Instructor Fundamentals
Level 4 Outdoor Leader Fundamentals
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.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of planning and preparing an outdoor activity for participants in low-technical environments.
- Demonstrate knowledge of weather processes in decision-making to lead outdoor activities.
- Demonstrate leadership knowledge and how to operate within the scope of an organisation's safety management plan.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and operate under a framework of kaitiakitanga in outdoor recreation.
Topics Include
- planning and preparing
- leadership styles
- activity management plans
- communicating information clearly to a group
- responsibilities and operating scope of the leader role
- leadership styles
- rapport with participants
- participants equipment
- weather forecasting
- leadership, including managing safety, timeframes, resources and equipment for the activity and responding to participant needs.
- kaitiakitanga and culturally sensitive behaviour
- adventure activity legislation and relevant codes of practice
Qualification Delivery
Video-Based Learning Platform https://www.outdoorleadertraining.com/pages/home
Online group teaching and tutorials
Mentor/Tutor Support
Workshop option
NOTE: This is usually completed at the same time as a Strand
Assessment
Assessments are written and occur at the end of each module.
Level 5 Outdoor Instructor Fundamentals
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.
Learning Outcomes
Principles of teaching and learning in the outdoors
- Understand learning theories that are relevant for outdoor instruction and know how to apply them to instruct a specific outdoor adventure activity
- Understand teaching practices for outdoor instruction and know how to apply them to instruct a specific outdoor adventure activity
- Understand facilitation techniques that support the needs of learners In outdoor activities and how to apply them to support student learning
Plan and prepare to lead outdoor activities.
- Plan and prepare for instructing outdoor adventure activities that meet the needs of learners.
- Work within an organisation’s safety management system when planning to lead outdoor adventure activities.
- Use your own judgement to assess and manage an emergency care situation
- Apply an understanding of weather factors when planning to lead outdoor recreation activities
Topics Include
- Progressions and sequencing in outdoor instruction
- Learning styles
- Leadership theory for instruction
- Leadership styles
- Establishing earning outcomes
- Evaluating learning outcomes
- Comparison of different facilitation techniques
- Evaluating leadership
- Adventure activities development in New Zealand
- Adventure Activity Regulations
- Safety Management Systems (ASG, GPG, SOP, AMP, )
- Identifying aims and objectives, logical sequencing, resources, timeframes, location, communication and access
- Gathering and interpreting weather information for adventure activities
- Risk and Hazard management strategies for adventure activities
- Emergency response to adventure activities
- Environmental plan for adventure activities
Qualification Delivery
Video-Based Learning Platform https://www.outdoorleadertraining.com/pages/home
Online group teaching and tutorials
Mentor/Tutor Support
Workshop option
NOTE: This is usually completed at the same time as a Strand
Assessment
Assessments are written and occur at the end of each module.
Level 6 Senior Outdoor Instructor Fundamentals
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).
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse and evaluate risk and safety management policy, procedures and systems and make recommendations for improvements to safety systems ensuring consistency with current industry good practice and compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Critique and apply contemporary leadership theory that support the development of outdoor instructors including induction and training
- Apply and evaluate pedagogical principles to educate instructors how to instruct or guide a range of skills in outdoor adventure activities.
Topics Include
- Contemporary leadership theory
- Leadership practices
- Induction systems for instructors
- Evaluating competencies of outdoor instructors
- Development and implementation of organisational policy and procedures;
- Development and management of risk and safety systems;
- Development, management and review organisational compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Review and modify safety management policies, procedures and systems
- Theory that supports the training and development of outdoor instructors
- Training and development plan for outdoor instructors
- Self-evaluation and reflection
- Contemporary learning theory
- Pedagogical principles to support teaching instructors how to instruct
Qualification Delivery
Video-Based Learning Platform https://www.outdoorleadertraining.com/pages/home
Online group teaching and tutorials
Mentor/Tutor Support
Workshop option
NOTE: This is usually completed at the same time as a Strand
Assessment
Assessments are written and occur at the end of each module.
Prerequisites
New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Instruction) (Level 5) (Any Strand) [Ref: 3661].
