Outdoor Instructor
Training
Roping Guide Courses
Outdoor Discoveries has succeeded
in becoming a National Outdoor Leader
Registration Scheme (NOLRS) Partnered Assessment Provider (PAP) for our
abseiling and climbing guide courses.
We currently run a 7-day Abseiling Guide Course (Single
PItch - Natural Surfaces) and a 4-day Restriced Abseiling and Climbing Guide
Course (Single Pitch - Artificial Surfaces).
History
In 1991 the Abseiling Assessment Panel was
formed in WA to meet the concerns in the outdoor industry with the
standard of abseiling instructors in the state. An Abseiling
Instructor Course was set up and Instructor's In Charge were
selected. The course has been running since this time under the
auspices of a number of organisations such a TAFE, Edith Cowan
University and the Department of Sport and Recreation.
In early 2002 Central TAFE took on the Abseiling Instructor Course with
a commitment to provide nationally
recognised training. Central TAFE put out a tender for an
organisation to take on the technical training and assessment and
Outdoor Discoveries won the contract. From July 2002 to December
2003 Central TAFE in partnership with Outdoor
Discoveries provided accredited training in the six Outdoor Recreation
Training Package competencies required by Outdoors WA as the minimum
requirement for recognition as an Abseiling Instructor in WA.
Instructor in Charge
David Byers has been involved with Abseiling
Instructor/Guide training since 1992. He is working as the
Instructor in Charge for the Abseiling Guide courses in Perth and
Albany.
David Byers has been an outdoor educator for more than thirty years
including
fifteen years as an outdoor education teacher with the DET, as
coordinator of
the Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Outdoor Pursuits)
at
Edith Cowan University and further lecturing at that institution,
several
seasons working with the National Outdoor Leadership School, and most
recently five years as an outdoor education trainer and consultant with
Outdoor
Discoveries. He has been involved in many outdoor comittees
and developmental processes including the Abseiling Assessment Panel
and
the Cave Leadership Assessment Panel. He has been heavily involved with
the
drafting and review of the outdoor activity statements with the DET
since 1989.
A summary of his experience follows:
- Multi-pitch Abseiling Instructor - Natural Surfaces and
Bushwalking
Instructor - Unmodified Landscapes with the
National Outdoor Leader Registration Scheme
- Certificate IV Workplace Trainer / Assessor
- Foundation Member Western Australia College of Teaching
- Outdoor Industry Assessors Course -
Regency Institute of TAFE
(1998) - Course run by Cathy
Kingsford and
Peter Van Der Peer.
- Coordinator of the Graduate Diploma in
Applied Science
(Outdoor Pursuits) at Edith Cowan University for 8 years full
time
- Course coordinator for the Abseiling
Instructor
Course 1997,1998 and 1999
- Secretary of the Abseiling Assessment
Panel from 1995
to 1999
- Instructor in Charge on Abseiling
Instructors Courses
since 1993
- Consultant to 2003/2004 EDWA guidelines
review process
- Responsible for planning and running
adult training programs over a number of years at tertiary and
community level
- Outdoor Education Teacher with the
Education
Department for 15 years
- Course Leader with the National Outdoor
Leadership
School on courses in the Kimberley and on mountain courses in the USA
Abseiling
Guide/Instructor Course Natural Surfaces
As of January 2004 Outdoor Discoveries
has entered into a contract arrangement with the South West College
of TAFE taking the role of the Registered Training Organisation.
The new 7 day course is called the Abseiling Guide Course (Single
Pitch -
Natural Surfaces).
You will be trained and assessed in nine units
of competency and have the option to take part in a skills recognition
process for another seven units from national training packages.
These units together with a current first aid qualification and a
logbook of recent guiding experience will allow registration with the
National Outdoor Leader Registration Scheme.
Graduates of the course will receive a
statement of attainment for the following units:
- SRXGRO001A Facilitate a group
- SRXGRO002A Deal with conflict
- SROODR002A Plan outdoor recreation activities
- SROOPS002B Plan for minimal environmental impact
- SROODR005A Guide outdoor recreation sessions
- SROODR003A Plan outdoor recreation activities
(advanced)
- SROOPS003B Apply weather information
- SRXINU002A Apply sport and
recreation law
- SRXOHS001B Follow defined Occupational Health
and Safety policy and procedures
- SRXRIK001A Undertake risk analysis
of activities
- SROODR002A Plan outdoor recreation activities
(optional)
- SROVTR001A Perform vertical rescues
- SROABN002A Safeguard an abseiler using a single
rope belay system
- SROABN003A Apply single pitch abseiling skills
on natural surfaces
- SROABN004A Establish ropes for single pitch
abseiling on natural surfaces
- SROABN007A Guide abseiling on natural surfaces
(single pitch)
- SRXEMR001A Respond to emergency situations
The next courses are being run on:
- 5th to 11th July
2008
- First week of December 2008 (Tentative)
– To be confirmed.
- Third week of January 2009 (Tentative)
– To be confirmed.
The cost is $980.00 including GST. Further details
here.
All enrolments
take place
through the South West College of TAFE:
Contact:
Tammy Ness / Leone
Gruiters
Environment, Land and Science
South West College of TAFE
Ph: (08) 9780 7319 Fax: (08) 9780 7326
Email: Tammy.Ness@swrc.wa.edu.au
Restricted Abseiling Climbing
Guide Course Artificial Surfaces
As of April 2008 Outdoor Discoveries
has succeeded in becoming a National Outdoor Leader
Registration Scheme (NOLRS) Partnered Assessment Provider (PAP) for our
abseiling and climbing guide courses. Due to industry demand we
have designed a new course for those who guide abseiling and climbing
on artificial surfaces and would like to be registered with
NOLRS. The new 4 day course is called the Restricted Abseiling
and Climbing Guide Course (Single Pitch -
Artificial Surfaces).
You will be trained and
assessed in eight units of competency and have the option to take part
in a
skills recognition process for another eight units from national
training
packages. These units together with
a current first aid qualification and a
logbook of recent guiding experience will allow registration with the
NOLRS.
Graduates of the course will receive a letter outlining that they have
been trained and assessed to the following units:
- SRXFAD001A Provide First Aid
- SRXGRO001A Facilitate a Group
- SRXGRO002A Deal with Conflict
- SRXINU002A Apply
sport and recreation law
- SRXOHS001B Follow defined
Occupational Health and Safety policy and procedures
- SRXRIK001A Undertake
risk analysis of activities
- SROODR002A Plan Outdoor
Recreation Activities
- SROOPS002A Plan for Minimal
Environmental Impact
- SROODR005A Guide Outdoor
Recreation Sessions
- SROABA002A Apply single
pitch abseiling skills on artificial surfaces
- SROABA003A Establish ropes
for abseiling on artificial surfaces
- SROCLA002A Apply climbing
skills on artificial surfaces
- SROCLA003A Establish belays
for climbing on artificial surfaces
- SRXEMR001A Respond to
emergency situations
- SROCLA008A Guide climbing
activities on artificial surfaces (single pitch)
- SROABA005A Guide abseiling
on artificial surfaces (single pitch)
The next courses are being run on:
- 2nd to 5th October 2008 - (To be
confirmed)
For an additional cost a statement of attainment from SW Regional
College can be provided.
The cost is $550.00 including GST. Further details here.
Contact:
Brett Huntly
Outdoor Discoveries
Ph: 0407084945 Fax: (08) 9757 7282
Email: brett@outdoordiscoveries.com.au
Canoeing
Instructor Course
Courses in planning phase. More details soon.
Caving Instructor Course
Courses in planning phase. More details soon.