Education

1. School Groups

2. Learn to Raft

3. Guide School / Employment

  1. School Groups Adventure & River Education

Bring your class whitewater rafting or kayaking and we build river safety education into the experience. All trips can include an optional written lecture for in class or home study prior to the river adventure.

Cost $79
per student. Includes rafting trip, lunch, wetsuit, day use of the resort. Optional in class study materials and lecture.

Lecture Subjects What happens during a whitewater raft or kayak trip. How rivers flow, boats move and important river features Hazard avoidance and rescue systems Equipment Optional written exam available.

Outcome Goals
The river adventure will provide experience to back up the lecture material. As well as whitewater fun, the goal of the adventure is to have each student learn: how rivers work and how boats move in current; how to recognize danger and how to personally avoid dangerous situations or activities on rivers.

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  2. Learn To Raft

Pontoon Boat Course. Great for fishermen!
An introductory skills and coaching session to help prepare you for your own fishing rafting trip.
Cost $99 per day. Includes full wetsuit, pontoon or cata rafts, lunch and instruction. Minimum 2 persons to run each session.
Content includes
River hazards and avoidance both in and out of the raft. River mechanics (reading water) features and grading Self Rescue (flip drill) Rescue equipment and trip planning.

Raft B.C. Wilderness
An introductory skills and coaching session to help prepare you for your own multi-day wilderness rafting trip. We rent equipment to successful graduates to expedite their own wilderness trip.
 

Cost $200 per person for 2 day course. Minimum 2 persons to run each session. Includes all river equipment, several types of rafts, lunch and coaching each day.

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  3. Guide School/Employment

Imagine the sun shining off of the water, the thrill of guiding whitewater and the screams of excitement from your guests. A British Columbia Guide’s license qualifies you for work as a professional raft guide.

Chilliwack River Rafting hosts both aggressive and family oriented whitewater adventures. We use small footcup equipped whitewater rafts and inflatable kayaks on class 3 to 4+ whitewater.

Operating year round from our 5 acre riverside resort we offer competitive wages, accommodation and training to our guides. We are looking for experienced technical paddle raft guides, class 4 kayakers and successful graduates of our 9 or 14 day whitewater guide schools.

Want to join our crew? Call us or drop off a resume.

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  Guide School Course

Instruction is from 9 to 5pm each day. The course is based at our Chilliwack River Resort. Campsites, hot showers, indoor study areas and a sauna are provided for students.

Course Content
The goal is to prepare each student for the British Columbia guide’s exam. A photo license is issued to successful students and exam results are kept as per Transport Canada requirements. We have been hosting this course and exam since 1995 and our guides now work throughout Canada and around the world. Former graduates of our school now operate rafting companies in Norway, B.C. and China. Instruction is focused on the rivers we operate on and the equipment and operating systems we use. The instructors are Chilliwack River Rafting managers and trip leaders. These are the people who are responsible for hiring and supervising guides on our trips.

Equipment
Instruction takes place in paddle rafts, pontoon rafts, whitewater canoes and inflatable kayaks. All personal equipment wetsuits, lifejackets etc are supplied for the course. Students are responsible for their own meals during the course. Students staying at the resort will need cooking equipment, tents, sleeping bags and warm clothes.

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14 day School Pre requisites
Students must be able to swim and be a minimun of 18 years of age. Fourteen days is all the training you need to challenge the guide’s exam. However some students may require additional training to successfully pass the exam. Additional free coaching is available after the course during regular trips at the discretion of the Trip Leader in Charge.

9 Day Course Pre requisites
Students must be able to swim and must have competent boat handling skill prior to the course. For example: extensive flat water canoe skills, river kayaking experience rowing. Please contact Russ Brown if you are not sure of your pre requisite status or boat handling skills. It is difficult to pass the exam, unless you are a skilled boat handler at the start of this course. See 14 day school.

2012 Tuition and Dates

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