Adventurous Activities Foundation Skills Weekend
Youth - $45.00
AA Guides - Free
Region support staff (Prior confirmation needed) - Free
Close: Tue 28th Jan 2025 (11.59pm)
ahmad.mustafa@nsw.scouts.com.au
sm.region@nsw.scouts.com.au
For the Youth members
This weekend will give you an opportunity to get OAS progressions, Safe and Trained participant in some activites and a range of skills that will be prerequisites for many of the activites to be offered next year 2025.
Due to the nature of the activities this weekend is best suited to Scout age and up.
Youth Members pre-requisites:
OAS Stage 3 in core Skills or above
Aquatics Stage 2 or above
Know how to ride a bike.
On offer will be
- Canoeing skills
- Aquatic rescue skills
- Bushwalking and navigation skills
- Mountain Biking
- Drop Bear awareness
For the Adults and Leaders
Come along and assist in the running of some of these activites and start your journey toward guide qualifications.
- Aquatic Rescues - This is needed for Fishing, Canoeing / Kayaking and Canyoning activities
- Navigation skills - Needed for Bushwalking, Canyoning, XC skiing, Snow shoeing and Caving
- Cycling Skills - Needed to take your kids out for that fun ride.
- Flat Water Paddling Skills - Needed for to lead Flat water Canoeing and Kayaking.
For All participants
Saturday night will be catered for in the form of a large BBQ event. This will be a chance to network, meet Scouts and Leaders from other groups and find out about Adventerous Activities and the qualification system.
As with all adventerous qualifications, turning up does not automaticly equate to a qualification but skill attitude and possible previous experience will all contribute to attaining qualifications. You will however certainly leave the weekend with new skills and experience.
Trained Participant Core units
All participants must have completed their Trained Participant Core units (TP core)
This can be done through several easy steps
- Completer you online e-learning
- Complete the TP core workbook or RPL form
- Submit these documents as well as your log book.
Download Drop Bear Information
This a link to the Australian Museums Data base for native Fauna. Good information on Drop Bears https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/drop-bear/
This document is to be used if you have previous scouting experience and skills. Most youth members and Leaders will have these skills
Download Over view document for skills upgrade
This document will give you an understanding of the upskilling program
Download Trained Participant Core E-Learning
This document contains all the information you need about the required E-learning Units for Trained Participant-Core Qualification.
This is a comprehensive template for Adventurous Activities Logbook. Your Logbook is a very important evidence that will be assessed for any Adventurous Activities qualifications.
Download ROP Basic Water Rescue
This workbook is to used for the recognition of proficiency for Basic Water Rescue
Download SP & TP Flat Water Canoeing
Download Scouting Adventure youth pathway handbook
The purpose of this document is to recognise the skills and knowledge gained from the Youth pathways of Outdoor Adventure Skills to be granted credit for Scouting Adventure face to face course and/or Safe or Trained participant Scouting skills of the National Adventurous Activity Framework (NAAF).
South Metropolitan Region
Once you have submitted your registration, an invoice (summary sheet) will be generated with instructions on how to pay for this event. The following payment options will be available to you:
Credit/Debit Card