New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor and Adventure Education (Multi-skilled) (Level 4)

Program Overview

This Level 4 New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor and Adventure Education (Multi-skilled) from Otago Polytechnic provides essential knowledge and skills for careers in the industry. Through practical experience in Wanaka, students learn to lead safe outdoor activities, promote sustainability, and utilize leadership theories and safety management systems, qualifying them for roles as trainee instructors, leaders, or guides.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This program is a New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor and Adventure Education (Multi-skilled) (Level 4) offered by Otago Polytechnic. It is a one-year full-time program designed to provide students with the core skills and knowledge needed to work in the outdoor adventure industry. The program is delivered on campus in Wanaka, New Zealand, and has intakes in February.

Objectives:

The program aims to equip students with the following abilities:

• Manage themselves across a range of outdoor activities, considering equipment, weather, local conditions, logistics, and safety management.
• Apply principles of health, physical, and psychological performance to enhance personal competence and safe participation in various outdoor activities.
• Apply a framework of kaitiakitanga that incorporates respect for the tikanga and kawa of local iwi and/or hap¯u, sustainability, and the environment.
• Utilize leadership theories to inform personal leadership and leadership of peers in a range of outdoor activities.
• Plan, prepare, and lead outdoor activities in low-risk, low technical outdoor environments, under direct supervision.

Careers:

Graduates of this program can pursue paid or volunteer roles as trainee instructors, leaders, or guides within community and private outdoor or adventure education/recreation/tourism providers.

Other:

The program is described as a "great first step into outdoor and adventure education" and is offered in Wanaka, Central Otago, which is known as New Zealand's best outdoor classroom and the country's epicenter of outdoor pursuits. The program also emphasizes the development of leadership, personal communication, group interaction, tikanga, kawa of mana whenua, and sustainable practice skills.

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Approximate full qualification tuition fee | $9,039 | Additional costsYou will need to supply some of your own equipment during this programme. You will be sent a detailed equipment list as part of your enrolment pack.