Become an Instructor
CST welcomes and trains new instructors
Canoe Sports Trust relies on a team of Instructors to lead activities and Coaches to deliver courses. If you wish to become an Instructor or undertake further training to become a Coach, we provide a range of courses for you to obtain the required qualifications and experience.
Many of the groups visiting the Trust do so using their own Instructors, who may have obtained their qualifications via a Canoe Sports Trust course. Where Groups lack their own leaders, the Trust can provide Instructors to deliver activities for you.
We are always looking for Instructors for seasonal work, with evening activities from May to October and daytime activities from mid June to September.
If you are not yet qualified, recently qualified but lacking experience or confidence, we have ample opportunites for you to work alongside other Instructors. With basic qualifications (safety and first aid) you can work as an assistant instructor, allowing you to participate, supporting activities under supervision.
If you are already qualified, we will need you to evidence your qualifications and then we will need to see you in action so we will pair you with another instructor for your first few sessions, during this time we will expose you to our operational processes.
If you are a young instructor (under 18) and are looking to obtain coaching qualifications to lead courses, the Trust operates a bursary scheme to assist you in your journey to becoming a qualified coach.
Leadership Courses
Anyone leading activities at CST needs to be qualified and needs to maintain their first aid, DBS and safeguarding credentials. Many adults involved in Schools, Scouts and Guides may have these already, others may need to obtain these independently for which CST can recommend acceptable methods.
Our one day leader training and update courses, are specific for leaders and teachers leading their own activities and reminds leaders of the operation methods adopted by CST and includes any changes that have occurred in the last year.
Our one day first aid course has specific onus on administering first aid outdoors.
Our one day paddlesport safety and rescue courses (PSR) provide instruction in group management whilst afloat and what to do if something goes wrong including recommended methods for assisted and self-rescues from an assortment of craft.
The two day PSR and permit authorisation course is specific to leaders in Scouting to obtain the minimum qualifications they require to lead activities within Scouting.
Our two day paddlesport Instructor course (PSI) teaches you how to deliver safe and fun paddlesport activities, checking you have heeded the safety advice of the PSR course and that your rescues are reliable. This is the minimum leadership qualification required by CST to lead activities.
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