Moving Water Level 2 Skills

Aim
Moving Water Level 2 represents the highest canoeing skill level within the Moving Water discipline and provides the candidate with the opportunity to improve his/her moving water skills under more challenging Class II - III water (rapids). Canoeists taking this Course should have considerable paddling experience beyond the Moving Water Level 1 Course.

Prerequisites
PC Moving Water Level 1 (tandem and solo), equivalent certification, or comparable skills and experience (with the permission of the Course Director).

Course Lengths
Level 2A   Twelve (12) hours
Level 2B   Twelve (12) hours
Level 2    Twenty-four (24) hours

Class ratio
Level 2A   1 instructor:10 participants
Level 2B   1 instructor:5 participants
Level 2    1 instructor:10 participants and 1 instructor:5 participants respectively

Overview of Moving Water Level 2 Skills

Level 2 (2A Tandem & 2B Solo skills in Class II-III Water)
Safety Skills

Tandem and Solo Skills

Knowledge
  • Review of previous safety items
  • Swimming a rapid
  • Artificial respiration using a canoe
  • Retrieving a swamped canoe
  • Canoe rescues
  • Self rescue
  • Line toss and rescue
  • Communications
  • Review of previous skill items
  • Eddy turn
  • Peel out
  • S turn
  • Front Ferry
  • Back Ferry
  • Jet Ferry
  • Side Slip
  • Front surf
  • Side surf
  • Portaging
  • Review of previous trheory items
  • Canoeing history
  • Canoe design and construction
  • Canoe repair and maintenance
  • Paddler dynamics
  • River reading
  • River difficulty
  • Rescue organization

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