The below lists are the authorised IRF Guide Training & Education (GTE) courses and workshops.
If a course is not listed below, it has not been approved as an official IRF Guide Training & Education (GTE) course / workshop / assessment.
If you are an instructor and want your course /workshop listed, contact the GTE administrator directly with all course details as listed in the template for advertising workshop details which can be found on the Instructor Resources page.
Codes used in the list below are official designations which can be found in the IRF GTE Award System document:
Short code | IRF GTE Qualification |
---|---|
RG | Raft Guide |
RTL | Raft Trip Leader |
SK | Safety Kayak |
SR | Safety Raft |
WGA / WGB | Whitewater Guide (Cat A) / Whitewater Guide (Cat B) |
WTLA / WTLB | Whitewater Trip Leader (Cat A) / Whitewater Trip Leader (Cat B) |
ES | Event Safety |
INS | Raft Instructor (includes Safety Raft) |
xxI | Instructor of the Short Code before the letter “I” e.g. SKI Safety Kayak Instructor |
Start Date | End Date | Country | River/s | Level/s | Qualification | Instructor/s | Details |
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2025-03-17 | 2025-04-16 | Chile | Trancura & Liucura | 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
2025-03-26 | 2025-03-29 | Spain | Gállego | 2 & 3 | RG | Eneko Yarza | Website |
2025-03-27 | 2025-03-29 | Costa Rica | Sarapiqui | 2 & 3 | SKI | Mario Vargas Hernández | |
2025-03-30 | 2025-04-01 | Mexico | Antigua | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Chevy Rodriguez Téllez | |
2025-03-31 | 2025-04-03 | Peru | Cañete | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Harvy Chávez Avalos | |
2025-04-01 | 2025-04-04 | Argentina | Mendoza | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Fabian Bonanno | |
2025-04-02 | 2025-04-06 | USA | Hood | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SR, SK | Zach Collier & Mark Hirst | Website |
2025-04-05 | 2025-04-06 | Italy | Val di Sole | 2 & 3 | SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
2025-04-07 | 2025-04-09 | Wales | North Wales | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Tom Parker | |
2025-04-07 | 2025-04-10 | BiH | Vrbas | 2 & 3 | WGA | Davor Kos, Alex Pastir | |
2025-04-07 | 2025-04-13 | Romania | Buzau | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Mihai Mares | |
2025-04-07 | 2025-04-16 | Albania | Vjosa & Osum | 3 | RG, RTL | Gergely “Roy” Környei | |
2025-04-10 | 2025-04-13 | BiH | Vrbas | 2 & 3 | WGA | Davor Kos, Alex Pastir | |
2025-04-11 | 2025-04-12 | Wales | CIWW | 2 & 3 | WTLA, WTLB | Matthew Houghton | Website |
2025-04-11 | 2025-04-13 | Ecuador | Jondachi, Hollin, `Jatunyacu | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Gabriel Garbin | |
2025-04-14 | 2025-04-18 | Chile | Trancura | 4 | RG, RTL | Ricardo Pineda | |
2025-04-19 | 2025-05-05 | Canada | British Columbia | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | James Rodger, Tyler Williamson | Closed course |
2025-04-26 | 2025-04-27 | Wales | CIWW | SS | RG | Mark Bowler | Website |
2025-04-26 | 2025-04-30 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
2025-01-26 | 2025-05-01 | Italy | Val di Sole | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
2025-04-28 | 2025-04-30 | Colombia | Suarez | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Cesar Diaz | |
2025-05-01 | 2025-05-11 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Bijan Arbab | |
2025-05-01 | 2025-05-10 | Austria | Salza | 3 | RG | Lukas Strobl, Gergely Környei | Website |
2025-05-05 | 2025-05-10 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
2025-05-08 | 2025-05-10 | Iceland | Hvita | 3 | RG, RTL | Tom Parker | |
2025-05-14 | 2025-05-16 | France | Isere | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Jérôme Ghidini | |
2025-05-15 | 2025-05-21 | USA | ACE Adventure | Up to 4 | INS, RG, RTL | Bryant Baker, Mark Hirst | |
2025-05-19 | 2025-05-21 | USA | White Salmon | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Scott Cascella & Andrew Morrisey | Website |
2025-05-19 | 2025-05-22 | BiH | Una | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Edin Redžić | |
2025-05-26 | 2025-05-29 | Spain | Ara | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Eneko Yarza | Website |
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Previous completed IRF GTE Courses & Workshops
Start Date | End Date | Country | River/s | Level/s | Qualification | Instructor/s | Details |
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2025-03-17 | 2025-03-21 | Morocco | Ahansal | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Gergely “Roy” Környei | |
2025-03-15 | 2025-03-20 | Greece | Voidomatis, Aoos | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Yiannis Holevas | |
2025-03-05 | 2025-03-07 | Chile | Maipo | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Javier Escobar | |
2025-03-02 | 2025-03-04 | Chile | Futaleufú | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Julio Baca Vargas | |
2025-02-11 | 2025-02-13 | Wales | CIWW | 2 & 3 | RG | Mark Bowler | Website |
2025-01-29 | 2025-02-01 | Nepal | Sunkoshi | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Anup Gurung | Website |
2025-01-21 | 2025-01-23 | Malaysia | Selama | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Yasuo Homma | |
2025-01-14 | 2025-01-17 | Peru | Jequetepeque | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Harvy Chávez Avalos | |
2025-01-06 | 2025-01-10 | Chile | Fuy | 4 | RG, RTL | Ricardo Pineda | |
2024-12-18 | 2024-12-20 | Malaysia | Kampar | 2 & 3 | RTL | Roy Ruzaini |
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Additional historical workshops can be found on our website here.
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