Adventure Tourism Leadership
Some of the very best learning in life comes through challenging your personal boundaries and training to work well in difficult situations.
Get outdoors, get active and have fun while you learn a wide range of outdoor skills. At the same time the Adventure Tourism Leadership programme allows you to develop your personal leadership style, enhance your communication skills, and determine your contribution to creating a high functioning team.
These personal and social skills are not only critical in today’s world of work they are transferable to any career path you choose to take. During the Level 2 course you will experience mountain biking, caving, sea kayaking, rock climbing and camping, and in so doing, gain valuable credits at NCEA Level 2.
The Level 3 course builds on existing outdoor skills allowing students to become more confident and skilled in different outdoor environments and wilderness emergency response situations.
Student Stories
Asher Harris
For Asher, the real highlights of the Adventure programme have been pushing his physical skills to new limits as well as further enhancing his personal and social skills working alongside other young people on the course.
Donje Jamieson
Donje heard about the programme through her school Careers Advisor. “It sounded like such a good opportunity that I thought I’d give it a go. I come from a small school and this has helped me to meet new people, learn some really cool things and develop my leadership skills.”
Find out more about what you will learn in the programme
On completion of this course you will be able to:
Level 2
- Demonstrate safe practices for participation in high ropes course
activities. - Demonstrate basic knowledge of safe abseil techniques.
- Demonstrate rock climbing skills on at least three Ewbank Grade 12 and above climbs.
- Demonstrate paddling skills and basic safety skills and rescues for paddling on moving water.
- Communicate in a team or group which has an objective.
- Demonstrate basic caving skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge of preparation for an outdoor activity.
- Demonstrate riding skills for mountain biking on grade 2 terrain.
- Set up and undertake basic maintenance of a mountain or cycle touring bike.
Level 3
- Prepare for, participate in, and evaluate an outdoor experience as a member of a group.
- Demonstrate knowledge of
weather patterns, survival skills
and navigation in the outdoors.
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: Some unit standards may change. Final information on the standards specific to your course will be available prior to starting your programme.
Key Details
4 x four day block courses (includes overnight)
Whenua Iti Outdoors
Training Pathways
- Diploma in Adventure Tourism*
- Health Science (Paramedicine)
- Royal New Zealand Police College
- Diploma in Applied Fitness
- Bachelor in Sport and Recreation*
- New Zealand Armed Forces Training
* 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
- New Zealand Army, Navy or Air Force
- Outdoor Physical Education Teacher
- Paramedic, Search and Rescue Emergency Management
- New Zealand Police Force
- Outdoor Instructor
- Adventure Tourism Guide
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