What's this business I hear that IKO instructors don't have insurance to teach in Australia? Apparently they have to 'pay' to be Australian certified in order to teach here. Is that correct?

If that's true that exactly all the more reason why I l o a t h e the new 'KA'

Hope not


From my experience on the water it's allways the German vdws or sometimes bksa experience that's rescuing the poleys or picking up wings besides quite alot of good non KA affiliated kiters and of course probably some 'iko' ones/ Americans

It's n e v e r 'KA' people !!
...they just like to sit about and have a chat
(But yet again I never kite KA congested sales areas ...been there..done that...as many have. ...before that aus qual was invented ..)..

No offence ..

Hope not

If you talk to your local council about their insurance requirements regarding permits for kite schools and kite events you'll understand that what KA offers is the only insurance that covers this and is affordable.
The KA teaching standard has been developed in conjunction with BKSA because local governments scared of liability wanted a cohesive body to deal with and of course charge. Don't f??k KA f??k
the government

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TotalBS said..
If you talk to your local council about their insurance requirements regarding permits for kite schools and kite events you'll understand that what KA offers is the only insurance that covers this and is affordable.
The KA teaching standard has been developed in conjunction with BKSA because local governments scared of liability wanted a cohesive body to deal with and of course charge. Don't f??k KA f??k
the government

So U can still be iko or vdws or bksa and just need 'KA' insurance is that it ??
Why not iko insurance can U still do that? That's how it was more than 7yrs ago ...when it came to learning through 'schools'.. ..as far as I know anyway..
Or did U need waksa insurance back then too ?
Please tell me you don't have to have the KA accreditation that would be ridiculous

Thanks

Yep,
you gotta have KA insurance as far as I'm aware. It's going to severely impact regional kite schools trying to get instructors, which will be IKO certified.

Hi everyone

Just for clarity and education, if you are a KA accredited school using the KA insurance policy, then the policy stipulates that you need to be KA Accredited. If you are IKO qualified, then sure you are more then welcome to use the IKO insurance, however it will be the IKO insurance you are using and not KA's policy.
If an IKO/ BKSA/ other Instructors wants to work under a KA Accredited School, then yes they need to do a conversion course to become KA accredited and work under the KA policy. KA recognises these qualifications, hence not having the need to do the full instructor course. The KA accreditation is to ensure we have all of the required documentation needed on our end; a valid first aid certificate, valid skippers licence, child safeguarding education which is a requirement from the Australian Sports Commission/Sport Integrity etc. This has always been the process and nothing has changed.
In order to help regional schools and reduce these barriers, this course will be getting released online over the next month meaning that qualified instructors that need to convert can easily go online, complete the course and submit their documentation for accreditation. So in fact, it is severely improving the process for regional schools if they want to work for a KA accredited school and utilise the KA insurance policy.
Hope that clears things up for you all!
Regards
Becky
Kiteboarding Australia General Manager

Many thanks Becky,
that clears up a lot. I really appreciate your attention to this.