Kaitiaki Leadership (End of Year Programme)
Connect to nature while developing your outdoor adventure skills in our local national parks, learning about conservation and biodiversity management to protect these taonga.
The Kaitiaki Leadership Programme will build your adventure skills and conservation knowledge, from both Western and te āo Māori perspectives, across 9 days of multi-activity expeditions. A focus of this programme will be on conservation, including predator trapping and control. There will also be the opportunity to contribute to existing conservation projects. Activities can vary depending on the time of year and weather conditions.
The course will provide you with skills required for active conservation work that could include bushcraft, tramping skills, cooking in the outdoors & navigation. You will explore the wilderness of Te Tauihu (Top of the South Island) and/or Te Tai Poutini (West Coast) -perfect platforms to build up your conservation awareness and understanding of kaitiakitanga principles in environmental management of these sites.
Participants also have the opportunity to complete 13 Level 3 NCEA credits while on this programme.
The alternative 9 day programme available is Adventure Skills Development.
Find out more about what you will learn in the programme
On completion of this course you will be able to:
- Prepare and use traps to control rural pest animals.
- Contribute withing a team or group which has an objective
As this course requires students to operate in the outdoors at a high level, it is recommended that students are reasonably independent in their approach to learning, have an ability to self-manage and have a high level of interest in the outdoors and conservation.
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 residential block course
Able Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks
Training Pathways
- New Zealand Certificate in Pest Operations – Urban Pest Control (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Conservation (Operations) (Level 4)*
- Kaitiaki Whenua Trainee Ranger*
- New Zealand Diploma in Environmental Management (Level 5)
- Bachelor of Environmental Management
* Available locally at NMIT
Employment Opportunities
Employment opportunities
- Hunter/trapper
- Pest Control Technician
- Park Ranger and Other Roles with the Department of Conservation (DOC)
- Biosecurity Officer
- Environmental Scientist
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