outdoor activities instructortosurvival instructor
A outdoor activities instructor already meets 61% of what the survival instructor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the survival instructor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the outdoor activities instructor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A survival instructor role treats 16 of its required skills as things a outdoor activities instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess nature of injury in emergency
- compass navigation
- demonstrate when teaching
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A survival instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a outdoor activities instructor background worth leading with.
- already held compass navigation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held lead hiking trips assisting and caring
- already held protection from natural elements natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held rope lashing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held lip reading arts and humanities
- already held inspire enthusiasm for nature communication, collaboration and creativity
All 27 carried skills, including the 16 the survival instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held teach survival skills required
- required, not held educate people about nature required
- required, not held manage student relationships required
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- required, not held tracking principles required
- optional, not held animal behaviour optional
- required, not held primitive technology required
- optional, not held animal evolution optional
- required, not held assist students with equipment required
- optional, not held manage groups outdoors optional
- required, not held build a fire required
- optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
- required, not held risk management required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a survival instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 build a fire skill · occupation specific
- 02 natural food resources knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 primitive technology knowledge · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess nature of injury in emergency skill
- already held compass navigation knowledge
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held inspire enthusiasm for nature skill
- already held lead hiking trips skill
- already held protection from natural elements knowledge
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held rope lashing knowledge
- already held use geographic memory skill
- already held use rope access techniques skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held climb trees skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held lip reading knowledge
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held use modern electronic navigational aids skill
- already held use rigging tools skill
- already held work with different target groups skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held maintain camping facilities required
- required, not held natural food resources required
- optional, not held celestial navigation optional
- optional, not held operate fishing equipment optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held animal behaviour optional
- optional, not held animal evolution optional
- optional, not held celestial navigation optional
- optional, not held manage groups outdoors optional
- optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held operate fishing equipment optional
14 held skills the survival instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply risk management in sports skill
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role belay techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct in outdoor activities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role motivate in sports skill
- not needed by the target role organise sporting environment skill
- not needed by the target role outdoor activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan sports instruction programme skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach windsurfing skill
- not needed by the target role team building knowledge
- not needed by the target role water skiing knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held natural food resources required
- required, not held primitive technology required
- required, not held tracking principles required
- required, not held risk management required
- optional, not held animal behaviour optional
- optional, not held animal evolution optional
- optional, not held celestial navigation optional
Other moves recorded from outdoor activities instructor
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.