SIS40621 Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership
SIS40621 Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership
The SIS40621 Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership provides professional training in an exciting array of challenging adventure activities. This course equips you for employment in the outdoor recreational area, tourism, and education sectors. The skills learnt in this course enables outdoor enthusiasts to supervise and lead dependent participants in recreational…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The SIS40621 Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership provides professional training in an exciting array of challenging adventure activities. This course equips you for employment in the outdoor recreational area, tourism, and education sectors.
The skills learnt in this course enables outdoor enthusiasts to supervise and lead dependent participants in recreational activities, manage group participation, develop activity plans, work in remote areas and make high levels of judgements about logistical, technical, safety and emergency response issues.
A Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership is an excellent option if you are looking for a gap year, university entry, or want to kickstart your career as an outdoor instructor.
Avondale’s Outdoor Leadership courses are practical, with most of the instruction taking place in the field, allowing students to travel and experience parts of Australia.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Outdoor Leadership graduates leave with skills that support a range of careers, including:
The retail camping sector
Sport and Recreation Centres – such as rock-climbing gyms
Camping and outdoor recreation centres
Wilderness adventure and camping tourism
Outdoor Education as part of a teaching career
Adventure therapy programs
Youth at risk programs
Vocational training
Guiding and instructing
The leadership and personal skills taught in the course are diverse and graduates find them useful in any career they choose.
Education Pathways
A SIS40621 Certificate IV in Outdoor leadership can also be used as a steppingstone to further education. This could include:
Possible university entrance into undergraduate courses
A path into the SIS50421 Diploma of Outdoor Leadership
REQUIREMENTS
Be aged 18 + years or
Hold a minimum of a Higher School Certificate (HSC) or hold an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) at a level 3 or above or
Have suitable language, literacy and numeracy skills* to perform workplace tasks such as measuring, weighing and comprehending written work instructions and
Provide a completed activity log
Able to commit to the course attendance requirements
Be able to meet the physical requirements of activities included in the course
Able to obtain a working with children check (for work placement)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Avondale University is the university that cares, Avondale’s focus is on delivering a high-quality educational experience for every course on offer.Inclusive and personalised student support via small classes with easy access to lecturers helps students get the most out of their study. They show this by ranking us number one in Australia for overall educational experience and teaching quality →The Good Universities Guide 2024.Students love the green, natural environment of our beautiful Lake Macquarie campus (located between the Central Coast and Newcastle) and the state-of-the-art health facilities of our campus at Sydney Adventist Hospital on the North Shore.A university experience like no other. Your career is more than just a job or a pay check at the end of the week. Your career is a calling to serve, to inspire and to make a difference. At Avondale University, we’re here to equip our students to fulfil their individual calling in the workforce, community and the world by providing a quality higher education experience. We call it the #avondalexp.
