1. The Outdoor Tourism Project Training for a career in the outdoor sector The Outdoor Partnership Conwy CC Gwynedd CC Dun Laoghaire Kildare Kilkenny #trainingsymposium @OutdoorTourism @PAA_TOP (Outdoorpartnership) @glasdirLlanrwst @mikerraine

2. Apprenticeships An Apprenticeship is a real job with training so you can earn while you learn and pick up some nationally recognised qualifications as you go Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading)trainingtradeprofession One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a sp ecific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business. 2. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labour union. 3. A beginner; a learner. in which trainees learn a craft or trade by hands- onexperience while working with a skilled worker, usually under a written or implied indentureship agreement.tradehands- onexperienceworkingskilled workeragreement Government Funding Or is it?

3. Outdoor Pursuits Education Learning Sports Tourism Activities The Outdoors The Outdoor Sector

4. Outdoor Tourism Outdoor Education or Learning? Outdoor Pursuits or Activities? It’s not simply what we do but it’s where we do it, why we do it, when we do it, who we do it with and to what level we do it with Open environments/ closed environments Open environments/ closed environments Who pays?

5. Selection Process The Outdoor Tourism Project Instructor Scheme (Wales)

6. 6/8 week training Period at Plas y Brenin The Outdoor Tourism Project Instructor Scheme (Wales)

7. On going work experience and time in college

8. Three month Block Work experience Gone! ML L2 SPA D1 BTEC L3 = JOBS

9. The Outdoor Tourism Project halfPLC Course in Outdoor Sport and Recreation, Duiske College, Graiguenamanagh

10. NGB and Skills Development

11. FETAC Modules

12. Sport and Recreation Alliance AIAC AALS WATO Wales tourism Alliance Snowdonia Attractions Tourism Partnership North Wales Councils Visit Wales NGB ’ s plus MTA, AMI type bodies AHOEC IOL Britain on Foot SkillsActive Mountain Training and other NGB’s OEAP Outdoor Industries Association Outdoor Writers Guild CCPR English Outdoor Council Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee, Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, British Activity Providers Association, Snowdonia Active The English Outdoor Council IOL Employers Group Outdoor Pursuits Group (Sports Council for Wales) Wales Outdoor Adventure Activities Forum British Activity Providers Association Outdoor Recreation Network The body which represents the Outdoor sector is...