TAFE NSW

Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation - SIS40313

TAFE NSW

Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E

This qualification is part of the Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package. It provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to be competent in guiding outdoor recreation activities in an uncontrolled environment, and instructing outdoor recreation skills.

Structure

  • 31 units: 15 core
  • 16 elective

Subjects

  • Apply laddering skills
  • Conduct projects
  • Guide off-road cycle tours
  • Establish complex belays in canyons
  • Apply advanced off-highway motorcycling skills
  • Instruct sea kayaking in easy to moderate conditions
  • Apply kayaking skills
  • Select, catch and use bait
  • Demonstrate navigation skills in a controlled environment
  • Apply single pitch abseiling skills on artificial surfaces
  • Plan and conduct sport and recreation programs
  • Instruct canoeing skills on Grade 2 water
  • Alpine ski downhill on advanced terrain
  • Participate in assessment validation
  • Instruct abseiling on single pitch natural surfaces
  • Set up and operate a campsite
  • Apply top rope climbing skills on artificial surfaces
  • Instruct advanced surfing skills
  • Guide top rope climbing activities on artificial surfaces
  • Snowboard on intermediate terrain
  • Instruct SCUBA diving skills
  • Guide canoeing trips on flat and undemanding water
  • Design and adapt surroundings to group requirements
  • Work effectively with young people in the youth work context
  • Establish belays for climbing on natural surfaces
  • Demonstrate simple personal water craft skills in controlled conditions
  • Provide information on issues and policies
  • Establish belays for climbing on artificial surfaces
  • Educate, ride and care for horses and equipment
  • Apply advanced off-road cycling skills
  • Instruct small boat yachting
  • Instruct abseiling on single pitch artificial surfaces
  • Prepare specialised interpretive content on cultural and heritage environments
  • Demonstrate inland kayaking skills on Grade 3 water
  • Establish belays for multi pitch climbing on natural surfaces
  • Provide outdoor catering
  • Guide kayaking trips on Grade 2 water
  • Snowboard on advanced terrain
  • Demonstrate advanced cross country skiing skills
  • Respond to emergency situations
  • Develop and maintain the general and regional knowledge required by guides
  • Guide on-road cycle tours
  • Instruct fishing skills
  • Guide top rope climbing activities on natural surfaces
  • Demonstrate snorkelling activities
  • Guide multi pitch canyoning trips
  • Guide kayaking trips on Grade 3 water
  • Perform diver rescues
  • Instruct kayaking skills on Grade 2 water
  • Apply search and rescue skills
  • Coordinate and operate tours
  • Demonstrate sea kayaking skills
  • Supervise a low ropes session
  • Instruct bushwalks in an intermediate environment
  • Facilitate adventure-based learning activities
  • Instruct lead climbing on single pitch artificial surfaces
  • Manage extended touring programs
  • Perform rescues in moderate to difficult surf conditions
  • Perform vertical rescues
  • Demonstrate self rescue skills in white water
  • Apply intermediate bushwalking skills
  • Coordinate emergency responses
  • Apply navigation skills in an intermediate environment
  • Apply inland canoeing skills on Grade 3 water
  • Conduct a low ropes session
  • Use long boards in difficult conditions
  • Establish belays for multi pitch climbing on artificial surfaces
  • Select, rig and use terminal tackle
  • Apply overnight cycle touring skills
  • Work with key stakeholders
  • Apply multi pitch abseiling skills on natural surfaces
  • Ride horses in remote areas
  • Coordinate recovery of 4WD vehicles
  • Guide overnight horse trail rides in tracked areas
  • Maintain natural areas
  • Drive a 4WD vehicle in difficult terrain
  • Select, use and maintain fishing tackle outfits
  • Perform cave rescues
  • Interpret weather for marine environments
  • SCUBA dive in open water to a maximum depth of 18 metres
  • Demonstrate basic horse riding skills
  • Sail a small boat in moderate and variable conditions
  • Prepare and present tour commentaries or activities
  • Apply lead climbing skills on artificial surfaces
  • Support implementation of environmental management practices
  • Establish ropes for single pitch abseiling on natural surfaces
  • Apply vertical canyoning skills
  • Perform advanced level surfing manoeuvres
  • Work as a guide
  • Demonstrate white water rescues and recoveries
  • Alpine free ski on all terrain
  • Complete night dives
  • Instruct lead climbing on single pitch natural surfaces
  • Instruct off-road cycling skills
  • Apply on-road cycling skills
  • Guide lead climbing activities on multi pitch natural surfaces
  • Instruct windsurfing
  • Catch and handle fish
  • Establish ropes for multi pitch abseiling on artificial surfaces
  • Apply intermediate cross country skiing skills
  • Guide day snowboarding activities
  • Rig a complex pitch using caving specific techniques
  • Prevent and treat equine injury and disease
  • Instruct cycle touring skills
  • Address client needs
  • Guide overnight and extended cycle tours
  • Apply single pitch abseiling skills in caves
  • Apply climbing skills on natural surfaces
  • Plan and conduct disability recreation programs
  • Demonstrate basic off-highway motorcycling skills
  • Guide a SCUBA dive
  • Guide trail rides in remote areas
  • Manage horse illness and injuries in remote areas
  • Instruct abseiling on multi pitch artificial surfaces
  • Provide services for young people appropriate to their needs and circumstances
  • Guide canoeing trips on Grade 3 water
  • Apply inland canoeing skills on Grade 2 water
  • Apply snow craft skills for overnight touring
  • Perform complex white water rescues and recoveries
  • Rig ropes and establish belays in caves
  • Perform complex vertical rescues
  • Provide work skill instruction
  • Assess competence
  • Apply multi pitch lead climbing skills on artificial surfaces
  • Work effectively with people with a disability
  • Research and share general information on Australian Indigenous cultures
  • Apply single pitch lead climbing skills on natural surfaces
  • Instruct bushwalks in a controlled environment
  • Implement and monitor occupational health and safety policies
  • Plan assessment activities and processes
  • Promote compliance with laws and legal principles
  • Instruct basic personal water craft riding skills
  • Rig ladders in complex situations
  • Use hygienic practices for food safety
  • Use short boards in difficult conditions
  • Instruct kayaking skills on flat and undemanding water
  • Apply bushwalking skills in uncontrolled landscapes
  • Determine nutritional requirements for horses
  • Instruct specialised SCUBA diving skills
  • Apply river crossing skills
  • Apply cavern diving skills
  • Use and maintain a temporary or overnight site
  • Drive and recover a 4WD vehicle
  • Perform deep water rescues
  • Rig multi pitches in complex vertical cave systems
  • Provide first aid in a remote location
  • Rig a ladder pitch
  • Navigate in untrogged caves
  • Guide vertical multi pitch caving trips
  • Demonstrate basic off-road cycling skills
  • Conduct interpretation within an outdoor activity
  • Alpine ski downhill off-piste
  • Plan outdoor recreation activities
  • Instruct vertical rescue
  • Guide canoeing trips on Grade 2 water
  • Guide surfing trips
  • Establish ropes for abseiling on artificial surfaces
  • Carry out vehicle servicing and maintenance
  • Apply canoeing skills
  • Safeguard an abseiler using a single rope belay system
  • Apply inland kayaking skills on Grade 2 water
  • Interpret weather conditions in the field
  • Guide overnight snowboarding activities
  • Demonstrate bushwalking skills in a controlled environment
  • Guide surfing sessions
  • Instruct vertical single pitch caving skills
  • Work effectively with young people
  • Guide a raft on Grade 4 rapids
  • Supervise a high ropes session
  • Perform simple rescues in moderate surf conditions
  • Instruct horse riding and handling skills
  • Guide sea kayaking trips in easy to moderate conditions
  • Guide lead climbing activities on single pitch natural surfaces
  • Train and condition horses
  • Guide sea kayaking trips in moderate to difficult conditions
  • Prepare specialised interpretive content on marine environments
  • Perform intermediate level surfing manoeuvres
  • Apply vertical caving skills
  • Apply single pitch abseiling skills on natural surfaces
  • Guide 4WD tours
  • Demonstrate basic surfing manoeuvres in controlled conditions
  • Instruct white water rescue
  • Snowboard alpine-style on advanced terrain
  • Use resources efficiently
  • Perform basic water rescues
  • Locate and attract fish
  • Apply advanced vertical canyoning skills
  • Instruct alpine skiing skills
  • Develop and coordinate programs incorporating outdoor activities
  • Support youth programs
  • Lead tour groups
  • Apply caving specific single rope techniques
  • Navigate in uncontrolled environments
  • Telemark ski downhill on intermediate terrain
  • Coordinate and manage white water rafting trips
  • Dive in open water using surface supplied air
  • Prepare specialised interpretive content on flora, fauna and landscape
  • Guide abseiling on multi pitch natural surfaces
  • Provide first aid
  • Develop work priorities
  • Select horses for a program
  • Guide extended off-highway motorcycle tours
  • Carry out basic hoof care procedures
  • Demonstrate basic cycling skills
  • Apply first aid for horses
  • Apply multi pitch lead climbing skills on natural surfaces
  • Guide intermediate bushwalks
  • Telemark ski downhill on advanced terrain
  • Instruct snorkelling skills
  • Ride horses in tracked areas
  • Instruct top rope climbs on natural surfaces
  • Demonstrate marine inshore fishing skills
  • Apply anatomy and physiology to equine performance
  • Develop approaches to include cultural and human diversity
  • Operate communications systems and equipment
  • Instruct top rope climbing on artificial surfaces
  • Overnight ski tour in difficult terrain using advanced ski touring skills
  • Ride personal water craft in moderate to difficult conditions
  • Demonstrate horizontal canyoning skills
  • Conduct a high ropes session
  • Instruct snowboarding
  • Instruct canoeing skills on flat and undemanding water
  • Alpine ski downhill on intermediate terrain
  • Guide a raft on Grade 3 rapids
  • Instruct bushwalks in an uncontrolled environment
  • Select, set up and maintain an off-highway motorcycle
  • Instruct basic to intermediate surfing skills
  • Guide overnight ski tours
  • Plan and navigate a sea kayaking inshore passage
  • Plan and navigate routes
  • Demonstrate marine offshore fishing skills
  • Instruct basic off-highway motorcycling skills
  • Demonstrate caving skills
  • Select, set up and maintain a bike
  • Instruct cross country skiing
  • Guide off-highway motorcycle tours
  • Provide arrival and departure assistance
  • Snowboard freestyle on advanced terrain
  • Manage risk in an outdoor activity
  • Facilitate inclusion for people with a disability
  • Interpret aspects of local Australian Indigenous culture
  • Establish ropes for multi pitch abseiling on natural surfaces
  • Develop specialist resources for interpretive activities

Standard entry requirements

Entry to this qualification by persons without prior outdoor recreation industry experience or formal qualifications is not recommended.Examples of sufficient relevant skills and knowledge for entry into the qualification may include:Previous qualification at the AQF level belowPrevious experience in the outdoor recreation industry and interest in outdoor pursuitsEntry into this qualification and progression between qualification levels will be based on the professional judgement of the RTO, in consultation with the individual.

Study pathways

This qualification is suitable for an Australian Apprenticeship pathway.

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