Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership

About the course

If you like to choose your own outdoor adventure, 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 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 bush-walking, canoeing, mountain biking, challenge course (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.

At Box Hill Institute our Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership is unique as it includes environmental and indigenous units – something not all programs offer. You'll learn in the beautiful Yarra Valley, surrounded by bushland and the lake, at our Lilydale Lakeside campus or online through our blending delivery model. We have a broad range of industry partners located all around the state of Vicotora. You will gain hands-on, practical experience in bush-walking, canoeing, mountain biking and challenge course (High Ropes) and be trained to an 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 techniques within placements in your workplace settings.

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

Traineeship: 1 year (weekly online classes each Friday, plus around nine field trips (of around 3 to 5 days in length).

Part time traineeship: available with your employer.

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Industry Based

Part Time

Career Outcomes

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

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Entry Requirements

Students are required to be a minimum of 18 years of age, by the commencment date of the course

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

To complete enrolment, students are required to hold a vaild traineeship contract agreement with their workplace. This traineeship contract agreement is know as the Epsilon registration.

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.

TRAINEESHIP ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

To apply for this course, you must also be registered with an Australian Apprenticeship Support Network Provider and have a training contract with an employer.

We can provide information and support on how to apply for a traineeship with an employer listed by an Australian Apprenticeship Support Network Provider. Contact the Skills & Jobs Centre on (03) 8892 1350 or email sajc.elgar@boxhill.edu.au.

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

Payment Plan

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	$746	$746	$746	$746
Retain Course Items	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Course Estimate	$1,014	$2,090	$6,392	$13,794
Payable Estimate (at commencement)	$1,014	$2,090	$6,392	$13,794

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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