iP5 Instructor - HPAC Certification ($897) and Re-Certification ($447) Seminar
Victoria Day Long Weekend
May 18-20, 2024
Other Dates by Special Arrangement
iParaglide hosts HPAC Paragliding Instructor Certification (and Re-Certification) Seminars. If you love to coach and would like to add to your contribution to paragliding by becoming a HPAC Certified Paragliding Instructor, please contact us. We will also consider arranging a special group session on alternate dates.
For prospective new instructors, this is designed to be a comprehensive "hands on" paragliding instructor certification seminar. You will be working closely with real students to learn how to teach fundamentals to pilots in an efficient and effective manner: so that students will have a positive experience, and feel secure and empowered.
You will learn how to mentor at possible locations that are the pillars of a successful paragliding curriculum: the classroom, the training hill, a sea-breeze kiting location and a mountain.
The cost is $897 for the first time you take this course for initial certification, and at a reduced rate of $447 for re-certification (instructors must renew by taking another certification course every 3 years).
We will work to maximize learning opportunities, adapting to what the wind and weather provides. We will choose the best weather windows for practicum modules.
Locations:
- Instructor Theory: iParaglide, 962 - 51st Street, Delta (Tsawwassen, just 3 minutes from the training hill!).
- Training Hill and/or Kiting Practicum: Diefenbaker Park (1st Avenue @ 56th St, Tsawwassen) and/or Vanier Park (1905 Ogden Ave, Vancouver)
- Mountain Flying Practicum: Mt. Woodside (2226 Lougheed Highway, Agassiz)
Requirements for Paragliding Instructor Rating
Please email any items you already have. Others you can acquire at a later date.
- Log book - last page with total paragliding flights and air hours - scan and email
- HPAC Intermediate Paragliding Rating: 60 hours, 90 flights - email
- HPAC paragliding membership card - email
- Transport Canada HAGAR Exam Results - scan and email
- Standard First Aid Certificate - scan and email
- Assist a Paragliding Instructor 25 hours - need a letter from instructor/s including their recommendation
- Paragliding Instructor Certification Seminar 24 hours
- Paragliding Reserve Seminar: HPAC recommended, iParaglide required
- Paragliding SIV Simulation of Flight Incidents Seminar: iParaglide required
Day 1 (Sample itinerary, we will adapt course modules to weather conditions.)
06:00-07:00: Instructors Course Overview & Training Hill Theory (Diefenbaker)
07:00: Students Arrive (Diefenbaker)
07:00-11:00: Instructors Training Hill Practicum (Diefenbaker)
11:00: Lunch & Drive to iParaglide
12:30-14:00: Instructors Mentoring Theory (iParaglide)
14:00-15:30: Instructors Operations Theory (iParaglide)
15:30-16:30: Instructors Content Theory (iParaglide)
16:30: End Day 1
Day 2 (Sample itinerary, we will adapt course modules to weather conditions.)
07:30-08:00: Instructors How to do Theory (iParaglide)
08:00-08:30: Instructors Topic & Prepare for Theory Class (iParaglide)
08:30: Students Arrive
08:30-09:00: Topic#1 Presentation to Students with Scoring/Feedback (iParaglide)
09:00-09:30: Topic#2 Presentation to Students with Scoring/Feedback (iParaglide)
09:30-10:00: Topic#3 Presentation to Students with Scoring/Feedback (iParaglide)
10:00-10:30: Topic#4 Presentation to Students with Scoring/Feedback (iParaglide)
10:30-11:00: Topic#5 Presentation to Students with Scoring/Feedback (iParaglide)
11:00-11:30: Topic#6 Presentation to Students with Scoring/Feedback (iParaglide)
11:30: Lunch & Drive to Vanier Park
12:30: Students Arrive Vanier
12:30-15:30: Instructors Kiting Practicum
15:30: End Day 2
Day 3 (Sample itinerary, we will adapt course modules to weather conditions.)
06:00-07:00: Instructors LZ Walkover & Pre-Flight Theory (Riverside)
07:00: Students Arrive (Riverside)
07:00-08:00: Instructors LZ Walkover & Pre-Flight Practicum (Riverside)
08:00-11:00: Instructors LZ Radio Guidance Practicum (Riverside)
11:00: Lunch & Drive to iParaglide
13:00-15:00: Instructors Safety Theory (iParaglide)
15:00-17:00: Instructors Synergy Session (iParaglide)
17:00: End Day 3, End HPAC Instructors Seminar
iP5 Instructor - HPAC Certification ($897) and Re-Certification ($447) Seminar - May 18-20, 2024 - Other Dates by Special Arrangement*
* 24 hour Certification course conducted over 3 days. Course modules require successful completion and a 80% minimum pass mark. Participating does not guarantee a pass or a recommendation to be instated as a HPAC Instructor. Intermediate Rating (including 60 air hours & 90 flights) is a pre-requisite for this course. Note the iP5 Instructors Course may be taken prior to completion of: HAGAR exam; Standard First Aid; and assisting for 25 hours. However, all of the preceding items must be successfully obtained within one year of attending the Seminar and before the Senior Instructor will issue a recommendation to the HPAC to instate the pilot as an HPAC Certified Instructor. Full payment of the course and time commitment to specific dates must be received prior to commencement of training. We reserve the right to discontinue training, or to not recommend, any prospective instructor not following directions or conducting themselves in a manner that creates a negative environment or may endanger themselves or others. There will be no refunds for partial course completions due to absenteeism, dismissal, or non-recommendation.