New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership pathway: Bushwalking
Course details
About the course
Who are these qualifications for?
This suite of qualifications is forbushwalking guides and instructors who wish to use their skills to lead groups and help people explore the New Zealand bush.
Outdoor leaders are confident and clear-headed. They use their practical skills and understanding to plan and run outdoor activities that bring people the benefits of nature. Having been trained in real-life settings, they are equipped to lead and motivate, and handle changing conditions.
These qualifications are designed to be completed in the great outdoors, through a mix of online learning and hands-on practical training.
What's involved?
At least 10 days' experience bushwalking
At least five days' additional experience as a co-leader or assistant leader.
At least 35 days' tramping experience, which must include at least 10 days on multi-day trips
At least five days' experience guiding groups. Guiding experience may include being a co-guide or assistant guide
Overnight trips should include both staying in huts and camping.
At least 40 days' tramping experience, which must include: 20 days on multi-day trips; 10 days instructing, leading or guiding; and 20 personal days
Instructing experience may include being a co-instructor or assistant instructor
Overnight trips should include both staying in huts and camping.
At least 80 days' tramping experience, which must include: 40 days on multi-day trips; 20 personal days; and 20 days instructing, leading or guiding groups on multi-day trips
Overnight trips should include both staying in huts and camping.
About the provider
Te Mahi Ako is a Private Training Enterprise (PTE) funded by the government to create world-class, nationally-recognised programmes linked to qualifications that staff can complete on the job. The benefit of on-the-job training is that you are earning an income, gaining a qualification, and getting real-life experience, all in one go. And because Te Mahi Ako’s programmes are government-subsidised, they are very affordable.
Te Mahi Ako works with a wide range of facilities throughout New Zealand, from small to large. Te Mahi Ako or the facility will provide learning resources and assessment tasks for the staff member, and supporting materials will help the workplace to deliver the training. In some cases, an organisation’s own in-house training programme will be aligned to a Te Mahi Ako programme, so staff members who complete the in-house training will simultaneously earn a national qualification. Te Mahi Ako also has a Recognition of Current Competency process, which means that you may be able to get your existing skills and experience recognised through a qualification.
To enrol in a Te Mahi Ako on-the-job qualification, you must be employed in the industry or be a volunteer. Make sure to check with the business that you’re working in, or would like to work in, to see if they are already registered with Te Mahi Ako.
For more information go to: www.temahiako.org.nz