Career path PDF - Outdoor Council of Canada

Career path PDF - Outdoor Council of Canada

In the Outdoor Industry
Choosing Your Path
Prior Learning & Experience
Base Skills, Assumptions, Habits, Values
Decision – Recreation or Profession?
Outdoor Activity as a Lifestyle
Choice
Career in the Outdoor Industry
Recreational Path
Outdoor
Recreation
Lifestyle
Balance and
Wellbeing
Recreational
level
Certifications
Fitness
Skill
acquisition
Professional Path
Education
Self Study,
Skill
Acquisition
and Practice
Fitness;
health and
wellness
Attitude – “ I AM a Professional”
Certification
PD
Maintaining the
Professional Path
Find a
Focus –
Make
Yourself
Marketable
Be Creative,
Flexible,
and
Purposeful
Recertification
and
Advancing
Professional
Currency
Lifestyle Balance
Ongoing Fitness
– Avoiding
Injury
Education
Mount Royal University – ETOL
Thompson Rivers University - Adventure Guide Program
Lakehead University – Outdoor Rec, Parks & Tourism
Medicine Hat College – Ecotourism and Outdoor
Leadership
College of the Rockies (Fernie) – MAST Program
(Mountain Adventure Skills Training)
Yamnuska Mountain School – Semester Training
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
INDUSTRY
CERTIFICATION
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides/TRU:
o Assistant Alpine Guide
o Alpine Guide
o Assistant Ski Guide
o Ski Guide
o Assistant Rock Guide
o Rock Guide
o Hiking Guide
o Backpacking Guide
o Climbing Gym Instructor Level I
o Climbing Gym Instructor Level II
o Climbing Gym Instructor Level III
o Top-Rope Climbing Instructor
Outdoor Council of Canada
o Field Leader,
o Navigation Module, Winter Module, Equine
Association of Canadian Sea Kayaking
Guides
Paddle Canada
o Trip Instructor
o Flatwater Canoe Instructor
o Moving Water Instructor
Rescue Canada
o Swiftwater Rescue Technician
o Swiftwater Rescue Specialist
o Swiftwater Rope Rescue Technician
o Swiftwater Rescue Instructor
British Columbia River Rafting Guide License
o Oar
o Paddle
Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of British Columbia
Professional Mountain Bike Instructors (PMBI)
British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program
o Rope Rescue Team Leader
o Rope Rescue Team Member
o Search and Rescue Manager
Transport Canada:
o Restricted Marine Radio Operators License
Avalanche Canada
o Safety for Ski Operations I, II, III
o Avalanche Skills Training I, II
Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance:
o Level I, II, III Instructor
Canadian Association of Nordic Ski Instructors
o Telemark Instructor Level I, II, III
Leave-No-Trace
o Master Trainer
Wilderness First Aid:
(various companies)
o Wilderness First Responder (40hr or 80hr)
Drivers Licence: Class 4
•Outdoor Education
•Environmental Education
•Instruction
•Guiding
•Interpretation
•Wilderness Therapy
•Public Safety
•Park Management
•Tourism
•Parks & Recreation
•Camps
•Writing , Video &
Photography
3. Scope of Practice
Conscious Competence Learning
Model
1. Unconscious Incompetence
2. Conscious Incompetence
3. Conscious Competence
4. Unconscious Competence
(based on work by Abraham Maslow)
Importance of having RESERVES……..in
Outdoor Leadership
Knowledge
Experience
Abilities & skills
Time
Fitness
Clothing, equipment
Activities
Never plan to lead right
at the edge of your
“reserves”
Personal Growth
What do YOU need to do to ensure your continual
development as an outdoor leader?
?