Childcare and Education - Outdoor Activities Instructor
Childcare and Education - Outdoor Activities Instructor
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Outdoor activities instructors lead trips and teach skills in activities like hill walking, climbing, canoeing, skiing and snowboarding.
- Plan and prepare activities
- Explain, advise on and demonstrate activities
- Instruct in specialist areas, like sailing or climbing
- Make sure all equipment and facilities are safe
- Explain safety procedures
You could work at an activity centre or in the countryside.
Your working environment may be physically demanding and outdoors in all weathers.
Outdoor Activities Instructors tend to work between 36 to 38 hours a week. You could work evenings, weekends and bank holidays as customers demand.
Starting: £16,000
Experienced: £30,000
There's no set entry route to become an outdoor activity instructor but it may be useful to study a relevant qualification like a Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Skills and Activities for Sport and Active Leisure (Outdoor Education).
This would teach you some of the skills needed for the job. Then you could try to find a trainee job with an activity centre.
You could get into this job through an advanced apprenticeship as an outdoor activity instructor or an outdoor learning specialist higher apprenticeship.
Employers usually set their own entry requirements but will often recruit people aged 18 or over. If you have an EHCP you may be able to apply under the DfE exemption which allows the apprentice to use Entry level 3 English and Maths qualifications. The apprentice would have to be component enough to successfully achieve all other aspects of the apprenticeship requirements, become occupationally competent and achieve Entry Level 3 in English and Maths before the end of their apprenticeship.