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In this week's 4YA... (click on the link below to go straight there or just scroll down)
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Job Board Update
New to the jobs board
For previous job listings in the outdoor sector, please visit the job board on the members' only section of our website. You will need to be logged in as a member to follow these links.
URGENT - Alpine Instructor | Whitireia Polytech urgently requires an Alpine Level 1 or 2 Instructor for their certificate level Mountain Intensive in the North Island from 30 July - 5 August 2017. Contact Denise Clements on 027 399 7712 or email denise.clements@whitireia.ac.nz if available.
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NZOIA Events
Custom Kayak 2 Class III in the making...
KAYAK 2 CLASS III, Assessment | Curtis Vermeulen is keen as to get a Class III assessment underway so he can be working with in the scope of his qualification. There must be more of you out there in this predicament. Use this as a way to revalidate your Kayak 1 if you are eligible. Want to join him for an assessment in March 2018? Contact him directly at the following address to make this happen: extreme_outdoors@hotmail.com
RIVER RESCUE 2, Training | Gain the pre-requisite to sit your CLASS III assessment. There are two people wanting to complete a River Rescue 2 course prior to sitting their CLASS III assessment in March 2018. They need two more to make this run. Use this as a professional development opportunity, a potential proactive way to revalidate your Kayak 1 or Kayak 2, or as a means of gaining the pre-requisite to Kayak 2. Contact Pete Eley: Peter.Eley@op.ac.nz or Stefan Austin stefan_austin@hotmail.com directly to make this happen.
Course Calendar
Symposium 2017
Holly Gomolly, I go on leave for 10 days and before you know it the Symposium is looming. With only 11 days until the closing date the Symposium is 90% full and the Refresher Workshops are choker. No time to procrastinate, grab those last spaces if you can.
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Messages from the Office
Core unit standards are out for consultation
NZQA have released the Core unit standards for the Outdoor Leadership qualification suite. It is important to take the time to look through these unit standards and provide feedback as these will shape the future of outdoor qualifications. The Skills Active TRoQ team is seeking feedback on the programme structure, Core unit standard detail and general programme guidance and conditions. Each programme will be made up of Core unit standards and activity specific unit standards (e.g. Rock, Bush, Abseil etc.) The core must be achieved by all graduates regardless of their activity specialty and therefore have been written so they can be included in each specific activity.
Consultation closes 5 pm Monday 31 July 2017. Click here to provide feedback. NZOIA is also keen to hear what you have to say so please drop us a line with a summary of your feedback.
Polar Tourism Guides Association
Long time NZOIA member Graham Charles has started up a Polar Tourism Guides Association to act as a binding agent for polar tourism. Check out the Associations new website here.
SupportAdventure newsletter
After a long break the latest SupportAdventure newsletter from TIA and NZRA is back. Check it out here.
Have your say...
Contribute to the Code of Ethical Conduct Review that Jo Thompson is facilitating as guaranteed at the AGM last year. Re-familiarise yourselves with this by clicking here and if you have amendments that you feel need to be made, please e-mail Jo by Friday 11th August jo.thompson2017@gmail.com
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Let's Celebrate
Nominations are open for the 2017 NZRA Outdoor Awards
There are many great stories in outdoor recreation just waiting to be told. The NZRA Outdoor Awards are your opportunity to celebrate those successes and nominate individuals and organisations that are valued and effective members of the outdoors community. The Awards are an important means of recognising the size and diversity of the outdoor recreation sector and provide an opportunity for outdoor individuals and organisations to be rewarded, recognised and for us to celebrate their contribution. Nominations are open until 4 August 2017 and NZRA will be awarding the following accolades:
- Outstanding Volunteer Award
- Outstanding Event Award
- Outstanding Programme Award
- Organisational Excellence Award
- Environmental Leadership Award
- Supreme Award
Winners will be announced at the Outdoors Forum dinner in Wellington on the evening of Monday 4 September 2017. Don't be shy, lets recognise what members of NZOIA and their organisations do for our industry and the people of New Zealand. You can nominate and find more information here: http://bit.ly/OutdoorAwards
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FAQ
Q: What's hot in the world of caving?
A: NZOIA member Neil Silverwood is launching a new book called Caves: Exploring New Zealand's Subterranean Wilderness in Nelson this weekend. The theme behind the book was to change the perspectives on caving and showcase how amazing the underground world can be. It's not just about grovelling around in the mud. The book is being launched at Fairfield House in Nelson on Saturday. It will be available from bookstores on Monday.
Nelson Evening Mail write-up.
Radio NZ interview
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Well there is snow everywhere but here! Hope you're all getting out there amongst it. I have enjoyed 6 days of skiing without a plate in my leg for the first time in 18 months - yippee! Great to bump into heaps of NZOIA members while out there.
Penny Holland | Operations Manager
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Film Strip
The dust cover of Caves: Exploring New Zealand's Subterranean Wilderness
by Marcus Thomas & Neil Silverwood
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