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ACA L4 Whitewater Kayak Instructor Certification
04/10/2023 - 04/14/2023
This five-day (40 hours min) course prepares participants to be able to teach and model the paddling skills, technical knowledge, rescue ability, teaching ability, group management, and interpersonal skills needed to teach whitewater kayaking (Class III).
Course Prerequisites – include the skills described in the ACA Level 4 Whitewater Kayaking Skills Assessment, which include:
- A roll that works in in Class III water
- Completion of the appropriate level skills course or equivalent skills; and assessment
- An ACA SWR class is strongly suggested, but not required
Download the full course description.
Taught by Tom Burroughs, SwiftwaterRescue@gmail.com, 479-595-1655
ACA Safety and Rescue Committee Chair
ACA L-5 Advanced Swiftwater Rescue Instructor Trainer Educator
ACA L-4 Whitewater Kayak Instructor Trainer Educator
ACA L-4 Whitewater Rafting Instructor Trainer
2015 ACA “Excellence in Instruction” National Award Recipient
ITRA Level 3V Swiftwater Rescue Instructor
NREMT/EMT-W/MPIC – Wilderness Medicine Instructor
Team Leader- Washington CO AR Search and Rescue team
Director, Ozark Safety and Rescue Educators / Clear Creek Paddlesports
Member- Wilderness Medical Society
Cost: $550. Minimum registrants 4 (for course to happen); Maximum 10.
The course will be based out of Cinco de Mayo Campground – Riverside RV Park in Farmington and the St Francis River, Millstream Gardens.