High Adventure Outdoor Education Centre

High Adventure Outdoor Education Centre Ltd takes the training & professional development of all Trainee Instructors very seriously. We work very hard & put a great deal of time, money & most importantly energy into the progress & professional development of all the Trainee Instructors on our programme.

The successful candidates must understand that the same commitment is required in return & that the ‘Trainee Year’ is a highly challenging BUT equally rewarding year. You MUST be 21 years old and have a full driving licence as well as a drive and determination to succeed in a challenging but very rewarding industry. We are not interested in any applications from people with the idea of this being a ‘gap year’ type option. We will look to select candidates that can demonstrate a motivation to want to be in the outdoor industry and become a good and articulate outdoor instructor.

We look forward to welcoming you to the ‘Outdoor Industry’ & expect a great deal of energy, enthusiasm & hard work from you during your Trainee Year. For those candidates that show a genuine passion for this vocation there will be the opportunity to continue your career with us on our Developing Instructor Programme. In this second year we will help to extend your professional development & competencies in climbing, caving, canoeing, hill walking, kayaking along with PCV Minibus Driving.

In 2011 we took on 7 TI’s from a selection process which involved the them firstly work for or volunteering at one of our Summer Camps. When then invite a number of Summer Staff to spend a week at High Adventure’s main site, a kind of interview week where they get to see what its all about. We have now taken on our 2012 cohort and will be putting them through the course. Once again we have taken on 7 trainee instructor positions, all of which have come to us having previously worked or volunteered at one of our summer camps in either the Lakes District or Staffordshire.

If you would like to be considered for the 2013 Instructor Training programme, please consider spending some time working or volunteering at one of our 2012 Summer Camps. If you would like more information on this please contact Chris Jepson in January 2012 by email chris@highadventureoec.co.uk

If working or volunteering at the summer camps is not for you, please try your luck by emailing me next October, however each year we consider applicants who have spent time at the summer camps before other applicants.

What are the 2012 training instructors doing?

Local Cave Leader Level 1 Training & Assessment

Single Pitch Award Training & Assessment

Mt Bike Instructor Award Scheme Level 1 training & Assessment as well as Level 2 Training

Paddling tickets – FSRT, 1 & 2 star paddlesports, 3 star canoe, Level 1 paddlesport coach training & Assessment

First Aid in the Outdoors.

D1/PCV minibus physical and theory tests.

As well as in house training.

 

5 out of our 7 training instructors from 2011 completed all of the above. The two who didn’t complete only missed out on doing their Local Cave Leader Level 1 group day assessment due to poor weather conditions but completed everything else. They will complete this in January 2012.

All 7 of the 2011 training instructors will be staying on with us to do a second year.

What are the second year instructors doing?

Local Cave Leader Level 2 Training & Assessment

Mountain Leader Training & Assessment

Mt Bike Instructor Scheme Level 2 Assessment

Paddling tickets – 3 star kayak, Level 2 paddlesports coach training & Assessment

PCV Minibus Practical Test.

 Its going to be a fun filled year in 2012, so if it sounds like something you’d like to get involved in please contact Chris in January to find out more about getting a foot in the door at the summer camps. I get over 500 applicants each year for the training instructor programme, if you spend time at the summer camps it gives us a chance to get to know you which increases your chance of being invited to an interview week.

Cheers,

Mick Ellerton,

Centre Manager