Outdoor Education Unit Standards

We are a registered Private Training Establishment based in Auckland.  We are the only specialist outdoor education organisation in the upper North Island with a broad scope of Outdoor Education Unit Standards plus our own Certificates registered with NZQA.

We specialise in the development and delivery of educational programmes using outdoor and adventurous activities for both personal development and skill development.  Our AdventureWorks Programmes enable students to complete credits for NCEA or support other assessments such as Achievement Standards..  

We have a large pool of instructors that cross a range of skills in order to deliver safe and effective and engaging programs. These include program development skills, technical and safety skills, facilitation and teaching skills and understand the assessment process and compliance responsibilities
Types of groups that we work with: 
Outdoor Education classes
Physical Education classes
Star and Gateway classes
Student leadership groups


Unit Standards 

The unit standards that we have consent to assess for come from the domains: 
  • adventure based learning
  • kayaking
  • mountain biking
  • tramping
  • rockclimbing and abseiling
  • outdoor management
  • orienteering
  • clothing and equipment
  • outdoor navigation
  • sport and recreation
  • Te Ao Tūroa
  • weather interpretation

​To see the full list of Unit Standards AdventureWorks have Consent to Assess click here- AWL Consent to Assess Unit Standards
Supporting schools unique needs
What we do best is work with a school to identify the best type of program to meet the objectives and outcomes that the students need. Every school has different needs and different timetabling, budgeting and other restrictions.

​Sometimes, it works for teachers to do some of the classwork using our resources before and after an event. This reduces the cost of our involvement and increases the continuity of engagement with students. Or, we can take full responsibility for the delivery of units of work including visiting the school during class time.

As much as possible, we will work with the skills and experience of the teachers in the school in order to best integrate delivery of the program between the school and AdventureWorks

With Mark's experience designing, writing programs and delivering programs were able to work with you to work out how to support you to best meet your needs.
Challenge course programs
We have our own Challenge Course based in Mt Albert. Our programmes produce meaningful changes in groups and individuals. They are not just an outdoor recreation activity, they are a personal and social change process that uses  Challenge Courses as the medium for the development of interpersonal, social, communication, teamwork and leadership skills.
  • We can base our programmes at most Challenge Courses throughout the North Island. The AdventureWorks Challenge Course on the Unitec Campus, Mt Albert is our main Challenge Course and operations base.
  • Our programmes qualify for STAR funding.
  • We can assess unit standards 467, 470, 471 at level 2. This has been our biggest program over the last 20 years. Very popular with lots of encouraging feedback every time we deliver it.
  • we can assess unit standards 468 and 474 at Level 3. These unit standards provide opportunity for year 13 students to deliver a one-day program to junior students on our challenge course. Our instructors assess them and maintain overall responsibility for safety
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Kaimais Rogaine
We have developed an exciting event based in the Kaimais. This Rogaine requires groups of up to 8 students to work together over a 24/48 hour period to visit as many locations and complete as many tasks as possible. The activities could include mountain biking, navigate, abseil and climbing, archery, swimming plus various initiatives challenges. We have successfully delivered this for Carmel College and Howick College nd would love to share this with more schools.
The event is designed to support assessment for achievement standard 2.4 as well as unit standards 425, 426 and a 431

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​“I learnt that I can take a risk and go outside of my comfort zone. I can really trust others if I get to know them better. I work really well in a group and I can make a big change to others when I encourage them.”

​ST MARYS COLLEGE STUDENT

​ST MARYS COLLEGE STUDENT
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​“Wonderful instructors – getting the best out if the students and challenging them to achieve their best.”

​- KELSTON GIRLS COLLEGE

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I learnt that I make new friends and I can trust them with my life.

​PAPAKURA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

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I have learnt that there is more than meets the eye. I’ve learnt that deep inside of me there is a person who is confident and self motivated.

​OTAHUHU COLLEGE STUDENT

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Professional Compliance
AdventureWorks is OutdoorsMark safety certified, we undertake a surveillance audit every year and a full audit every three years as a part of the adventure activity regulations 2016

Adventureworks is a registered private training establishment, we undertake external evaluation and review every four years. We are currently a category to provider


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