsement or assessed induction by a Technical Advisor (including the management of novices on white water). Alternatively BCU Level Five Coach (White water) BCU/UKCC Level Two plus 5 Star (White water) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (White water) plus 5 Star (White Water) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (White Water) Advanced white water- Grade 3 and above Simple white water - Grade 2 and below Sea Activity Advanced sea journeys Simple Sea journeys Group instructor/leader BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 4 Star Leader (Sea) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Sea) plus 5 Star (Sea) BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 4 Star Leader (Sea) Technical Advisor BCU/UKCC Level Three Coach plus 5 Star (Sea) Alternatively ‘Old’ Level Five Coach (Sea) BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 5 Star (Sea) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Sea) Sea – Sheltered bays, inlets and harbours. BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach Plus 4 Star Leader (Sea or Touring) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Sea) plus 5 Star (Sea) BCU/UKCC level Two Coach plus 5 Star (Sea, White Water or Touring) Alternatively Alternatively BCU/UKCC Level One Coach plus 4 Star Leader (Sea or Touring) plus AALA, HSE, Mercantile Chambers, 53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6TS [email protected] www.hse.gsi.gov.uk/aala ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Sea or White Water) plus Assessed induction by a Tech Advisor Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Two Coach 5 Star (Sea or White Water) Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Sea of Inland). Advanced journeys - Access to the shore is infrequent, may contain open crossings. Simple journeys - Access to shore is frequent or continuous Sheltered bays, inlets and harbours - access to the shore, benign conditions. Surf Activity Advanced Surf –1 metre and over Group instructor/leader BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 4 Star (Surf) Technical Advisor BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 5 Star (Surf) Alternatively Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Surf) Simple Surf – less than 1 metre BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 4 Star (Surf) Old’ BCU Level Three Coach (Surf) plus 5 Star (Surf) BCU/UKCC Level Two Coach plus 5 Star (Surf) Alternatively BCU/UKCC Level One Coach plus 4 Star (Surf) plus Assessed induction by a Technical Advisor Alternatively Alternatively ‘Old’ BCU Trainee Level Three Coach (Surf) Old BCU Level Three Coach (Surf) Advanced surf - 1 metre or over. Simple surf - Less than 1 metre. Adventure Activities Licensing Authority October 2014 AALA, HSE, Mercantile Chambers, 53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6TS [email protected] www.hse.gsi.gov.uk/aala
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