[Paddlewise] ACA Cert (fwd)

From: Julio MacWilliams <juliom_at_cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:47:52 -0700 (PDT)
Forwarded message:
> From: John Lull <wavestalker_at_coastside.net>
> To: "'juliom_at_cisco.com'" <juliom_at_cisco.com>
> Cc: "'kennyskd_at_coastside.net'" <kennyskd_at_coastside.net>
> Subject: ACA Cert
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:26:40 -0700
> 
> Julio,
> 
> I recently read some comments you wrote regarding ACA Certification.  =
> You stated that a roll is not required and rough water experience is not =
> considered, etc.  Where the did you get this information?!  ACA =
> instructor candidates are required to have a solid Eskimo roll and are =
> expected to be competent in rough water, surf, tide rips, have a good =
> working knowledge of weather and navigation, be able to perform rescues =
> in rough water, and be technically proficient at strokes BEFORE =
> submitting themselves for certification.  The certification process is =
> about teaching these skills.
> 
> Someone noted that you had taken a "pre-IDW" course.  No such thing =
> exists, that I know of.  If you are referring the CCK skills workshop, =
> it has nothing to do with ACA certification.  The skills workshop deals =
> with a few of the basic skills that you need to know before you can =
> teach anything to anybody.  Somehow you have been seriously misinformed =
> about the ACA certification process.  I would appreciate it if you would =
> pass this message on to whoever or wherever you published your original =
> observations so that no one gets the wrong idea.
> 			=09
> 				Thanks,
> 
> 				John Lull,  ACA Instructor Trainer
> 

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