Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership

About the course

If you like to choose your own outdoor adventures, then this course is an ideal choice for you. It will open up career pathways within the outdoor recreation, outdoor education, teaching, sports management, tourism, adventure tourism and international guiding sectors. Your potential employment settings could include the corporate world, education and private enterprise.

To prepare you for the demands of the industry, our course focuses on outdoor activity training to both guide and instructor levels. You will learn specific skills in areas including bushwalking, canoeing, mountain biking, challenge courses (high ropes), risk management, navigation and trip planning. Develop the capabilities required to plan and deliver an outdoor recreation program for a wide range of clients.

This outdoor leadership course is unique as it includes environmental and indigenous units – something not all programs offer. You'll learn in the beautiful Yarra Valley, surrounded by bushlands, with Lilydale lake at the front door of our Lilydale Lakeside campus. Our industry partners are located within a 20km radius of the campus. You’ll also gain hands-on, practical experience in bushwalking, canoeing, mountain biking and challenge course (high ropes), and be trained at instructor level.

Make the most of our vast network of supportive employers, industry bodies and employment opportunities to gain practical industry experience and become ‘job ready’ before you finish your course. Gather on-the-job experience and further develop your guiding and instructing techniques within placements in different workplace settings. This way, you will best position yourself for future employment opportunities at the completion of the course.

Course Details

Intake Dates & Course Length
Career Outcomes
Entry Requirements
Pathways & Accreditation
Fees & Finance Options
Course Structure
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Intake Dates & Course Length

February & July

Full time: 1 year.

In conjunction with 2 days of face to face classes per week (Monday & Tuesday) the course also comprises several 3 to 5 day long field trips (in total, 9 are expected across the year). Field trips replace face to face classess when scheduled and may require participation in the field from Monday to Friday. Please speak with the faculty for additional information regarding field trip dates.

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Lilydale Campus

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Full Time

Career Outcomes

Outdoor Guide (uncontrolled environment)
Outdoor Instructor
Site Manager
Camp Facilitator
Specialist Activity Instructor
Tour Guide

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Entry Requirements

Student are required to be a minimum of 18 years of age, by the course start date.

It is recommended to have some prior outdoor recreation industry experience before entry into this qualification.

PRE-TRAINING REVIEW - to assist prospective students to determine whether a course is suitable and appropriate for the individual needs, Box Hill Institute will assess all students’ language, literacy and numeracy and digital literacy by asking you to undertake a self-assessment review prior to the enrolment. A course advisor will discuss the outcomes of the review and make recommendations about whether the course is suitable for you, and identify additional support where required.

Pathways & Accreditation

Successful completion will enable you to apply for the Diploma of Outdoor Leadership, Diploma of Sport (Coaching and Sport Development), Certificate III and IV in Fitness. You may wish to pathway into University to a Bachelor of Education (Outdoor Education).

This course is government accredited and has national recognition

The qualification is aligned with the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) level 4

Fees & Finance Options

This training is provided with funds made available by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments.

	Free TAFE	Government Subsidised Concession	Government Subsidised Standard	Full Fee
Tuition Fee	$0	$1,076	$5,378	$12,780
Service & Amenity Fee	$268	$268	$268	$268
Material Fee	$1,757	$1,757	$1,757	$1,757
Retain Course Items	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Course Estimate	$2,025	$3,101	$7,403	$14,805
Payable Estimate (at commencement)	$2,025	$3,101	$7,403	$14,805

Service & Amenity Fee may vary depending on course commencement and enrolment duration. Retain Course Items are purchased once by the student prior to commencing. Those items then become the property of the student. Fees listed are at 2024 rates and may increase annually over the duration of delivery. The student tuition fees listed are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. For more information please contact our Course Advisors on 1300 BOX HILL.

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