IKO KITESURFING INSTRUCTOR TRAINING IN ESSEX, UK

Unite Your Passion with Your Career

Teaching kitesurfing is an extremely rewarding experience. The course is accessible to all IKO Assistants and makes you become a safe and professional instructor who is ready to work with the highest international standards. IKO Instructor certification gives you access to exclusive job opportunities at more than 300 IKO Centers worldwide.

With our very own IKO Examiner Matty Hurrell, we aim to provide you with the very best instructor training program to prepare you with all the skills you’ll need to teach other kitesurfers all around the world.

Worldwide job opportunities

Get a job teaching at IKO Centers located in more than 60 different countries.

Earn more with IKO

IKO pro certifications are the most widely recognized qualifications for kitesurf professionals. The higher your qualification, the more you earn.

Adopt the highest standards

Run quality recreational courses using the safest and the most efficient teaching method and reward your students with an internationally recognized kitesurfing certification.

Become a certified IKO Kitesurf Instructor in two weeks

IKO ASSISTANT (ATC)


£450

Step 1…

Join the Assistant Training Course (ATC). This 5 day course is the first level towards a progressive career as an IKO Instructor. If you already have this qualification or have a instructor diploma with another organization then this course is not required.

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IKO INSTRUCTOR (ITC)


£750

Step 2…

Join the Instructor Training Course (ITC) with the goal to be a fully qualified level 1 instructor. The ITC runs for 5-days at an IKO affiliated Center and is taught by an Examiner. An Examiner is a professional  who is in charge of your training, evaluation and certification as a new Instructor.

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IKO Instructor Equivalency Course (IEC)


£650

The IKO Instructor Equivalency Course is designed for kitesurfing instructors from other organisations such as BKSA, VDWS, PASA and more. This 5 day speciality course is also for IKO expired members who wish to refresh their skills and knowledge and to regain their kitesurfing instructor licence.

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IKO Pro Courses