BSA Surf Coach Award
Fancy a break from your normal nine-to-five job? Want to travel and teach surfing?
Well now, with Errant, you can train with us to become a British Surfing Association surf instructor. We run surf coach courses and lifeguard courses back to back, allowing you to gain two qualifications that will enable you to coach surfing and lifeguard around the world.
You will need to complete your BSA Level One Surf Coach Award, NARS Beach Lifeguard Award and thirty hours work experience to gain the full certificate, all of which can be done in Newquay with us.
The BSA Surf Coach Award
This three-day part of your training will take place at the BSA headquarters at Fistral beach in Newquay. All surfers looking at completing the BSA Level One Surf Coach Award must have a good understanding of surfing and be able to surf along un-broken waves, going left and right with top and bottom turns. You will be given a surf related topic prior to the course to write a fifteen minute lecture on. Topics include:
- Wave Prediction and the Weather Chart
- Types of Surfing Breaks
- Considerations when buying a surfboard
- Types and uses of wetsuits
- Fitness for Surfing
- Considerations when planning a days surfing for a group of novices
- Safety in Surfing (Coaches View Point)
- Safety in Surfing (Surfers View Point)
- Basic Surfboard Design
- Surfboard Repair
- Common Surfing Injuries
- Expired Air Resuscitation
Surfboard Construction - Considerations when planning a surfing lesson for a mixed age group (8-60) of varying abilities
- Varying beach types and their suitability for beginners
- First Aid instances you are likely to meet and the actions you would take for them
- What action would you take upon finding a person lying (and you suspect unconscious) on the beach?
- What is a “Warm Up” and why is it important?
You will also be sent a pre-course workbook to complete prior to the course. For information on the NARS Beach Lifeguard Award see here
Dates for the Errant BSA Level 1 Surf Coach & NARS Lifeguard Courses
7th - 15th September 2007
14th - 22nd September 2007
5th - 13th October 2007
9th - 17th November 2007
Course Information
Costs
- Three day BSA Level One Surf Coach Award
- Surf coach handbook
- Five days NARS Beach Lifeguard Award
- Lifeguard handbook
- Access to Errant's world-wide employment database
- £495
Accommodation can be provided if required, please ask at time of booking.
