CAQ Level 1 Certification Pre-Requisite
Before purchasing this course, the trainer must have completed the ‘Personal Safety & Self-Defense Instructor Training – Foundations’ online course.
CAQ Level 1 Course Description
As follow-up training to the ‘Personal Safety & Self-Defense Instructor Training – Foundations’ online course, this is a physical skills practical training course that focuses on validating and verifying that the instructor trainee can effectively and proficiently:
- Teach basic, practical, realistic, and effective physical skills that are intended to defend against an unarmed assailant, and
- Design this type of personal safety and self-defense training program for a variety of potential participants.
Course Completion Options
- Live/In-Person
- Live/Virtual
- Live/Virtual & Video Submission
Course Objectives
General Objectives for the personal safety & self-defense instructor trainee include:
- Enhance retention of previous personal safety information & self-defense instructor skills training for unarmed attacks.
- Verify and validate physical self-defense skill instructional methods.
- Improve the instructor’s ability, capability and competency for physical self-defense skills training.
- Motivate instructor trainees to continue learning and practicing personal safety knowledge and physical self-defense skills.
- Increase instructor trainee self-confidence, specifically related to personal safety and self-defense.
Specific Objectives for the personal safety & self-defense instructor trainee include the following:
- Learn, practice, improve, and demonstrate:
- Performance of physical self-defense skills that can be used against various types and methods of potential attack scenarios
- Methods of teaching physical self-defense skills using verbal communication and physical demonstration methods
- Observation skills and corrective techniques for client performance of physical self-defense skills
- Learn how to effectively adapt and teach physical self-defense skills to participants with a variety of physical characteristics, abilities, capabilities, and potential personal or professional needs.
- Learn and understand how to custom-design practical, realistic, and effective personal safety & self-defense training programs for a variety of potential clients, including individuals, private groups, and corporations/organizations.
Instructor trainees are evaluated on their:
- Knowledge about physical instruction of self-defense skills through successful completion of 2 Objective Multiple Choice Exams (one of each for Phase 1 and Phase 2)
- Ability to effectively teach all assigned physical skills through 1 of 3 ‘test’ options:
- Live/In-Person
- Live/virtual
- Video submission
- Ability to custom-design personal safety and self-defense training events and activities for different potential groups of participants through successful completion of the ‘Personal Safety & Self-Defense Course Design Exercise’ assignment.
Course Materials include:
- Course Completion Instructions – Personal Safety & Self-Defense – Instructor CAQ Level 1
- All the online course materials from the Personal Safety & Self-Defense Instructor Training (Foundations) course.
- Hard copy Training Manual may be purchased
- Training Manual Addendum – CAQ Level 1
- Supplement Technique Instructional Videos
- CAQ Level 1 – Physical Instruction Exam Packet (includes 2 Exams)
- Phase 1 Exam
- Phase 2 Exam
- Phase 1 Practical Exam Guidelines Packet
- Phase 2 Practical Exam Guidelines Packet
- CAQ Level 1 Training Program Design Assignment Instructions
Required for ‘CAQ Level 1’
- Trainee Submissions & Completions
- Exams
- Phase 1 Exam Answer Form
- Phase 2 Exam Answer Form
- Personal Safety & Self-Defense Program Design Assignment – Cover Form & Essay
- Live/In-Person, Live/Virtual, or Video Submission
- Phase 1 Practical Skills Performance
- Phase 2 Practical Skills Performance
- Exams
CAQ LEVEL 1 – CERTIFICATION – $299
- Online Course (all course materials and exams) – $299
To purchase the Hard Copy Training Manual, CLICK HERE!
Important Notes
- Unlimited test retakes if needed.
- Purchases are non-refundable after online course access is provided or the course is shipped.
- Please allow up to 2 business days after the purchase date to obtain ONLINE course access.
- The course must be completed within 3 months of the purchase date.
- Extensions may be granted by contacting EmpowerUSA.
