Adventure Skills Development (End of Year Programme)
Looking for something more? Whenua Iti offers two unique Level 3 residential programmes in the later part of the year.
Connect to nature while developing your outdoor adventure skills in our local national parks, learning about conservation and biodiversity management to protect these taonga.
These 9 day residential programmes offer Level 3 credits and give students the opportunity to extend their skills and passions through focused and challenging programmes in the outdoors. If you’re looking for a challenge in the outdoors and want to follow your environmental passion, these programmes may be for you.
The Adventure Skills Development Level 3 course is a multi-activity, residential, adventure training programme, where students have the opportunity to explore the wilderness of Te Tauihu (Top of the South Island) – a perfect multi-adventure platform to build up outdoors expertise, skills and confidence. The programme will include 3 x 3-day expeditions, each with a different focus or activity. Activities may include a mixture of any of the following: sea-kayaking, tramping, rock climbing or caving. Specific activities will be determined closer to the time and may vary depending on the time of year and weather conditions. The course will provide students with skills in bush survival, navigation and cooking in the outdoors.
Students will have the opportunity to complete
15 credits at Level 3.
The alternative 9 day residential programme is Kaitiaki Leadership
Find out more about what you will learn in the programme
On completion of this course you will be able to:
- Prepare for, participate in, and evaluate an outdoor experience as a member of a group.
Uniformed Services (Level 2) and Adventure Tourism Leadership (Level 2) provide pathways into this Level 3 programme. Students with equivalent experience in the outdoors can also be accepted onto the Level 3 course.
Note: This course runs later in the year and is thus subject to TOTSTA funding being available. Some unit standards may change. Final information on the standards specific to your course will be available prior to starting your programme.
Key Details
9 days/8 nights
Whenua Iti Outdoors
Training Pathways
- Diploma in Adventure Tourism*
- Diploma in Applied Fitness
* Available locally through NMIT
NB – these are indicative career paths only. The leadership, technical and social skills focused on as a part of this Trades Academy option can complement many other career pathways.
Employment Opportunities
Employment opportunities
- Outdoor Physical Education Teacher
- Outdoor Instructor
- Adventure Tourism Guide
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