W.I.L.D. Training Institute – Please call us or email us with any questions.
W.I.L.D. Training Institute – Please call us or email us with any questions.
Location: ACE Adventure Resort, WV, USA
Rivers: New, Gauley, Meadow, Cherry
Length: 3 days
Dates: May 5, 2025 – May 7, 2025
Price: $500
Meals: lunch will be provided each day of instruction
Prerequisites: This course is designed for professional river users like raft guides and safety kayakers with existing river knowledge and experience along with confident whitewater swimming skills. The minimum age is 18.
Whitewater Rescue Technician Pro (WRT-Pro) skill sheet contents
| Theory | |
| 1. | Rescue 3 philosophy |
| 2. | Training standards |
| 3. | Best practice guidelines |
| 4. | River hydrology and hazards |
| 5. | Personal equipment |
| 6. | Technical and group equipment |
| 7. | River running considerations |
| 8. | Assessing risk |
| 9. | Managing an incident |
| 10. | Medical considerations |
| 11. | Night/poor visibility considerations |
| 12. | Introduction to searching rivers |
| 13. | Communications |
| Practical | |
| 14. | Whitewater swimming techniques |
| 15. | Strainer swim |
| 16. | Conditional rescues – throwbags |
| 17. | Shallow water techniques |
| 18. | Foot/body entrapments |
| 19. | Knots and anchor systems |
| 20. | Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage |
| 21. | Tethered rescues |
| 22. | Line crossing methods |
| 23. | Tensioned diagonals/zip lines |
| 24. | Flips, rights and crew/client recovery (optional) |
| 25. | Boat pins and wraps |
| 26. | Tethered boat techniques |
| 27. | Victim/casualty management |
| 28. | Belay systems |
| 29. | Boat on a highline (optional) |
| 30. | Scenarios |
$500.00
*Registration will be done off-site through ACE.