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}\n    .ko-c .ko-faq summary { font-size: 12.5px; }\n    .ko-c .ko-faq .ko-faq-a { font-size: 12.5px; }\n    .ko-c .ko-prereq p, .ko-c .ko-next p { font-size: 12.5px; }\n  }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ko-c\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-hero\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"ko-hero-tag\"\u003eORCKA Instructor Certification\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ch3\u003eORCKA Kayak Tripping Instructor 1\u003c\/h3\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eProvincial certification to teach and certify kayak tripping in Ontario, from a first paddler on sheltered water through to Kayak Tripping Level 1. \u003cem\u003eFive days on the Saugeen Peninsula, including a multi night trip.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-stats\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-val\"\u003e5 Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-label\"\u003eDuration\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-val\"\u003e3 Nights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-label\"\u003eMinimum Trip\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-val\"\u003eClass 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-label\"\u003eConditions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-val\"\u003e25 Nights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ko-stat-label\"\u003eTripping Log\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eWhat It Authorises\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis is the certification the Ontario Recreational Canoeing and Kayaking Association issues for the instruction and administration of its flatwater and Kayak Tripping Level 1 programs. Where the coastal stream is built around skill development, the tripping stream is built around getting groups out, keeping them safe, and bringing them back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce certified, you can direct, instruct, and certify:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"ko-list ko-check\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eORCKA Safe Kayaking\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eKayaking Concepts (Flatwater)\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFlatwater Kayaking A and B\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eKayak Tripping Level 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCamp Kayaking Instructor, at Ontario Camping Association camps\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:16px;\"\u003eYou can also assist on Flatwater Kayaking Instructor courses and on Kayak Tripping Instructor 1 courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eThe Trip Is the Course\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis is not five days of drills with a night out bolted on the end. ORCKA requires a minimum three night trip inside the course, because tripping instruction cannot be assessed any other way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eRoute planning, packing, campsite selection, food and water, weather calls, group pace, and the decisions that follow when the plan stops working: none of it is testable in a day. You will be teaching and being observed while living the thing you are teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-cards\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-name\"\u003eTrip Planning and Leadership\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-desc\"\u003eRoute selection, float plans, access and egress, group speed, contingency days, and the judgement calls that separate a trip that adapts from one that pushes on. Assessed across the whole trip rather than in a session.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-name\"\u003eLoaded Boat Skills and Rescues\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-desc\"\u003eEverything changes with gear aboard. Handling, rescues, and re-entries in a loaded kayak, plus how to teach them to people who have only ever paddled empty.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-name\"\u003eCamp Craft, Taught Properly\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-desc\"\u003ePacking and trim, campsites and shelters, fires and stoves, food and menu planning, ropes and knots, hygiene, and low impact practice. The unglamorous half of tripping, and the half participants remember.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-name\"\u003eRisk Management in the Field\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-desc\"\u003ePersonal and group safety, emergency response, communications, weather interpretation, and what happens when someone is hurt a long way from a road. Planned before departure, not improvised.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-name\"\u003eProgramming and Program Development\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-card-desc\"\u003eORCKA policy, accreditation and recertification. Legal and liability exposure for instructors and trip leaders. Equipment choice, scheduling, teaching progressions, and human resource management. What running programs actually involves.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eConditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eKayak Tripping Level 2 conditions: winds to around 15 knots, waves ideally 0.8 metres and not exceeding 1.2, breaking near shore or obstructions, less frequent landings, and up to about 3 km from shore. Loaded boats, which changes how everything handles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFor paddlers who think in Paddle Canada terms, that maps to \u003cstrong\u003eclass 1 water\u003c\/strong\u003e. We state both because candidates arrive from both systems and the numbers matter more than the label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-prereq\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrerequisites\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eMinimum age 18. Current ORCKA membership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertification.\u003c\/strong\u003e ORCKA Kayak Tripping Level 2, or an equivalent certification accepted at the Course Director's discretion. \u003cstrong\u003ePaddle Canada Sea Kayak Level 2 Skills or higher is accepted as equivalent\u003c\/strong\u003e for the paddling and water component.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTripping experience, and this part is firm:\u003c\/strong\u003e at least 25 nights of wilderness kayak tripping, at least 500 km paddled, at least six trips where you carried some responsibility for organisation or leadership, and at least one wilderness trip of five days or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eStrongly recommended alongside your paddling qualifications: swimming certification, wilderness first aid with CPR, and a VHF marine radio operator certificate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eIf You Have the Mileage but Not the Paperwork\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eMost recreational trippers have never kept a formal log. Guides do, because their employers make them. Everyone else has a decade of trips and no record of any of them, and that should not be what stops you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWe accept a written attestation in place of a formal logbook. It is not a formality and it is not a lower bar. It asks for the same experience, set out so it can be read and discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-next\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the attestation asks for:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eEach trip listed separately, with approximate dates\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eWater body and general route\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eNights out and approximate distance\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eYour role: participant, co-organiser, or leader\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eA name and contact for one person who was on at least one of those trips\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eYour signature confirming the account is accurate\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eWe follow it up with a conversation. Not an interrogation, just a chat about a couple of the trips you listed. People who did the trips enjoy talking about them, and that conversation tells us far more than a spreadsheet would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eEmail \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@kayak-ontario.com\"\u003einfo@kayak-ontario.com\u003c\/a\u003e and we will send you the template.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eHow You Are Assessed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe log gets you onto the course. The assessment decides the certificate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eContinuous observation throughout, across safety, care of equipment, group dynamics, and leadership. A written test of about an hour, with 80 percent required to pass. Three teaching demonstrations, at least two on the water, with at least one drawn from the Kayak Tripping Level 1 skills area. Three written lesson plans submitted to the Course Director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eEvery test item is graded Pass, Weak, or Needs Major Improvement. To certify you need a Pass in every item, or all but one, which may be Weak. Candidates who do not meet the standard receive a Letter of Attendance, and that outcome exists for a reason: this certificate lets you certify other people, and we will not sign it because someone paddles well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eOne retest is available to every candidate, up to twelve months from the course, covering only the items you did not clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eOur Standards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eTwo things on this page go beyond what ORCKA requires, and we would rather label them than let you assume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"ko-list ko-num\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe attestation format and the follow-up conversation are ours. ORCKA requires the experience; how it is evidenced is left to the Course Director.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAccepting Paddle Canada Level 2 Skills as an equivalent certification is our reading of the discretion the manual gives the Course Director. We are harmonising the two systems' water classifications and are discussing it with ORCKA.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:16px;\"\u003eEverything else on this page is the ORCKA standard as written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eWhat Is Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"ko-list ko-check\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFive days of instruction and assessment, directed by a Kayak Tripping Instructor Trainer\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA minimum of two instructors on the course, as ORCKA requires\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe multi night trip, including group camping fees and permits\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eYour place on the course group site for nights on shore\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOnline learning dashboard, open from the moment you register and yours to keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAssessment and certification against the ORCKA standard, including one retest within twelve months\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot included\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"ko-list ko-dash\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eORCKA membership and certification fees, paid directly to ORCKA\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ePersonal paddling and camping kit. Valley sea kayaks and drysuits can be rented, towlines cannot\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFood. You plan and pack your own, which is part of the assessment\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eTravel to and from the Saugeen Peninsula\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eEquipment\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eBring gear that fits you and that you already trip in. You will be demonstrating with it, teaching from it, and living out of it for several nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"ko-list ko-check\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSea kayak\u003c\/strong\u003e with at least two sealed bulkheads and a closed cockpit, able to carry a full trip load\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrysuit or immersion clothing\u003c\/strong\u003e appropriate to May on the Saugeen\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePFD and spray deck\u003c\/strong\u003e that you paddle in regularly\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTowline\u003c\/strong\u003e with a one-handed quick release. Bring your own, we do not rent these\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpare paddle, pump, whistle, knife\u003c\/strong\u003e and a 15 metre buoyant heaving line\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCompass, charts, and repair kit\u003c\/strong\u003e, and whatever else you actually use to plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull tripping kit\u003c\/strong\u003e: tent, sleeping system, stove, cookset, dry bags, and food for the trip\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-next\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTravelling in?\u003c\/strong\u003e Hauling a loaded sea kayak across the province is often not worth it. We have Valley sea kayaks and drysuits available to rent with your course. Book early so we can get you into the boat, loaded, before the trip starts. If cost is the obstacle rather than distance, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@kayak-ontario.com\"\u003einfo@kayak-ontario.com\u003c\/a\u003e and we will work something out offline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eWho It Is For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003ePaddlers with real tripping mileage who want to pass it on. Camp and school outdoor education staff running multi day kayak trips. Guides and trip leaders who have been doing the work for years and want the credential that matches it. Anyone building toward Kayak Tripping Instructor 2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eGood to Know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"ko-list ko-dash\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eYour online dashboard opens as soon as you register, and the pre-course reading is expected before you arrive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe trip runs in weather. Wind and rain are part of the assessment, not a reason to stand down. We only stop for lightning or genuine safety risk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eEvenings on trip are working time. Lesson planning and debriefs happen at camp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eRoute and campsites are chosen to suit the group and the forecast, and may change during the course. That flexibility is part of the learning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eCertification is issued by ORCKA. Membership and certification fees are paid to them directly and are separate from the course fee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-banner\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/9608\/1443\/files\/KOOTP.png?v=1760363191\" alt=\"Kayak Ontario\"\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-next\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertification.\u003c\/strong\u003e Successful candidates earn ORCKA Kayak Tripping Instructor 1, or a Letter of Attendance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter this →\u003c\/strong\u003e Kayak Tripping Instructor 2 extends your authority to Kayak Tripping Level 2 and requires an existing instructor certification plus substantially more logged wilderness experience. We are glad to map out what that takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq\"\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails open\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eI have the mileage but I have never kept a log. Am I out?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003eNo. Write it down as an attestation: each trip, roughly when, where, how many nights, roughly how far, and what your role was. Add a name and contact for someone who was on one of them, and sign it. Then we will have a conversation about a couple of those trips. Most recreational trippers have never logged anything, and we are not going to pretend that means the experience did not happen. Email us for the template.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eI hold Paddle Canada certifications rather than ORCKA. Do I qualify?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003ePaddle Canada Sea Kayak Level 2 Skills or higher is accepted as the equivalent certification for the paddling and water component. The tripping experience requirement applies either way, because a skills certificate evidences boat handling rather than trip leadership. Send us what you hold along with your log or attestation and we will confirm before you pay for anything.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eDo I need to have taught before?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003eNo. There is no instructor certification or teaching log required to enrol. What is required is that you can teach by the end of it. This certificate lets you certify other people, so the assessment is on your teaching as much as your paddling.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eWhat are the conditions like?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003eKayak Tripping Level 2 conditions: winds to around 15 knots, waves ideally 0.8 metres and not exceeding 1.2, breaking near shore or obstructions, less frequent landings, and up to about 3 km from shore. In Paddle Canada terms that is class 1 water. Loaded boats, which changes everything about how they handle.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eWhere do we camp?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003eOn the course group site for nights on shore, and at trip campsites for the multi night portion. Bring your own tent and sleeping system. Group camping fees and permits for the trip are included in your fee.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eWhat happens if I do not pass everything?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003eYou need a Pass in every item, or all but one which may be graded Weak. One retest is available within twelve months, covering only the items you did not clear. If the standard is not met, you receive a Letter of Attendance. You will know where you stand well before the last day rather than finding out afterwards.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails\u003e\n      \u003csummary\u003eDoes this lead to employment with Kayak Ontario?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"ko-faq-a\"\u003eNo, and we would rather be straight about it. We are small, and when work comes up it is posted publicly. Most people who leave this course go on to lead trips for camps, schools, and outfitters, or for themselves. We are glad to see it, including when they become our competition. Training instructors properly is the point.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"ko-land\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eWe acknowledge that our courses on the Saugeen Peninsula take place on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabewaki, the Odawa, and the Mississauga peoples, as well as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation and the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. This land is covered by Treaty 45 ½, signed in 1836.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eWe are grateful for the deep connections that the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation at \u003cstrong\u003eNeyaashiinigmiing\u003c\/strong\u003e continue to hold with these lands and waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eThis acknowledgement, accompanied by action, includes contributions to Indigenous-led organizations that make a lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kayak Ontario","offers":[{"title":"May 28 - Jun 1","offer_id":46973178708167,"sku":"KT1I","price":1295.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/9608\/1443\/files\/OKT1I_9dd4195f-e373-4c5d-b6ad-64f5d96b05a3.png?v=1786296566","url":"https:\/\/www.kayak-ontario.com\/products\/orcka-kayak-tripping-instructor-1","provider":"Kayak Ontario","version":"1.0","type":"link"}