Outdoor Leader Professional Development
Are you interested in exploring a career in the outdoors or leading expeditions but don't know where to start? Do you run activities in your spare time or as part of your role at school and wish to develop your skills to ensure the safety of the young people in your care? Are you an experienced outdoor instructor but need to develop a few more skills to ensure you are completely up to date? If so then this programme has been developed for you.
We have developed this programme in response to a need for providing people with a flexible, easy to access ‘suite' of training courses to support their career in the outdoors whether as paid professionals or volunteers at weekends. With the recent development of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Expedition Leaders and the BS8848 standard for Expedition Providers the long-term aim is to develop a formal qualification in Leading Expeditions. This programme is a stepping stone to that ultimate goal with many of the courses aligned to the NOS and the BS8848 standard.
The programme consists of a variety of modular courses that you can pick and choose from to suit your needs and aspirations. In addition, we have collaborated with a number of partner organisations including Interhealth, Field Skills and Cookout to ensure we provide a wide ranging set of skills training to meet the increasing demands of leading groups in the outdoors. Further details on the individual courses can be found below.
To download an information pack on the programme please click here.
For a list of up and coming dates please click here. We also run these courses as bespoke programmes for organisations. Please call 01256 886543 or email info@training-expertise.co.uk to enquire.
| First Aid Training | |
First Aid training for individuals and groups from entry-level training to Advanced Expedition medicine. All courses are recognized by MLTUK, BCU and RYA awards as well as many others. Certified by: Remote Emergency Care
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| Water Safety Management (RLSS) | |
This 2 day course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to manage activities in and around water safely. You will learn a set of principles to risk assess and manage water activities which can be applied to a variety of water environments. The course is modular focusing on basic water rescue techniques and then applying these skills to a pool, river and beach environment. Certified by: Royal Life Saving Society
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| Off-Site Safety Management (RGS – IBG) | |
This 2 day course is designed to provide the delegate with an understanding of the safety systems and statutory requirements needed when planning to take young people on off-site activities. The course covers everything from a day trip to the Tate to a month long expedition to Ecuador. Certified by: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
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| Expedition Food Safety (NCFE Level 2 award) | |
A one day course formally accredited as an NCFE Level 2 award focusing on preparing and managing food in an expedition setting. Hygiene and safety is the key focus with a pragmatic approach to the challenges faced in an expedition environment. Certified by: NCFE Level 2 award Partnered with: Cookout
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| Facilitation Skills (IOL) | |
An exciting two-day course to develop awareness of a spectrum of facilitation skills and their relevance for different learning outcomes, groups and activities in a variety of settings. Certified by: Institute of Outdoor Learning
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| Environment Specific training | |
These one or two day courses are designed to teach you more about these amazing environments in order to appreciate them and stay safe. We deal with day to day health and safety issues, practical skills and look at working with groups in these environments. Partnered with: Field Skills
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| Expedition Leadership | |
A condensed two-day course, run in conjunction with Field Skills, giving you the hard and soft skills required to lead your own expeditions or fieldwork trips. Scenario based exercises are used to look at the soft skills which are vital in leading and organising expeditions as well as looking at pre-planning and dynamic safety management during the trips. 26-27 Feb 11 - Cumbria Partnered with: Field Skills
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| Recognising and Coping with Psychological Issues in Expeditioners | |
This one day course enables leaders of volunteers and expedition teams to spot early warning signs of psychological health issues in team members. Help to assess the severity of situations, possible implications and what initial steps to take to give appropriate support or obtain further help and back-up. This workshop has been developed out of InterHealth's broad expertise and clinical practice in psychological health. Partnered with: Interhealth
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Bookings and enquiries To discuss your requirements and aspirations in more detail call us on 01256 886543 or email info@training-expertise.co.uk . To download a list of course dates and a booking form click here. |
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