Boat Safety & Rescue Courses
For Resource Management, Rescue Response, Industry, Professional Guides, and anyone that uses boats on lakes or rivers. Includes training for power boats (jet and prop), and inflatable rafts.
Boat Safety Training
In these courses, you’ll learn about different types of boats, their limitations, and their capabilities. You’ll also learn how to properly set up the boat (rigging), navigation, emergency procedures, and rescue and recoveries.
We can also do client specific contract courses based on equipment and task.
Courses
Courses vary based on boat type and intended use due to the variation in techniques for different environments and situations.
We offer training in power boats (jet/prop), paddle and oar rafts, and personal watercraft.
We can also customize any boat course and tailor to your exact needs. Whether this be based on the vessel you use, or the operation you need to perform.
All of our boat courses meet or exceed industry standards.
Our Boats Available to rent for courses are:
- Jet Boat (22′ Hamilton Jet)
- Ridgid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB – 15.5′ Prop)
- Assorted Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRB) with 20hp outboard
- Assorted sizes of self-bailing rafts and catarafts
Call for rental costs
*Fuel not included
Certifications upon completion:
- Every course is certified through the IRIA
- Online awareness course (Valid for 1 Year)
- Boat Safety Rescue Technician 1 - 4 (valid for 3 years)
Required Equipment:
- Drysuit/Wetsuit
- PFD
- Approved helmet
- Water type boot
- Boat
- Food/water for the day(s)
- Thermal wear for under the dry-suit
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Boat Safety Awareness $105Basic Theory and Knowledge of Boat Safety.
Our eLearning awareness course is an introduction to boats from a variety of different perspectives. Some of these include boat types, operational hazards, power options and their pros and cons, and safety and rescue response.
The online course can be completed on its own for a good theoretical understanding and is a prerequisite to Rescue Canada’s practical boat training courses.
- Boat Safety Rescue Level 1 $575 + Boat Rental (optional) Fuel not included
Lakes & Slow-Moving Water
This course covers the basic understanding of boat operations, starting from basic boat rigging and equipment, mechanical walk-through and safety orientation, basic maneuvering, operational hazards, power options and agency mandate specific issues.
This course is designed for operating in a low risk lake and/or slow moving water environment.
This is a one-day practical course.
- Boat Safety Rescue Level 2 $775 + Boat Rental (optional) Fuel not included
Class 1 & Class 2 Rivers
This course covers the level 1 curriculum basics as well as getting into more advanced maneuvering and safety/rescue techniques with subjects in the water.
This course is designed for operating in a low to medium risk environment, which would include class 1 to 2 rivers.
In class 1 river environment, maneuvering around objects/hazards in the water, and high-speed avoidance maneuvers are the focus. In a class 2 river environment, reading water and avoidance maneuvers are a focus.
Additional training includes man-overboard and injury recovery techniques.
This is a two-day practical course. Level 2 Swiftwater Safety Rescue certification is required prior to boat training.
- Boat Safety Rescue Level 3 $975 + Boat Rental (optional) Fuel not included
Class 2 & 3 Rivers
This course covers our level 2 principles while entering a class 3 river environment. This course is designed for students operating in a medium to high-risk river environments.
This course is geared towards responders with a 3rd party rescue mandate but can also be tailored for industry clients specific to their needs. Time is spent primarily on maneuvering in current and holding station which is the basis for all rescue skills. Complex maneuvering and boat handling are crucial skills for students to master.
This is a three-day practical course. Level 3 Swiftwater Safety Rescue certification is required prior to boat training.
- Boat Safety Rescue Level 4 $1,175 + Boat Rental (optional) Fuel not included
Class 4/5 Rivers
This Course is designed for high-risk river environments. Prior boat training and experience is a pre-requisite.
A Boat level 3 technician boat certificate and a Swiftwater Safety Rescue Level 3 certificates are required.
As the class 4/5 river environment requires must-make moves, knowledge of reading water and boat characteristics are necessary. This course is designed to prepare students to navigate and mitigate risk in a fast-paced setting. This course can also have different modules added such as night searches, rope techniques, and rescue swimmer. This is a three-day practical course, extra time may be needed depending on which modules are requested or required.
Boat Safety Training Benefits:
- Learn the right equipment and how to use it
- Gain knowledge about how the boat works
- Gain knowledge about how the river works and how to use it
- Learn how to assess risk
- Learn how to save others
- Meets / exceeds work-safe / employer requirements
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