Apprentice Outdoor Activities Instructor

Introduction

You’ll complete all your training from the Mount Batten Centre, a key gateway to the newly formed Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, where you’ll be trained to instruct a wide range of water and land based adventurous activities.

About the Employer

Mount Batten Centre, a key gateway to the newly formed Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, is one of the leading Watersports and Activities Centres in the South West, providing activities, courses and programmes that both individuals, clubs and event organisers greatly benefit from.

What You’ll Do

• Setting up and taking down of adventurous activity equipment
• Instructing adventurous activities
• Completing maintenance tasks on adventurous activity equipment

Training Outcome

Senior Activities Instructor, Youth worker, Teaching Assistant, Teacher.

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Non judgemental
• Physical fitness

Qualifications

• Essential - GCSE - English - D/3
• Essential - GCSE - Maths - D/3

Course Information

• Course: Outdoor activity instructor (level 3)
• Level: 3
• Route: Health and science
• Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

• Working Week: 30 hours per week on an annualised hours contract
• Typically apprentices will train for 4-5 days across the autumn/winter and then be deployed for 5-6 days across the summer period, exact shifts TBC
• Expected Duration: 11 MonthsNumber of Positions Available: 5
• Training Provider: CHANNEL TRAINING LIMITED