Plan and design innovative outdoor and adventure programmes

URN: SKAAODP2
Business Sectors (Suites): Advanced outdoors
Developed by: SkillsActive
Approved on: 30 Mar 2022

Overview


This standard describes the expertise required to work with participants, clients and/or stakeholders in the advanced outdoor settings. Designing and agreeing goals for outdoor activity programmes in advanced settings. You will meet and agree with participants, clients and/or stakeholders their needs and wants from the outdoor programme by agreeing suitable goals. Taking a person-centred approach, you will design innovative programmes that safely and sustainably promote the benefits of the outdoors while meeting the participants, clients and/or stakeholders expectations. 

The standard is recommended for managers and advanced practitioners working in the outdoors who are capable of working with high degrees of autonomy and independence. These settings require advanced levels of knowledge, technical skills or pedagogic approaches. Typical advanced settings could be working with adults, children and young people for:


recreational purposes  
adventurous experiences 
educational purposes  
organisational needs 
outdoor skill development
adaptive and inclusive adventure


Performance criteria

You must be able to:


1. establish an effective means of liaising with the participants, clients and/or stakeholders 
2. maintain working relationships with the participants, clients and/or stakeholders that are conducive to discussion and negotiation 
3. use a range of strategies to elicit relevant information from the participants, clients and/or stakeholders.
4. analyse the pertinent information and agree appropriate goals
5. ensure the participants, clients and/or stakeholders have an accurate understanding of these goals and how they relate to their overall needs
6. ensure the participants, clients and/or stakeholders are aware of the sustainable outdoor environment, its value and benefits 
7. analyse participants, clients and/or stakeholder’s expectations which reflect the participants ability, current and anticipated skill level, the conditions and environment
8. identify and agree:
8.1 levels of emotional and physical risk taking
8.2 the proposed benefits of the activity
8.3 teaching styles and strategies that reflect the needs of the individuals 
8.4 motivational drivers
8.5 learning transfer strategies where appropriate
8.6 evaluation of the programme against agreed goals and objective
8.7 any need for follow-up and agree time scales and responsibilities
9. record the outcomes of negotiations, agreed goals and potential delivery for the programme
10. design innovative programmes that apply appropriate activities, techniques, in suitable environments, supported by suitable reports, research, and theories 
11. follow current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere


Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:


1. how to use theories of change to design outdoor and adventure programmes  
2. why it is important to research and negotiate clear goals for outdoor and adventure programmes
3. different methods of liaising with participants, clients and/or stakeholders and their relative strengths and weaknesses
4. how to establish and maintain a relationship with the participants, clients and/or stakeholders that is conducive to negotiation and collaboration
5. methods of differentiating in order to respond to participants, clients and/or stakeholders different learning and communication preferences
6. how to apply a high level of emotional intelligence
7. how to analyse information gathered from the participants, clients and/or stakeholders using a person-centred or organisation-centred approach 
8. the different approaches including pedagogy/andragogy and their application to planning, designing innovative outdoor and adventure programmes
9. the importance of designing sustainable delivery models that protect our environment and why the participants, clients and/or stakeholders needs to understand this
10. the impact and benefits the outdoors can have on participants
11. the types of information that are necessary to have in order to develop goals with the participants, clients and/or stakeholders
12. the importance of validating information from the participants, clients and/or stakeholders and how this can be done.
13. the importance of agreeing suitable: levels of emotional and physical risk taking; identifying and responding to different learners needs; motivational drivers, learning transfer strategies; evaluation
14. a broad range of approaches available to meet participants, clients and/or stakeholders needs, goals and objectives
15. why it is important to record the outcomes of discussions in which goals are designed and agreed
16. the main sources and types of information that can be used to identify additional requirements for outdoor and adventure programmes (for example, external stakeholders, national curriculum, national governing body requirements, organisation's own in-house development programmes)
17. the application of relevant theories of human and social development, in planning and designing innovative outdoor and adventure programmes
18. how to critically analyse and apply appropriate reports, research and theories to programme design
19. current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere


Scope/range


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS

​This standard links to SKAAODP2 and SKAASPC4


External Links


Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

30 Mar 2025

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

SkillsActive

Original URN

n/a

Relevant Occupations

Advanced Outdoor Instructor

SOC Code

3442

Keywords

plan; design; innovative; outdoors; adventure; programmes; recreation