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 / assessor looking to have 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) |
| ES | Event Safety |
| xxI | Instructor of the Short Code before the letter “I” e.g. RGI Raft Instructor |
| Start Date | End Date | Country | River/s | Level/s | Qualification | Instructor/s | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-25 | 2023-09-28 | Spain | Mijares | 2 & 3 | RG | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2023-09-27 | 2023-09-29 | Chile | Trancura | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SR, SK | Gigo Castillo | |
| 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-01 | Austria | Salza | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, WGA | Béla Bacsa | Website |
| 2023-10-02 | 2023-10-07 | Zambia | Zambezi | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Sebastian Larcher | |
| 2023-10-10 | 2023-10-15 | Italy | Lazio Subiaco | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-10-12 | 2023-10-15 | Slovenia | Soča | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Andraž Krpič | |
| 2023-10-18 | 2023-10-20 | Zambia | Zambezi | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SR, SK | Andrew Kellett | |
| 2023-10-20 | 2023-10-22 | Wales | Teif & Mawddach | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Joey Taylor | |
| 2023-10-23 | 2023-11-22 | Chile | Trancura & Liucura | 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2023-10-24 | 2023-10-29 | Zambia | Zambezi | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-10-16 | 2023-10-20 | Scotland | Aberfeldy | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Mike Smith & Eliot Maddocks | |
| 2023-10-17 | 2023-10-19 | Zambia | Zambezi | 4 | RG, RTL | Andrew Kellett | |
| 2023-11-05 | 2023-11-10 | Wales | Dee | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Tom Parker | |
| 2023-11-07 | 2023-11-09 | Chile | Maipo / Andes Soul | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Mauricio Fernandez | |
| 2023-11-19 | 2023-11-21 | Colombia | Calderas | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Cesar Diaz | |
| 2023-11-20 | 2023-11-23 | Malaysia | Kampar | 3 | RG, RTL | Yasuo Homma | |
| 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-26 | Chile | Futaleufú | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-12-03 | 2023-12-08 | Chile | Trancura | 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Ivan Correa | |
| 2023-12-18 | 2023-12-20 | Wales | Dee | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Tom Parker | Closed course |
| 2024-05-11 | 2024-05-17 | USA | Hood | 3 | RG | Zach Collier & Mark Hirst | Website |
| 2024-05-21 | 2024-05-25 | USA | Hood | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Zach Collier & Mark Hirst | Website |
This list was last updated 9 hours ago.
Previous completed IRF GTE Courses & Workshops
| Start Date | End Date | Country | River/s | Level/s | Qualification | Instructor/s | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-01 | 2022-09-01 | Norway | Sjoa | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2022-09-01 | 2022-09-03 | Greece | Nestos | 2 | WGA | Yiannis Holevas | |
| 2022-09-02 | 2022-09-06 | Greece | Epirus_Aherontas & Aoos | 2 | WGA | Yiannis Holevas | |
| 2022-09-05 | 2022-09-08 | Spain | Gállego | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2022-09-05 | 2022-09-10 | Italy | Noce | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Fabian Bonanno & Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2022-09-07 | 2022-09-07 | Greece | Epirus_Aoos | 2 | WGA | Yiannis Holevas | |
| 2022-09-08 | 2022-09-10 | Greece | Nestos | 2 | WGA | Yiannis Holevas | |
| 2022-09-09 | 2022-09-25 | Austria | Enns & Salza | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Gáspár Göncz | |
| 2022-09-19 | 2022-09-20 | Austria | Haiming | 3 | RG, RTL | Sebastian Larcher | |
| 2022-09-22 | 2022-09-25 | BiH | Vrbas | 2 | RG | Aleksander Pastir | |
| 2022-09-27 | 2022-09-30 | Spain | Mijares | 2 & 3 | RG | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2022-09-29 | 2022-10-02 | BiH | Tara | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Mirko Davidović | |
| 2022-09-29 | 2022-10-02 | Slovenia | Soča | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Matej Zaplatel | |
| 2022-09-29 | 2022-10-06 | Zambia | Zambezi | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Sebastian Larcher | |
| 2022-10-03 | 2022-10-05 | Italy | Lao | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Igor Sperancini | |
| 2022-10-07 | 2022-10-09 | Ecuador | Macas | 3 | RG, RTL | Gabriel Garbin | |
| 2022-10-14 | 2022-10-16 | Chile | Trancura & Liucura | 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2022-10-17 | 2022-10-21 | Scotland | Aberfeldy | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Mike Smith & Eliot Maddocks | |
| 2022-10-20 | 2022-10-22 | Wales | North Wales | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Tom Parker | |
| 2022-10-21 | 2022-10-24 | Brazil | Papagaio | 3 | RG, RTL | Gilson Jonas Gonçalves | |
| 2022-10-23 | 2022-10-23 | Greece | Nestos | 2 | WGA | Yiannis Holevas | |
| 2022-10-24 | 2022-10-24 | Greece | Nestos | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Yiannis Holevas | |
| 2022-10-24 | 2022-11-22 | Chile | Trancura & Liucura | 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2022-10-26 | 2022-10-29 | Zambia | Zambezi | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2022-10-28 | 2022-10-30 | Ecuador | Napo | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Gabriel Garbin | |
| 2022-11-02 | 2022-11-03 | Zambia | Zambezi | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2022-11-03 | 2022-11-07 | Norway | Evje Trollaktiv | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Zach Bassett | |
| 2022-11-04 | 2022-11-08 | Argentina | Mendoza | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL, WGA | Fabian Bonanno & Mario Mateo | |
| 2022-11-24 | 2022-12-04 | Thailand | Song Preak | 2 & 3 | RG | Toni Poljak | |
| 2022-11-27 | 2022-11-30 | Argentina | Juramento | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Fabian Bonanno | |
| 2022-11-28 | 2022-12-01 | Chile | Maipo / Andes Soul | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Mauricio Fernandez | |
| 2022-12-05 | 2022-12-09 | Chile | Cautin | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2022-12-20 | 2022-12-22 | Chile | Fui | 3 & 4 | RG | Aldo Del Puglia | |
| 2023-01-16 | 2023-01-20 | Brazil | das Brancas | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Galtierre Bueno | |
| 2023-01-19 | 2023-01-24 | India | Manali | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Mark Hirst / Tsering Chotak | |
| 2023-01-29 | 2023-02-03 | India | Rishikesh | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Mark Hirst / Tsering Chotak | |
| 2023-02-01 | 2023-02-05 | India | Alaknanda | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Jérôme Ghidini | |
| 2023-02-08 | 2023-02-09 | Australia | Nymboida | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Andy Loxton | |
| 2023-02-08 | 2023-02-12 | Ireland | Liffey | 2 | RG, RTL | Eddy Mead | |
| 2023-02-10 | 2023-02-15 | Greece | Voidomatis | 2 & 3 | RG | Yiannis Holevas | Website |
| 2023-02-20 | 2023-02-22 | UK | Tees | 3 | RG | Matthew Houghton | |
| 2023-03-03 | 2023-03-05 | Argentina | Manso | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Aldo Del Puglia | |
| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-09 | Brazil | Jacaré Pepira | 3 | RG | Gilson Jonas Gonçalves | |
| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-09 | Spain | Cabriel | 2 | RG, RTL | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2023-03-06 | 2023-04-07 | Chile | Trancura & Liucura | 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2023-03-12 | 2023-03-23 | Mexico | Xcaret / Xavage | SS | RG, RTL | Mark Hirst | Website |
| 2023-03-13 | 2023-03-15 | Chile | Maipo | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Paulo Cartes Ortiz | |
| 2023-03-13 | 2023-03-15 | Colombia | Suarez | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Cesar Diaz | |
| 2023-03-14 | 2023-03-17 | Ecuador | Tena | 2 & 3 | RG | Santiago Canala-Echevarria Ramcke | |
| 2023-03-17 | 2023-03-19 | Austria | Enns & Salza | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Gergely “Roy” Környei | |
| 2023-03-20 | 2023-03-21 | Wales | Dee | 2 & 3 | SK | Joshua O’Brien | |
| 2023-03-23 | 2023-03-28 | Albania | Osumi & Upper Vjosa | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Gergely “Roy” Környei | |
| 2023-03-24 | 2023-03-26 | Italy | Lao | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Andrea D’Onofrio | |
| 2023-03-24 | 2023-03-29 | Greece | Voidomatis | 2 & 3 | RG | Yiannis Holevas | Website |
| 2023-03-28 | 2023-03-31 | Argentina | Mendoza | 2 & 3 | RG | Fabian Popa | |
| 2023-03-29 | 2023-03-31 | Spain | Gállego | 3 | RG, RTL | José Mari Miró | |
| 2023-03-29 | 2023-04-02 | Argentina | Mendoza | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL, WGA | Fabian Bonanno & Mario Mateo | |
| 2023-04-01 | 2023-04-21 | France | Dranse | 3 | RG | Cyrille Maron | |
| 2023-04-03 | 2023-04-05 | Ecuador | Jatunyacu | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Tarquino Yanguez, Philip Robinson | |
| 2023-04-07 | 2023-04-09 | Bulgaria | Struma | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Alejandro Giordano | |
| 2023-04-08 | 2023-04-08 | Wales | Dee | 3 | RG | Joshua O’Brien | |
| 2023-04-08 | 2023-04-13 | Greece | Voidomatis | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Yiannis Holevas | Website |
| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-12 | Chile | Pucón | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Gigo Castillo | |
| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-13 | Greece | Aoos | 2 | WGA | Yiannis Holevas | Website |
| 2023-04-11 | 2023-04-15 | Scotland | Garry | 3 | RG, RTL | Jamie Macmanaway | |
| 2023-04-12 | 2023-04-12 | Greece | Arachthos | 3 | RG | Yiannis Holevas | Website |
| 2023-04-14 | 2023-02-22 | Ecuador | Sucua | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Gabriel Garbin | |
| 2023-04-16 | 2023-04-17 | Austria | Salza | 3 & 4 | RG, RTL | Sebastian Larcher | |
| 2023-04-17 | 2023-04-22 | Wales | Dee | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Eliot Maddocks | Website |
| 2023-04-18 | 2023-04-20 | Bulgaria | Struma | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Alejandro Giordano | |
| 2023-04-18 | 2023-04-23 | Austria | Salza | 3 & 4 | Instructor | Sebastian Larcher | |
| 2023-04-19 | 2023-04-22 | BiH | Vrbas | 2 & 3 | RG | Davor Kos | Website |
| 2023-04-22 | 2023-05-01 | Austria | Salza | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Gergely “Roy” Környei | Website |
| 2023-04-25 | 2023-04-28 | Italy | Noce | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-04-27 | 2023-04-29 | BiH | Tara | Conference | Instructor | IRF GTE | Website |
| 2023-04-28 | 2023-05-07 | Austria | Lofer | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
| 2023-04-29 | 2023-04-30 | Italy | Noce | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-04-29 | 2023-04-30 | Chile | Pucón | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Gigo Castillo | |
| 2023-04-29 | 2023-05-12 | Canada | Bull & White, BC | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | James Rodger | |
| 2023-04-30 | 2023-05-07 | Austria | Inn | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Bijan Arbab | |
| 2023-05-01 | 2023-05-05 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Marcel Pachler | Website |
| 2023-05-04 | 2023-05-05 | Portugal | Minho | 2 | RG, RTL | Igor Sperancini | |
| 2023-05-05 | 2023-05-07 | Austria | Enns & Salza | Up to 4 | RG, RTL | Béla Bacsa | Website |
| 2023-05-06 | 2023-05-07 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
| 2023-05-07 | 2023-05-07 | Austria | Salza | 2 & 3 | RG | Wolfgang Schiffermayer | Website |
| 2023-05-08 | 2023-05-08 | Austria | Salza | 2 & 3 | RG | Wolfgang Schiffermayer | Website |
| 2023-05-08 | 2023-05-12 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Marcel Pachler | Website |
| 2023-05-08 | 2023-05-12 | Canada | Kanananskis | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | William Harrison | Website |
| 2023-05-08 | 2023-05-12 | Norway | Trollaktiv | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Zach Bassett | Website |
| 2023-05-08 | 2023-05-12 | Ecuador | Toachi | 2 & 3 | GTP | Tarquino Yanguez | |
| 2023-05-09 | 2023-05-11 | USA | North Umpqua | 3 | RG, RTL | Nick Dietz | |
| 2023-05-11 | 2023-05-13 | Spain | Segura | 2 & 3 | RG | Aldo Del Puglia | Website |
| 2023-05-13 | 2023-05-17 | USA | Hood | 4 | RG, RTL | Zach Collier & Mark Hirst | Website |
| 2023-05-15 | 2023-05-18 | Spain | Galician | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2023-05-15 | 2023-05-19 | Canada | Kanananskis | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | William Harrison | Website |
| 2023-05-17 | 2023-05-17 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Marcel Pachler | Website |
| 2023-05-17 | 2023-05-19 | Spain | Esera | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Dario Pagano | |
| 2023-05-18 | 2023-05-19 | USA | Hood | 4 | RI | Zach Collier & Mark Hirst | Website |
| 2023-05-18 | 2023-05-21 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
| 2023-05-19 | 2023-05-21 | France | Isere | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Jérôme Ghidini | |
| 2023-05-20 | 2023-05-24 | Canada | Kanananskis | 4 | RG, RTL, SK | William Harrison | Website |
| 2023-05-21 | 2023-05-24 | USA | White Salmon | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Mark Hirst / Scott Cascella | Website |
| 2023-05-21 | 2023-05-24 | USA | White Salmon | 2 | RG | Scott Cascella | Website |
| 2023-05-22 | 2023-05-26 | Spain | Gállego | 2 & 3 | RG | Aldo Del Puglia | Website |
| 2023-05-23 | 2023-05-25 | UK | Tees Barrage | 2 & 3 | RG | Tom Parker | |
| 2023-05-24 | 2023-05-24 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
| 2023-05-26 | 2023-05-29 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Sebastian Larcher | Website |
| 2023-05-29 | 2023-05-30 | UK | Dee | 3 | RG | Tom Parker | |
| 2023-05-30 | 2023-06-02 | Spain | Noguera | 2 & 3 | RG | Aldo Del Puglia | Website |
| 2023-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | Austria | Inn | 3 | RG | Arnd Schäftlein | Website |
| 2023-06-02 | 2023-06-07 | Japan | Tone | 3 | WGI | Gáspár Göncz | |
| 2023-06-03 | 2023-06-04 | BiH | Tara | 3 | RG | Mirko Davidović | Website |
| 2023-06-08 | 2023-06-08 | Austria | Salaach | 3 | RG | Carsten Kaulfuss | |
| 2023-06-08 | 2023-06-08 | Switzerland | lutshine | 3 | RG | Cyrille Maron | |
| 2023-06-10 | 2023-06-11 | UK | Eden | 2 | RG, RTL | Jack Christian | |
| 2023-06-15 | 2023-06-24 | Austria | Salza | 2 & 3 | RG | Wolfgang Schiffermayer | Website |
| 2023-06-20 | 2023-06-23 | Finland | Ivalo | 2 | WGA | Tom Parker | |
| 2023-06-22 | 2023-06-30 | Austria | Multi | 4 | RG, RTL | Bijan Arbab | |
| 2023-06-25 | 2023-06-25 | Austria | Salza | 2 & 3 | RG | Wolfgang Schiffermayer | Website |
| 2023-06-26 | 2023-06-29 | Spain | Gállego | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2023-06-27 | 2023-06-30 | South Africa | Orange Gorge | 3 | RG, RTL, WGA | Andrew Kellett | |
| 2023-06-27 | 2023-07-01 | Spain | Gállego | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Jacopo Bianchi | |
| 2023-07-01 | 2023-07-01 | Turkey | Dalaman | 3 | RG | Vedat Vural | |
| 2023-07-03 | 2023-07-03 | Austria | Salza | 2 & 3 | RG | Wolfgang Schiffermayer | Website |
| 2023-07-03 | 2023-07-05 | Italy | Lao | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Andrea D’Onofrio | |
| 2023-07-04 | 2023-07-07 | Spain | Noguera | 2 & 3 | RG | Gustavo Ortas Torralba | Website |
| 2023-07-04 | 2023-07-07 | Spain | Gállego | 3 | RG | Aldo Del Puglia | Website |
| 2023-07-04 | 2023-07-09 | Italy | Noce | 2 & 3 | RG, SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-07-06 | 2023-07-10 | Iceland | East Glacial | 4 | RG, RTL | Mark Hirst | |
| 2023-07-18 | 2023-07-20 | Austria | Haiming | Up to 4 | RG, SK | Sebastian Larcher | |
| 2023-07-25 | 2023-07-27 | South Africa | Doring | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Andrew Kellett | |
| 2023-08-01 | 2023-08-05 | Mexico | Tampaon | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Enrique Aguado Athie | |
| 2023-08-02 | 2023-08-04 | South Africa | Doring | 3 | RG, RTL, WGA | Andrew Kellett | |
| 2023-08-08 | 2023-08-11 | USA | Hood | 3 | RG, SK | Zach Collier | Website |
| 2023-08-22 | 2023-08-24 | BiH | Vrbas | 2 | RG | Gigo Castillo | |
| 2023-08-24 | 2023-08-30 | Peru | Caraz | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Gabriel Garbin | |
| 2023-09-04 | 2023-09-07 | Spain | Gállego | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL, SK | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2023-09-05 | 2023-09-10 | Italy | Noce | Up to 4 | RG, RTL, SK | Vincenzo Minenna | Website |
| 2023-09-12 | 2023-09-15 | Spain | Alto Ebro | 2 & 3 | RG | Eneko Yarza | Website |
| 2023-09-18 | 2023-09-21 | Italy | Aurino | 2 & 3 | RG, RTL | Fabian Bonanno |
This list was last updated 3 days ago.
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