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All our courses available

We have a range of courses and training opportunities available across all disciplines of our sport and for beginners through to experienced paddlers. 

Helping other people to enjoy paddlesport can be extremely rewarding. Whether you want to begin your coaching or leadership journey or progress your coaching, find out more about the pathways and processes in these pages. 

At Fluid Skills we offer the following courses:

Course Dates/price
Rescue
BC Advanced white water safety Starts: 2024-12-12 /£220
BC Advanced white water safety Starts: 2025-02-15 /£230
BC foundation safety and rescue  
BC white water safety Starts: 2025-03-01 /£200
INTRODUCTION TO WHITE WATER SAFETY Starts: 2024-12-08 /£100
Coach Education
BCAB Stand up paddle board coach award assessment  
BCAB Stand up paddle board coach award training Starts: 2025-03-06 /£240
BCAB STAND UP PADDLE BOARD INSTRUCTOR  
BCAB Surf Kayak coach assessment  
Coach Developer Days  
BC paddlesports instructor award  
Foundation paddle sport modules  
Core Coach Training
BC Core coach training Starts: 2025-04-22 /£230
Coach Assessment
BC Coach Award Assessment Preparation Day  
White Water
BC Advanced White Water Canoe Coach Training  
BC Advanced White Water Kayak Coach Assessment  
BC Advanced White Water Open Canoe Assessment  
BC Advanced WW kayak Coach training  
BC White Water Canoe Coach Assessment  
BC White Water Canoe Coach Training  
BC White Water Kayak Coach Assessment  
BC White Water Kayak Coach training  
Open Water
BC Advanced Open Water Canoe Coach Assessment Starts: 2025-02-13 /£275
BC Advanced Open Water Canoe Coach Training Starts: 2025-02-11 /£275
BC Open Water Canoe Coach Assessment  
BC Open Water Canoe Coach Training  
Surf
BC Surf Kayak Coach  
Sheltered Water
BC Sheltered Water Coach assessment  
BC Sheltered Water Coach Training Kayak/ Canoe / Kayak & Canoe  
Trips
Ardeche first strokes  
Austria Classics  
deposit  
French Alpine Classics  
French Alpine Progressive  
French Alps Advanced White Water Canoe Week  
French Alps Whitewater Canoe Week  
Slovenia classics  
First Aid
Automated external defibrillation  
BC Aquatic first aid level 1  
Emergency first aid at work  
First aid at work  
Personal Development
Advanced River Skills Kayak  
Advanced white water canoe rescue  
Advanced White Water kayak Award  
BC Progressive Surf Kayak Award  
Bespoke Coaching Starts: 2024-11-08 /£110
Bespoke Coaching Starts: 2024-12-06 /£77
Bespoke Coaching Starts: 2024-11-22 /£110
Canoe Award  
Intro river skills kayak  
Multi Day Touring Award  
Open water canoe skills  
Open Water Touring Award  
Progressive Canoe Award  
Progressive River Skills Kayak  
Progressive White Water Kayak Award  
Rolling Coaching  
Stand Up Paddleboard Sheltered Water Award  
Surf kayak Award  
Surf Kayak Award  
Touring Award  
White Water Kayak Award  
White Water Kayak Performance Coaching  
White Water Canoe Coaching  
Leadership
BC Advanced canoe white water leader assessment  
BC Advanced Canoe White Water Leader Training  
BC Advanced Open Canoe Open Water Leader Assessment Starts: 2025-02-13 /£275
BC Advanced Open Canoe Open Water Leader Assessment Starts: 2024-11-13 /£250
BC Advanced Open Canoe Open Water Leader Training Starts: 2025-02-11 /£275
BC Advanced Open Canoe Open Water Leader Training Starts: 2024-11-11 /£250
BC advanced white water kayak leader assessment Starts: 2024-12-03 /£250
BC advanced white water kayak leader training Starts: 2024-12-14 /£220
BC Canoe Open Water Leader Assessment  
BC Canoe Open Water Leader Training  
BC canoe white water leader assessment  
BC Canoe White Water Leader Training  
BC Stand Up Paddleboard Inland Open Water Leader Assessment  
BC Surf Kayak Leader Assessment  
BC Surf Kayak Leader Training  
BC white water kayak leader assessment  
BC white water kayak leader training Starts: 2025-02-08 /£250
BCAB Sheltered water SUP leader assessment  
BCAB Sheltered water SUP leader Training  
Leader Assessment Preparation Day  
Open Canoe Leader Development Week  
Paddlesport Leader Assessment  
Paddlesport Leader Training  
Paddlesport Touring Leader Award Assessment  
Paddlesport Touring Leader Award Training  
Stadium White Water Leader  
Stand Up Paddleboard Inland Open Water Leader training  
White Water Kayak Leader Development Week