Courses
Outdoor Instructor Training Course
Starting this November 2024
Interested in working outdoors and making a difference? Start your own personal and professional adventure with a legendary company in a fantastic coastal location.
Our Instructor Training Course is four months long, including a two-week break for Christmas, and would include accommodation within St Davids.
Become fully qualified and build a great CV
Learn, connect, grow and thrive as part of our close-knit team of adventure and climate action experts. Participation in this course guarantees a 2025 interview to guide with TYF next season.
Connect with like-minded people on the course
With accommodation included as well as 1:1 mentorship, you could spend your days sharing outdoor memories, experiencing the thrill of adventure and enjoying the magic of the Pembrokeshire Coast, whilst learning to become a fully-certified outdoor instructor.
Do something that matters
Be the person who helps others challenge their limits, find confidence, connect with nature and face their fears. Share your passion for the outdoors with others and watch as you inspire them to do the same.
Qualifications & Courses included:
- Lowland Leader Training & Assessment
- Rock Climbing Instructor Training
- Paddlesport Leader Training & Assessment
- NCC Guide Award Training & Assessment
- Paddlesport Safety Rescue
- Sea Kayak Award
- Canoe Award
- Coast Craft and Bushcraft Skills
- NVBLQ Beach Lifeguard
- Learn to Lead Climb
- Intro to Scrambling
- Navigation Skills
- Progressional Surfing
- Safeguarding Level 1
- Food Hygiene
- Outdoor First Aid
- Nature Connection Leader Training
- Regenerative Tourism Principles & Practice
- Carbon Literacy Training & Assessment
Course structure
We will split the programme into several modules: Surfing, Paddlesports, Climbing, Mountaineering, Centre Based Activities and Additional Skills. Each module will have a clear, progressional pathway to competence with plenty of room to develop both personally and professionally.
We will also be able to provide opportunities to shadow and observe sessions and as you progress through the programme you will be able to take a more active role in leading groups to ensure you get hands-on experience that will aid you in fulfilling the prerequisites and log-books for your qualification assessments.
Skill development
You can either develop your existing skills or learn how to:
- Surf
- Lead climb
- Navigate
- Paddle a range of crafts
- Deliver and facilitate outdoor education activities alongside traditional centre-based sessions
The course is delivered by expert instructors who have worked in various sectors of the outdoor industry.
Each course participant will have a dedicated mentor who will assist them during the programme, work on goal setting and monitor their progress to ensure everyone meets their full potential!
Extra information
The bulk of the programme will be based at our HQ in St Davids, but you will also take part in adventures and expeditions throughout the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and various other National Parks across the UK.
The cost of the course is £8500, which includes accommodation during the 4 months that you’ll be with us, as well as a kit package at trade value if you’re interested in buying your own equipment whilst on the course. If not we’d be able to provide everything you’d need.
You’ll end up with a unique and powerful skillset and enough career options to last a lifetime, spanning adventure, education, environmental impact, carbon literacy, and more.
2024 Open Day
We’ll also be hosting an open day later this season so that those interested can come and have a chat with our head guide, Tom, who will be running the course, as well as meet those who may also be keen to apply and learn a bit more about what’s on offer. (Date TBD)
Spread the cost with flexible finance
At TYF Adventure, we’re committed to excellent service and we understand that many customers may prefer the option of paying with finance. So, we’ve partnered with established credit brokers, Ideal4Finance, to enable customers to spread the cost with manageable monthly payments.
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