Foundation Safety and Rescue Training (FSRT)

Do you want the skills to stay out of trouble? Want to know what to do if either you or others fall into the water? Then the Foundation Safety and Rescue Training (FSRT) could be for you!

Your course will support you to consider safe practices, provide practical solutions to common issues and appropriate responses to incidents, providing peace of mind when venturing out onto the water.

WHY TAKE THE (FSRT) COURSE?

First of all, this award is all about keeping safe on sheltered water venues. So, whether you are paddling with friends or using the training course as preparation for Instructing and Leadership qualifications, this practical course is packed with safe, practical solutions. It doesn’t matter about your age or whether you Kayak, Stand Up Paddleboard, Canoe or Sit on Top, this course is solution focused and covers a full range of paddlesport craft.

If you needed any more convincing, the course is completely based around training, raising awareness with no assessment. Structured to support you, our experienced tutors will ensure you have plenty of time practising, as well as understanding how you can develop skills and experience after the course.

The course will cover many subjects; here is an outline of what you will explore during your course:

FOUNDATION SAFETY AND RESCUE TRAINING (FSRT) OUTLINE

• You will develop an understanding of safety principles and protocols;
• You will explore and practice different ways to provide a rescue from a bank;
• The tutors will support you in practising rescues from your craft
• You will develop techniques to rescue swimmers from the water
• Our tutors will share with you top tips to get paddlers back into their craft
• You will know how to look after yourself and get others to the side
• You will explore solutions if multiple paddlers end up in the water
• There will be opportunities to develop and progress your own paddling skills and meet like-minded people during the course
• Many of our course candidates develop long lasting friendships, connections and contacts.

First Aid Training Course

In March 2020, British Canoeing and Paddles Up Training recognised the difficulty that instructors, coaches, leaders, guides and providers of qualifications and awards may have in accessing an appropriate first aid course. Following the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines, we provided a free online course that would extend a first aid certificate up until 31st March 2021.

As it currently stands, the HSE have clearly indicated that further extensions are unlikely to be given. Further information can be

Accessed Here

First Aid courses are taking place across most of the UK, and are possible within the current restrictions, subject to careful adjustments.

Impact for Course Providers

As we are unable to issue any further extension to first aid, from the 31st March 2021, all Providers of our qualifications and awards must have a valid and in date first aid certificate on their record to be able to deliver British Canoeing training and assessment programmes. The normal requirements of suitable membership, safeguarding and CPD update continue to apply.

Impact for Wider Paddlesport Activity

Recognising the current backlog of individuals who are required to attend/update their first aid training and the reduced availability to first aid training courses, until 31st July 2021, it is possible for instructors, coaches, leaders, guides and their deployment organisations to carry out a first aid needs assessment if the individuals own first aid has expired.

This will identify a suitable way to ensure first aid cover is in place for the activity. This could involve team teaching or having appropriate first aid trained and certificated persons covering the session. If such an approach is to be adopted, organisations should consider their first aid needs assessment, as well as specific risk assessments to ensure appropriate first aid cover is suitable and sufficient.