Tom Nickels
(ACA Contractor)
Level 4 Open Water Instructor Trainer
www.riverwindkayak.com
843 817-3138
Level 4 Advanced 3 Day Training
Self-Assessment Questioner

Please rate the following questions on a 1 through 5 scale (with 1 as Weak / 5 as Strong)

1 Reliability of you “Roll”                               1  2  3  4  5
2 How are your Self-Rescues                        1  2  3  4  5
3 Towing Experience                                       1  2  3  4  5
4 Experience in “Current”                             1  2  3  4  5
5 Sea States
2 – 4 ‘ Waves                                                       1  2  3  4  5
4 – 6 ‘ Waves                                                       1  2  3  4  5
6 Beach Launches                                             1  2   3 4  5
7 General Stamina
(Paddling / Rescuers, etc. 4-5 hrs)             1  2  3  4  5

This is, of course, a training event so we do not expect to see all 5’s or even 3’s.  We do, however, want to be sure we leverage the environmental conditions for the best opportunity for learning. We not want the “conditions” to become a “barrier to learning”