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Shearwater Adventure place great emphasis on safety throughout all of our activities by employing the most experienced, professional and qualified instructors and by using only the highest quality equipment. Instructors, Qualifications & Professional Associations
All staff are members of the professional associations for the qualifications that they hold. They are bound by the professional code of conduct of these associations. Click on each badge to go to the website.
Adventure Activities Licensing Service
We are licensed by the Adventure Activities Licensing Service, this is part of the HSE. Our A. A. L. S. license number is L8495/R1821. This licence indicates that Shearwater Adventure has been inspected by the licensing service with particular attention being paid to our safety management systems with young people, and has been able to demonstrate compliance with nationally accepted standards of good practice in the delivery of adventure activities to young people, with due regard to the benefits and risks of the activity. Confirmation of our licence and further details on the licensing scheme can be sort by contacting AALS on Tel: 029 2075 5715 or by visiting the website www.aals.org.uk D of E Approved Activity Provider (AAP)
Risk The activities we provide are hazardous by their nature and it is important that you must accept there is a certain element of risk with your chosen course. All activities are risk assessed and continually reviewed with appropriate safety measures in place to assist in ensuring your wellbeing. All staff are trained and inducted in to company policies and procedures and follow current good practice and company operating procedures. Parents and guardians must recognise there is a degree of risk in our activities before signing the declaration form for children under the age of 18 years.
Operating Procedures Adventure Operating Procedures we feel, are important guidelines for our staff to follow to ensure the safe conduct of activity sessions. They are based on generic and site specific risk assessment taken from wide consultation with technical advisors and staff. We believe that a set of rules followed blindly can lead to neglect of some consideration that has been omitted from the list and so our Operating Procedures are regarded as guidelines for qualified and experienced staff to use as a basis for their own dynamic risk assessment before and during the activity. Staff will ensure that they operate within their own ability, experience and equipment to run safe, but challenging activities. Insurance Shearwater Adventure hold public liability insurance for £5 million with Jardine Lloyd Thompson. We do, however, recommend that all participants take out their own insurance ensuring that it is suitable and that you are covered for taking part in adventurous activities.
Your Suitability For a Course To ensure everyone's safety as far as possible, Shearwater Adventure reserves the right to transfer participants to other activities if we believe they are likely to put themselves or others at unacceptable risk. It is very important that you choose the right course to suit your experience, abilities and physical fitness. If you have any doubts about your suitability for a course, please call us. Also, if you have any health condition that you think may be relevant, please let us know, in confidence, either by letter or on the booking form. |
