Volunteer Training Opportunities

UPCOMING TRAINING

Assistant Mark Layer Course (one-day) at CORK

Dates: Thursday August 3rd, 2023, 9:00am – 2:00 pm.

Cost: $38.70 (includes taxes)

An Assistant Mark Layer is capable of assisting a mark layer as a member of the Race Committee. The one-day Sail Canada Assistant Mark Layer Course is a prerequisites to apply for Assistant Mark Layer Certification. This is a classroom based course and does not have an on-water component.

This course requires a minimum number of registrants. If the minimum enrollment number is not reached, registrants will be refunded and notified by email.

You will receive a confirmation email upon registering with additional information prior to the start of the course.

REGISTER HERE


Training offered through Sail Canada

https://www.sailing.ca/seminars-clinics/


Safe Sport training

Offered by the Coaching Association of Canada.  This program designed to educate and provide resources to create a safe and respectful environment for all participants.

This training is a requirement for all Sail Canada Officials.  This training is FREE and we will encourage all CORK volunteers to take the online module.  This will be a requirement for some CORK positions going forward.

You sign up by creating a “Locker account”

The safe sport module is on this page:

https://coach.ca/coaching-association-canada-launches-safe-sport-training

I takes around 60 mins to complete.


Maritime Radio course

VHF Radio Training

Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons offer the Restricted Operator’s Certificate (Maritime) with Digital Selective Calling by on-line self-study or in virtual classrooms with instructors. Squadrons across Canada offer the course.

Please visit www.cps-ecp.ca

Peter French, kingston.vhfmarinecourse@gmail.com


First Aid

Canadian Red Cross

St John Ambulance