Introduction
This page is here as a resource dedicated to Water Activities in the Western Cape such as badge courses, manuals, registries, and many other pieces of information. If you are looking for something that is not here, then please send an email to james.stewart@scouts.org.za.
Activity Licenses
There are currently two types of activity licenses used in the Western Cape for Water Activities. There is the Water Awareness Certificate and the Water Activity License, both of which are valid for a period of five years. It is advisable that you read the Safe Scouting Policy to see what licence you need for which activity.
Water Activity Registries
Per the Safe Scouting Policy each region is required to maintain an active registry of its Water Activity License holders, these can be viewed by clicking on the relevant option below.
CASS Programme
The CASS Programme is a tool that is used by the Regional Water Activities Committee to determine if a Water Activity License is fit for renewal at the end of the five-year period. Further information can be found in the documents below.
To start logging your hours or to check your progress please click here.
Sea Scout Course Boat Repair Fund
The purpose of the fund is to ensure that groups who lend their boats for Regional Courses will not end up out of pocket should there be damages. For more information please read the below documents.
Courses
To find out when courses are being run you can view the Western Cape Calendar. All courses are booked through Scouts.Digital so you must ensure that you have an account. You can download the course manuals on the Water Activities website
Seaworthy
The onus is on the Activity Leader and the Water Activity License Holder to perform a seaworthy check prior to each and every water activity that the boat or craft partakes in, irrespective of who owns the boat or craft. The Regional Water Activities Committee (RWAC) will perform spot-checks on the state of seaworthiness of boats and crafts during events such as regattas or course usage and will communicate any findings with the Groups involved. The RWAC does reserve the right to pull boats from activities/use should they not be considered seaworthy. For further information please find the Seaworthy Guidelines below.