Reasons to Choose our Qualifications

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The reasons to choose our qualifications are many. British Canoeing Awarding Body regulated courses are designed to support instructors, coaches and leaders to deliver safe, engaging, empowering and enjoyable paddlesport sessions with the paddler at the heart of the process.

Our qualifications give hands-on knowledge and competence to coach paddlesport activity….. We’ve got history, British Canoeing Awarding Body has over 40 years’ experience in running coaching qualifications and it is the only Awarding Body to offer Paddlesport Coaching qualifications.

More reasons to choose our qualifications

  1. Our fit-for-purpose coaching qualifications are included in the Register of Regulated Qualifications
  2. They have been accepted as the industry standard for over 40 years
  3. We are recognised and regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) and Qualifications Wales
  4. Our qualifications are mapped to the professional standards of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) aligned to coaching national standards

In short, when you choose our qualifications you can have every confidence in the robustness and procedures that underpin the qualifications’ design and delivery.

Our aim is to offer support whatever your experience, skills or specific needs.