Field          Community and Social Services

Development of Waka Ama unit standards

Skills Active has completed the development of new unit standards.

Date new versions published                                                          October 2017

Planned review date                                                                           December 2022

Summary

Waka ama is New Zealand’s fastest growing water activity.  It encompasses national, local and regional events that occur across the country and involves paddlers aged from 5 to 75 years old.  Waka ama are found in a range of outdoor recreation contexts including rivers, lakes and oceans.

These two new unit standards have been developed in conjunction with the national peak body Waka Ama NZ who represent over 5000 waka ama paddlers nationally and their associated clubs and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa who currently run the only tertiary waka ama programmes in the country.

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

Community and Social Services > Outdoor Recreation > Waka Ama

ID	Title	Level	Credit
30810	Demonstrate and describe waka ama paddling and safety skills	2	15
30811	Demonstrate capsize drills for waka ama	2	3