Avondale University

Diploma of Outdoor Leadership - SIS50421

Avondale University

Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS: 02731D

This qualification reflects the role of highly skilled senior leaders or program, logistics and operations managers.Senior leaders lead and supervise dependent participants in recreational activities and have a role in planning these activities. They are highly proficient in activity techniques and have well-developed leadership skills to manage group participation, cohesion, operational logistics, risk and significant problems as they arise.Managers are involved in recreational program planning, implementation and evaluation, facility and equipment management, the leadership of personnel, and the operational management of a department or a small business.All work with significant autonomy, using initiative and judgement to analyse and solve complex problems, and to design systematic approaches to operational practices.This qualification provides pathway to work for any type of organisation that delivers outdoor recreation activities including commercial, not-for-profit and government organisations.The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Subjects

  • Cross rivers during bushwalks
  • Respond to boating emergencies and incidents
  • Organise and communicate information
  • Manage horse illness and injury in remote areas
  • Navigate in difficult tracked environments
  • Coordinate emergency responses
  • Guide horse trail rides in untracked areas
  • Lead multi pitch climbing activities on natural surfaces, lead climbing
  • Handle horses
  • Lead canyoning activities, intermediate to advanced canyons
  • Paddle a kayak on grade 2 rivers
  • Carry out vehicle inspection
  • Ride off road bicycles on intermediate trails
  • Paddle a sea kayak in sheltered coastal waters
  • Lead single pitch climbing activities on natural surfaces, lead climbing
  • Mentor in the workplace
  • Engage respectfully with young people
  • Plan outdoor activity sessions
  • Lead canyoning activities, easy to intermediate canyons
  • Develop and implement community programs
  • Lead surfing activities, advanced manoeuvres
  • Establish belays for multi pitch climbing on natural surfaces
  • Lead canoeing activities on grade 2 rivers
  • Conduct search and rescue
  • Establish ropes and belays for abseils in intermediate to advanced canyons
  • Self rescue in white water
  • SCUBA dive using Enriched Air Nitrox
  • Develop and manage a budget
  • Establish ropes for multi pitch abseiling on natural surfaces
  • Assess competence
  • Develop tourism products
  • Manage work health and safety
  • Plan assessment activities and processes
  • Lead and participate in complex white water rescues
  • Perform basic surf rescues
  • Manage personal and professional development
  • Guide a raft on grade 3 rivers
  • Develop interpretive activities
  • Manage business resources
  • Use snow craft skills for alpine touring
  • SCUBA dive in open water to a maximum depth of 18 metres
  • Complete underwater search and recovery dives
  • Surf waves using intermediate manoeuvres
  • Recognise and respond to crisis situations
  • Lead canoeing activities on moving water up to grade 1 rivers
  • Bushwalk in difficult tracked environments
  • Paddle a sea kayak in enclosed waters
  • Lead rafting activities on grade 4 rivers
  • Respond to critical situations
  • Manage team effectiveness
  • Paddle a canoe on moving water up to grade 1 rivers
  • Manage challenge course
  • Develop outdoor recreation programs
  • Lead cycling activities on roads, up to moderate terrain and heavy traffic
  • Lead rafting activities on grade 3 rivers
  • Lead tour groups
  • Lead climb single pitches, natural surfaces
  • Lead surfing activities, intermediate manoeuvres
  • Recover four wheel drive vehicles
  • Lead skiing activities on intermediate cross country terrain
  • Operate four wheel drive vehicle
  • Lead multi pitch abseiling activities on natural surfaces
  • Lead kayaking activities on moving water up to grade 1 rivers
  • Acquire and educate horses for sport or recreational programs
  • Plan and interpret market research
  • Abseil multi pitches, natural surfaces
  • Instruct horse handling skills
  • Coordinate work teams or groups
  • Provide first aid and emergency care for horses or other equines
  • Manage volunteer workforce development
  • Prepare and present tour commentaries or activities
  • Design and develop assessment tools
  • Surf waves using advanced manoeuvres
  • Manage stock supply and purchase
  • Paddle a canoe on grade 2 rivers
  • Support the rights and safety of children and young people
  • Determine nutritional requirements for sport or recreational horses
  • Lead challenge course sessions, low elements
  • Perform basic water rescues
  • Design adventure-based learning programs
  • Lead specialised SCUBA diving activities
  • Paddle a kayak on moving water up to grade 1 rivers
  • Paddle a kayak on grade 3 rivers
  • Lead sea kayaking activities in sheltered coastal waters
  • Navigate waterway courses
  • Perform advanced water rescues
  • Top rope climb single pitches, natural surfaces
  • Rescue others in white water
  • Bushwalk in extremely difficult tracked and untracked environments
  • Navigate in urban, regional and remote areas
  • Abseil in easy to intermediate canyons
  • Manage extended touring programs
  • Lead sea kayaking activities in exposed coastal waters
  • Establish belays for single pitch climbing on natural surfaces
  • Paddle a sea kayak in exposed coastal waters
  • Provide work skill instruction
  • Develop and use emotional intelligence
  • Abseil in intermediate to advanced canyons
  • Coordinate facility and equipment acquisition and maintenance
  • Interpret weather and environmental conditions for outdoor recreation activities
  • Operate a four wheel drive in a towing situation
  • Implement an equine facility maintenance, improvement and management program
  • Identify hazards, assess and control safety risks for horse handling and riding activities
  • SCUBA dive from boats
  • Prepare specialised interpretive content on cultural and heritage environments
  • Navigate in tracked environments
  • Facilitate adventure-based learning activities
  • Develop and maintain the general and regional knowledge required by guides
  • Navigate in extremely difficult tracked and untracked environments
  • Protect children and young people
  • Safely operate a mechanically powered recreational boat
  • Instruct the advancement of recreational horse riding skills
  • Lead kayaking activities on grade 2 rivers
  • Carry out trip preparation and planning
  • Manage risk for outdoor programs
  • Prevent and treat equine injury and disease
  • Prepare specialised interpretive content on marine environments
  • Develop culturally appropriate tourism operations
  • Coordinate human resource functions and processes
  • Develop and implement procedures to enable young people to address their needs
  • Plan and navigate routes
  • Coordinate client service activities
  • Lead challenge course sessions, high elements
  • Provide first aid in remote locations
  • Research and share general information on Australian Indigenous cultures
  • Lead four wheel driving activities
  • Lead single pitch climbing activities on natural surfaces, top rope climbing
  • Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships
  • Paddle a kayak on inland flatwater
  • Maintain legal knowledge for organisation governance
  • Paddle a canoe on inland flatwater
  • Inspect and fill SCUBA cylinders
  • Lead kayaking activities on inland flatwater
  • Provide First Aid
  • Apply critical thinking skills in a team environment
  • Assess horses for sport or recreational performance
  • Guide a raft on grade 4 rivers
  • Facilitate groups
  • Perform complex vertical rescues
  • Instruct fundamental horse riding skills
  • Develop environmentally sustainable tourism operations
  • Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
  • SCUBA dive to depths between 18 and 40 metres
  • Ride bicycles on roads, up to moderate terrain and heavy traffic
  • Lead canoeing activities on inland flatwater
  • Set up and supervise challenge course sessions, high elements
  • Set up and supervise challenge course sessions, low elements
  • Plan for minimal environmental impact
  • Lead bushwalks in difficult tracked environments
  • Facilitate inclusion for people with a disability
  • Condition horses for sport or recreational performance
  • Lead bushwalks in extremely difficult tracked and untracked environments
  • Plan and conduct group activities
  • Set up, maintain and repair bicycles
  • Lead climb multi pitches, natural surfaces
  • Manage legal compliance in sport and recreation
  • Ski on intermediate cross country terrain
  • Operate communications systems and equipment
  • Identify hazards, assess and control risks for outdoor recreation activities
  • Participate in assessment validation
  • Perform vertical rescues
  • Ride horses using fundamental skills
  • Recruit and manage volunteers
  • Lead sea kayaking activities in enclosed waters
  • Plan and conduct disability programs
  • Coordinate and operate tours
  • SCUBA dive at night
  • Lead off road cycling activities on intermediate trails
  • Establish ropes and belays for abseils in easy to intermediate canyons
  • Conduct sustainable work practices in open spaces
  • Ride horses on untracked trail rides
  • Select, set up and operate a temporary or overnight site
  • Prepare specialised interpretive content on flora, fauna and landscape
  • Traverse canyons
  • Lead kayaking activities on grade 3 rivers
  • Carry out vehicle servicing and maintenance

Study information

CampusFeesMid year intakeAttendance
Lake Macquarie International: $19,500 No
  • Full-time : 12 months

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