Guide exams:
We believe that when a guide participates in an exam for a certification, the student should be evaluated by a minimum of two instructors.
Costs:
Due to guiding salaries being different all over the world depending on the economic situation in a country, we believe that the guides participating in a course should pay the equivalent of a guide salary for each day of a course. Example: if a guide makes 50 USD per day for guiding and he / she is participating in a 3-day rescue refresher workshop, then the student should pay 150 USD for the workshop.
This money should go to the instructor as a salary and to cover their travel expenses to the location of the course.
We have noticed over the years that when a student pays something in the place of receiving a course for free, the learning outcome is much better.
Membership fee:
This is set at EUROS 15 per person or EUROS 100 per company per year.
Certification:
At the end of your course or workshop, your instructors will send all the student information and assessment forms to the General Secretary of the WRF who will validate all the instructor information. If you have registered as a member of the WRF then the general Secretary will send you your certificates.T
Compatibility:
We have tried extremely hard to make this training scheme as compatible as possible with standards of other organizations. IRF, SOA, SRA, NZRA, FIRAFT are just a few of the organizations.
River signals:
There has been a set of standard river signals that have been promoted around the world for the past 30 years, and we feel that it is better to keep promoting these signals rather than inventing new ones. Of course in each country a few signals change for that specific river but in general we use the same all over the world.
River grading system:
We have rivers graded from 1-6, on three different categories of rivers, high volume, low volume and Alpine rivers.
Is your qualification recognized:
A River Gurus qualification is recognized by rafting operators all over the world so if you took your guide course in Kenya and you would like to work in Mexico your certification is valid, however some countries around the world require guides to learn a little about the laws in that country and so it is normal that you have to sit a guide exam to be able to work there.
Instructor training:
Instructor training courses are held once every two years on a cool river somewhere around the world. An instructor candidate must complete with the requirements to become excepted into the course and must have a recommendation from one of our recognized rafting operators.
What an Instructor provides for courses:
Instructors are responsible for selling their courses and for a course to be valid it must be advertised on the River Gurus web page. Instructors are responsible to teach high international standards when delivering a course. all course material like hand out sheets, reservation forms, disclaimer forms should be supplied by the instructor.
What does a company provide for courses:
companies should supply all the appropriate rafting equipment, boats, paddles, oars, pumps, first aid etc. they also supply all transport to and from the river and an area to be able to give lectures or presentations. A company is also responsible to cover the food and lodging of the instructor for the duration of the course.
River Cleaning days:
At the end of a course it is a requirement that the instructor organizes a river cleaning day in which the guides from the course can take the local community rafting for free with the aim of cleaning any rubbish or dangerous obstacles from the river. We do this to promote clean rivers that flow freely.
We believe that when a guide participates in an exam for a certification, the student should be evaluated by a minimum of two instructors.
Costs:
Due to guiding salaries being different all over the world depending on the economic situation in a country, we believe that the guides participating in a course should pay the equivalent of a guide salary for each day of a course. Example: if a guide makes 50 USD per day for guiding and he / she is participating in a 3-day rescue refresher workshop, then the student should pay 150 USD for the workshop.
This money should go to the instructor as a salary and to cover their travel expenses to the location of the course.
We have noticed over the years that when a student pays something in the place of receiving a course for free, the learning outcome is much better.
Membership fee:
This is set at EUROS 15 per person or EUROS 100 per company per year.
Certification:
At the end of your course or workshop, your instructors will send all the student information and assessment forms to the General Secretary of the WRF who will validate all the instructor information. If you have registered as a member of the WRF then the general Secretary will send you your certificates.T
Compatibility:
We have tried extremely hard to make this training scheme as compatible as possible with standards of other organizations. IRF, SOA, SRA, NZRA, FIRAFT are just a few of the organizations.
River signals:
There has been a set of standard river signals that have been promoted around the world for the past 30 years, and we feel that it is better to keep promoting these signals rather than inventing new ones. Of course in each country a few signals change for that specific river but in general we use the same all over the world.
River grading system:
We have rivers graded from 1-6, on three different categories of rivers, high volume, low volume and Alpine rivers.
Is your qualification recognized:
A River Gurus qualification is recognized by rafting operators all over the world so if you took your guide course in Kenya and you would like to work in Mexico your certification is valid, however some countries around the world require guides to learn a little about the laws in that country and so it is normal that you have to sit a guide exam to be able to work there.
Instructor training:
Instructor training courses are held once every two years on a cool river somewhere around the world. An instructor candidate must complete with the requirements to become excepted into the course and must have a recommendation from one of our recognized rafting operators.
What an Instructor provides for courses:
Instructors are responsible for selling their courses and for a course to be valid it must be advertised on the River Gurus web page. Instructors are responsible to teach high international standards when delivering a course. all course material like hand out sheets, reservation forms, disclaimer forms should be supplied by the instructor.
What does a company provide for courses:
companies should supply all the appropriate rafting equipment, boats, paddles, oars, pumps, first aid etc. they also supply all transport to and from the river and an area to be able to give lectures or presentations. A company is also responsible to cover the food and lodging of the instructor for the duration of the course.
River Cleaning days:
At the end of a course it is a requirement that the instructor organizes a river cleaning day in which the guides from the course can take the local community rafting for free with the aim of cleaning any rubbish or dangerous obstacles from the river. We do this to promote clean rivers that flow freely.
