There are so many IRF Guide Training & Education workshops and/or assessments spread around the world that you should be able to find one near you or find one that sounds worthwhile travelling to!

From Wales to Bolivia, Chile to Bosnia, Canada to Bulgaria, Scotland to Romania, Morocco to Austria, Slovenia to Nepal and France.

March

• 21 – 24 Mar: IRF Guide & Trip Leaders, Level 2 and 3. Villa Tunaru, Bolivia. Instructor: Fabian Bonnano. Details.
• 21 – 23 March: Workshop and Assessment Trip Leader Level 3 and Rafting Guide Level 3.Río Petrohue – Ensenada – Chile. Organizers: Chile Ríos. Language: Spanish. Instructor: Paulo Cartes Ortiz. Contact.
• 22 – 30 Mar: IRF Instructor and Rescue 3 combined workshop. Tara River, Bosnia. Instructor: Mark Hirst. Details and Sign up
• 24 – 28 Mar: IRF/BCROA Raft Guide Training Course, on Chilliwack, Thompson, Coquihalla Rivers (Dependent on spring flows). Course by Thompson Rivers University. Instructors: James Rodger and Tyler Willaimson
• 24 – 31 Mar: IRF Guide Workshop and Rescue 3 WRT-PRO. Location: Struma river, Kresna Gourge, Simitly-Kresna, Bulgaria. Instructors: Davor Kos, Alexandar Pastir. Hosts: Adventure Net. Details.
• 30 – 31 Mar: IRF Guide and Trip Leader Assessments. Location: Struma river, Kresna Gourge, Simitly-Kresna, Bulgaria. Instructors: Davor Kos, Alexandar Pastir. Hosts: Adventure Net. Details.

April

• 2 – 7 April: Guide training, assessment & Rescue 3 whitewater rescue technician combined course run by Llangollen Outdoors. Based in Llangollen, North Wales, UK. Instructors are Mark Hirst & Josh O Brien. Details
• 2 – 6 April: Guide workshop, through the West Highland College in Fort William, Scotland. Instructor: Jamie Macmanaway.
• 2 – 30 April: (17 days) Level 3 Rafting Guide. Place: Río Trancura, Pucón – Chile. Organizers: Chile Ríos. Language: Spanish. Instructor: Paulo Cartes Ortiz. Contact.
• 7 – 11 April:  Guide Training course (Level 2 and 3) and IRF assessment, in Nehoiu, Romania. Instructor: Sebastian Larcher. Contact: Mihai Mares +40 722415407
• 12 – 15 April: Guide and Trip Leader Training and IRF Certification Workshop, up to Level 4. Vrbas River, BiH. Instructor: Alex Pastir, Davor Kos. Details.
• 12 – 16 April: IRF GTE Workshop & Combined Rescue 3 Whitewater Rescue Technician PRO.  Ahansal River, High Atlas mountains Morocco. Hosts: Berber Rafting. Details
• 14 – 18 April: IRF Workshop. River Sava, Bled Slovenia. Instructor: Fabian Bonanno (Level 4, Aljoša Horvat (Level 3). 4-day workshop plus 1 day for exam. Details
• 18 – 20 April and 2 – 3 May. Guide workshop, through the West Highland College in Fort William, Scotland. Instructor: Jamie Macmanaway.
• 19 – 22 April: Raft Guide and Trip Leader Training and Assessment, Level 3. Tara and Drina Rivers, BiH and Montenegro. Instructor: Alex Pastir. Details.
• 21 – 30 April: IRF Guide Training Program and Assessment, Level 2 and 3. Location: Salza and Enns River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer, Lukas Strobl. Details.
• 22 – 26 April: IRF/BCROA Raft Guide Training Course, on Chilliwack, Thompson, Coquihalla Rivers (Dependent on spring flows) Canada. Course by Thompson Rivers University. Instructors: James Rodger and Tyler Willaimson
• 23 – 27 April: IRF Staduim Guide assessment & Rescue 3 WRT PRO; Venue: LVWWC London, UK. Instructors: Mark Hirst & Richard Allam. Full.
• 27 April: IRF/BCROA Raft Guide Assessment; Coquihalla River, Canada. By Thompson Rivers University. Instructors: James Rodger and Tyler Willaimson
• 27 April – 6 May: IRF Guide Training Workshop (Level 3) in Lofer, Austria. Instructors: Sebastian Larcher, Tobias Hitzelberger. Contact: Andreas Voglstatter, +43 6642562899
• 28 – 29 April: First Aid Training and Exercise. Location Salza River Austria. Instructors Wolfgang Schiffermayer and Lukas Strobl. Details
• 30 Apr – 1 May: Whitewater Rescue Challenge, Wildalpen, Austria. Details: www.whitewaterrescuerace.com and Facebook
• 28 April – 1 May: (Part 1) IRF Guide Training Program and Assessment, Level 2 and 3. Location: Salza and Enns River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer and Lukas Strobl. Details.

May

• 1 and 13 May: Guide Assessment, Location: Salza and Enns River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer and Lukas Strobl.
• 2 – 4 May: IRF Certification Workshop, Guide, Trip Leader, Instructor certificates, Level 2, 3 and 4 and Instructor Updates. Wildalpen, Austria. Assessor: Gaspar Goncz
• 3 – 6 May: GTE Workshop, Training and Assesment. Soca River, Bovec, Slovenia. Level 3 and 4. Instructor/Assessor: Robert Kazik. Instructor Assistent: Matej Zapletal. Contact for details.
• 4 – 6 May: (Part 2) IRF Guide Training Program and Assessment, Level 2 and 3. Location: Salza and Enns River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer and Lukas Strobl. Details.
• 5 – 13 May: Guide Workshop and Assessment, Level 3 (one day off in between for practicals) Inn River, Austria.
  Other assessments and WRT training on request. Instructor and details: Bijan Arbab,
• 10 – 13 May: (Part 3) IRF Guide Training Program and Assessment, Level 2 and 3. Location: Salza and Enns River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer and Lukas Strobl. Details.
• 11 – 17 May:  IRF SRA Rescue 3 wrt pro Guide Course. Based out of Grandtully, Scotland. Instructor: Mark Adamson

June

• 2 – 8 June: IRF and Rescue 3 Workshop. Centron, France. Instructors: Jerome Ghidini and Mark Hirst. Details.
• 04 June – 15 June: IRF Guide Training Program and Assessment, Level 3. Location: Isel River Osttirol, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer.
• 15 June: Guide Assessment, Location: Isel River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer.
• 24 June: Guide Assessment, Location: Salza and Enns River, Austria. Instructors: Wolfgang Schiffermayer and Lukas Strobl.

September

• 24 Sept – 23 Nov: International River Guide Training Academy – an intensive 2 month guide training course in Nepal. Instructors. Mark Hirst & Nim Bahadur Magar. Host Company: Paddle Nepal. Details.