High Ropes/ High Wire Instructor Qualifications
Level 4 High Ropes/High Wire Leader
Scope of Leadership
- This qualification will provide the outdoor recreation sector with individuals who are able to operate independently under indirect supervision, and lead participants in a specific outdoor activity, where the emphasis is on safety, in low technical yet dynamic outdoor environments.
- Graduates of the High Ropes strand will be able to plan, prepare for, organise and lead traversing and climbing high ropes activities.
- Graduates of the High Wire strand will be able to plan, prepare for, organise and lead introductory high wire activities.
Learning Outcomes
- Assess and respond to a high ropes emergency
- Demonstrate personal skills in high ropes
- Develop a plan for leading an outdoor experience for a group within a defined operating scope
- Lead an outdoor activity under indirect supervision within an organisation's safety management system
- Review and evaluate the leadership of an outdoor recreation experience
Topics Include
- emergency care situation response
- identifying and managing risks
- safety management
- organisation’s safety management system
- leave No Trace principles
- local iwi and hapū, including culturally significant sites such as wahi tapu and land access issues
- interpretive information on natural history, flora and fauna and the uniqueness of the environment in which the adventure activity occurs.
- communicating information, including briefing and debriefing and skill requirements in accordance with organisational requirements
- responsibilities and operating scope of the leader role
- leadership styles and rapport with participants
- participants equipment
- Activity plan including weather, client information, equipment, intentions, and timing
- leadership, including managing safety, timeframes, resources and equipment for the activity and responding to participant needs
- group management, high ropes activity techniques, safety techniques and strategies;
- equipment and its safe use;
- performing rescues/retrievals;
Qualification Delivery
Self-directed online learning
Teacher-directed online learning
Teacher-directed in-person training
Assessment Tasks
Prepare a plan to lead a group.
Demonstrate leadership skills
Demonstrate personal skills
Review and evaluate leadership
Prerequisites
The following outlines hours and experience that must be completed for the qualification to be awarded. We recommend participants start with all of these conditions met. You will need to provide a plan that clearly shows how you will demonstrate these conditions before the final date of the qualification.
High Ropes
At least 10 days experience of high ropes with at least 5 of the days as a high ropes co-leader or assistant leader
− A day is considered to be 4 hours duration and can be made of multiple sessions.
High Wire
At least 10 days experience of high wire with at least 5 of the days as a high wire co-leader or assistant leader.
− A day is considered to be 4 hours duration and can be made of multiple sessions.
Level 5 High Ropes Instructor
Scope of Leadership
- This qualification will provide the outdoor recreation sector with individuals who are able to operate independently and provide instruction and leadership for participants during specific outdoor activity. The emphasis of this qualification is on developing participants’ competence through safe, sequenced, learning experiences in dynamic outdoor environments.
- Graduates of this qualification are able to work independently and contribute to the daily operation of, and work under, a Safety Management System (SMS).
- Graduates of the High Ropes strand will be able to instruct participants in the skills required for positive, educational and safe high ropes experiences through effective planning, delivery and evaluation
Learning Outcomes
- Apply knowledge of personal safety on high ropes courses.
- Use appropriate equipment and systems on high ropes courses
- Select and use appropriate emergency equipment when responding to to an emergency in high ropes activities
- Demonstrate environmental responsibility and kaitiakitanga including respect for tikanga and Kawa of local iwi and hapū for high ropes course activities
- Apply an organisations safety management system while leading high ropes activities
- Instruct Participants in the skills required for safe educational high ropes experiences
- Manage a group to safely experience high ropes activities
- Evaluate high ropes activity leadership And review the planned program
Topics Include
- Inspect and explain equipment used for high ropes course activities
- Belay systems and techniques
- Safe anchor points for personal climbing
- Emergency equipment used for nonroutine situations and rescues
- Responding to non routine situations
- Responding to emergencies and rescuing participants
- Identify the needs of local iwi and hapu
- Pre activity tasks and checks
- Procedures and management techniques to prepare lead high ropes activities
- Preparing and checking equipment and a venue
- Instructing participants to use high ropes Equipment
- Safety roles for instructors and participants
- Supervise participants to safely use high ropes elements and belay
- Facilitation, communication and teaching techniques
- Monitoring and managing needs of participants and participant behaviour
- Cultural awareness
- Minimum impact principles for high ropes course activities
Qualification Delivery
Self-directed online learning
Teacher-directed online learning
Teacher-directed in-person training
Assessment Tasks
Prepare a plan to lead a group.
Demonstrate leadership skills
Demonstrate personal skills
Review and evaluate leadership
Prerequisites
The following outlines hours and experience that must be completed for the qualification to be awarded. We recommend participants start with all of these conditions met. You will need to provide a plan that clearly shows how you will demonstrate these conditions before the final date of the qualification.
At least 30 days (4 hour duration) of experience on high ropes activities with at least 20 days of instructing experience.
− Instruction experience can be as an assistant instructor or co-instructor.
− A day is considered to be 4 hours duration and can be made of multiple sessions
Level 6 High Ropes Advanced Professional Practice
Scope of Leadership
- This qualification will provide the outdoor recreation sector with individuals who are able to lead, mentor and educate developing leaders, guides and instructors in specific outdoor activities. These individuals can also instruct and/or guide participants in high hazard and/or technically complex outdoor or recreational environments.
- This qualification will further extend the instructional competence of individuals who already hold extensive applied instructing experience in dynamic, multiple-hazard outdoor activities.
- Graduates of this qualification are able to work independently and contribute to the daily operation of, and work under, a Safety Management System (SMS).
- Graduates of the High Ropes strand will also be able to teach other instructors and leaders how to lead and instruct high ropes activities and to provide safe experiences on high ropes.
Learning Outcomes
- Teach and critique leaders and instructors in leading and instructing high ropes activities
- Apply technical knowledge of high ropes elements and equipment to inspect, carry out maintenance and advise on safe use of high ropes in high ropes experiences
- Manage a complex, non-standard emergency situation in a High Ropes activity
Topics Include
- Training instructors to lead high ropes activities
- Training instructors in Environmental sustainability principles
- Pre-use safety check high ropes activities
- Equipment selection and retirement for high ropes activities
- Maintain high ropes equipment
- Inspection, maintenance and faulty equipment reporting systems
- Manage and control emergency situation
- Teaching and learning theory
- Establishing learning outcomes
- Scaffolding learning and skills development;
- Selecting appropriate teaching methods
- Interpersonal skills to successfully transfer knowledge
- Engage participant learners in positive learning experiences
- Giving feedback and mentoring instructors to improve practice
Qualification Delivery
Video-Based Learning Platform https://www.outdoorleadertraining.com/pages/home
Online group teaching and tutorials
Mentor/Tutor Support
Workshop option
Assessment
Develop a training plan
Skills assessment
Leadership demonstration
Managing a emergency scenario
Prerequisites
New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Instruction) (Level 5) (Any Strand) [Ref: 3661].
At least 80 days of instructing high ropes activities.
- A day is considered to be 4 hours duration and can be made of multiple sessions.
- Instructing experience should include instructing or co-instructing on at least 3 different sites.
