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OUTDOOR RECREATION
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OUTDOOR RECREATION
CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA COURSES Duration of each course: One year full-time Study mode: On-campus with numerous field trips throughout NSW and interstate
Building on your outdoor skills, these courses are personal and practical. Avondale’s Outdoor Recreation courses provide you with professional training in an exciting array of challenging adventure activities. The courses provide nationally recognised competency-based training qualifications which are designed to equip you for employment in the outdoor recreation, tourism and education sectors. They are also a fun gap-year option, which can help you develop as a person in a supportive environment. The Outdoor Recreation courses are highly practical and enjoyable, with much of the learning for both courses taking place in the field, giving students the opportunity to travel to various parts of Australia. In the past, trips have included: bushwalking in the Barrington Tops and the Snowy Mountains, sea kayaking around the Central Coast and Queensland and abseiling and climbing in the Blue Mountains. The courses also provide you with opportunities for networking and building connections to assist with gaining future employment.
Specific course entry requirements are: | A Senior Secondary Certificate of Education that has been awarded to the student by an agency or authority of a State or Territory for the student’s completion of Year 12; or | The student is assessed as displaying competence at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) in both reading and numeracy and Avondale reasonably believes that the student displays that competence. You may, subject to an activity experience and interview with the Course Convenor, obtain direct entry into Avondale’s highest level course in Outdoor Recreation, which can then be completed in one year. Graduates of these Outdoor Recreation courses can seek employment in the following areas: | Sport and recreation centres | Wilderness adventure camping and tourism | Guiding with commercial adventure-based operators | Outdoor education and adventure therapy programs | Commercial guiding and instructing | Camping and outdoor recreation centres | Youth at Risk programs
The Diploma of Outdoor Recreation course is also a pathway to related higher education courses such as the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary). Entry requirements Entry into the Outdoor Recreation courses requires that a student demonstrate they have an interest in outdoor pursuits and are physically and academically suited to the course.
AVONDALE ADMISSIONS CHAT TO US ONLINE www.avondale.edu.au Email: study@avondale.edu.au Phone: +61 2 4980 2377 Fax: +61 2 4980 2151 Postal: PO Box 19, Cooranbong NSW 2265, AUSTRALIA CRICOS Provider No: 02731D Avondale College Ltd TEQSA: PRV12015 ABN: 53 108 186 401 RTO: 91191 Correct at time of printing. May 2017. Correct at time of printing. January 2016.