Welcome to effective instruction and leadership skills: This course forms the bedrock of all teaching in the outdoors. If you want to know more about qualifications, go to the NZOIA website.
If you would like to enrol in the Level 4 or 5 strand, email joek@adventureworks.co.nz or go to Adventure Works
In this course, you will find:
Preparing a group to go Sea Kayaking
- Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Injuries and relevant health information - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Pre-existing medical conditions, Injuries and relevant health information
- Participants Gear and Equipment - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Participants Gear and Equipment
- Group and Hazard Management Strategies - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Group and Hazard Management Strategies
- Risk Disclosure - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Risk Disclosure
Skills to lead a group
- Personal Skill: Return a client from a capsized single kayak - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Return a client from a capsized single kayak
- Personal Skill: Return a client to a double kayak - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Return a client to a double sea kayak
- Personal Skill: Sea Kayak Self Rescues - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Sea Kayak Self Rescues
Instructing Skills
- How to Instruct: Loading and unloading kayaks onto a trailer for transportation - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Loading and unloading kayaks onto a trailer for transportation
- How to Instruct: Wet Exits - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Wet Exits
- How to Instruct: Launching - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Launching
- How to Instruct: Paddle Strokes - Power, Touring, Stopping and Reversing - Video
- How to Instruct: Turning Using Paddle Strokes - Video
- How To Instruct: Use and purpose of a rudder - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Use and purpose of a rudder
- Combining Strokes to Maneuver - Video
Care for the environment, teachable moments & Te Ao Maori
- Kaitiakitanga and Teachable Moments - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Kaitiakitanga and Teachable Moments
- Te Ao Maori - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Te Ao Maori
Maps & Charts
- Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 1 - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 1
- Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 2 - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 2
- Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 3 - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 3
- Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 4 - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Reading Charts & Maps for Sea Kayaking Part 4
Equipment, Clothing and Nutrition
- General Kayaking Equipment - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: General Kayaking Equipment Part 1
- Reinforcing Learning: General Kayaking Equipment Part 2
- Equipment Repairs in the field - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Equipment repairs in the field
- Types of cookers and managing groups working with them - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Types of cookers and managing groups working with them
Managing Emergencies
- Applying an organisations Emergency Response Plan - Video
- Reinforcing Learning: Applying an organisations Emergency Response Plan
The content on this online video training platform, Outdoor Leader Training, is provided for educational purposes and offers recommendations and concepts. It's important to note that Outdoor Leader Training does not endorse or prescribe specific methodologies or only 'one way'. We do not assume responsibility for the actions or decisions made by viewers based on the content. We encourage that the safety of you and your clients are at the heart of all your actions while simultaneously prioritising looking after the environment.