The short answer is: yes. If you have a recognized guide certification, you can apply for exemption of the Ride Leader Course.  However, everyone, no matter how experienced or qualified, must start with our Level 1 Fundamental Skills Instructor Course. The Level 1 course provides you with the unique BICP Teaching Structure, the foundation to coaching succesfully, methods of error detection and correction, detailed progressions for the most fundamental riding skills and much more. As our program has a unique structure, a distinctive language and methodology, you would be missing the foundation of our program if you started with level 2 or higher. However, we can guarantee you that the course will make you a better coach, no matter how long you have been instructing or riding.