Outdoor Skills
Duration: 20 hours
Summary
If you are looking for a new path to employment, enjoy being outside, keeping healthy and enjoy a challenge, then this course is for you! Over 10 weeks you will learn the basic skills needed to go hiking, camping and live in the outdoors. At the end of the course, you will put all you have learnt in to practice on a 2 day expedition that you plan and complete in teams.
Outcomes
This is a very practical course, you will ‘learn by doing.’ Our friendly and experienced instructors will be on hand to help you do it. Over ten weeks you will cover the following areas:
- How to make a fire
- Cooking on fires and camping stoves
- How to use a map
- How to camp safely
- How to plan a hike
- How to read a weather forecast
- Basic first aid
- How to respect the outdoors
- How to make good choices when things go wrong
Progression
On completion of the course you can progress onto the ‘Level 2 Outdoor Education Apprenticeship’ at Lowestoft College
Other information
Entry requirements
- Aged 19 or over
Qualification
- Unaccredited
Award organisation
- n/a
What you will need
- Notebook and pen
How we will support you
- Financial support application
- Laptop loan can be arranged if required
Book your place now!
Email: info@rflearn.co.uk
Telephone: 0300 456 2050
Alternatively fill in our Course Enquiry form: CLICK HERE
