Level 3 Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education offers highly useful skills in real contexts. Skills which are both practical and also easily transferable into any workplace.

These skills, such as decision making, planning, risk management, team work, organisation, time management, communication, perseverance and resilience, just to name a few, are all learnt and practiced under pressure, often outside of their comfort zones, in real time, practical situations, much like todays work environments, making them invaluable to all students regardless of their career pathway.

This course also allows students to become more aware of how much they are really capable of by consistently working on the edge of or outside their comfort zones in order to complete challenges they may have initially thought they were not capable of. This allows for huge growth in self-confidence, self-worth and resilience.  It aims to grow a connection with the outdoors and our role as kaitiaki (guardians) of the environment, to ensure it remains pristine for future generations to enjoy.

 13OED has a strong practical component. Students will complete a two-night survival exercise, complete the Tongariro Crossing, learn single rope technique within the context of caving, go canyoning in the Sleeping Gods (Atuatomoe) canyon, train for and perform in the Tough Guy Challenge, learn about weather patterns and undertake a rock-climbing trip.  Students will also have the opportunity to meet and listen to outdoor education providers and learn about career pathways within the industry.