Commissioners Information Bulletin 421
Community Services - Traineeship
- Community Services - Adventure Based Youth Work
Date of effect: 25 September 2009
The traineeship vocation of Adventure Based Youth Work has been established.
Click here for the Adventure Based Youth Work Vocational Training Order.
Qualifications, structure and packaging
91385NSW Certificate IV in Adventure Based Youth supports the traineeship pathway.The TAFE NSW accredited course is a mixture of counselling and adventure based learning. It combines key units of competency drawn from Certificate IV in Youth Work and Certificate III Outdoor Recreation to create a new qualification suitable for people working with youth in the Adventure Based Learning (adventure therapy) areas.
Details of 91385NSW Certificate IV in Adventure Based Youth traineeship qualification are listed here.
Job description
Trainees will acquire skills required for employment within community agencies in adventure based youth work roles.
They will learn to plan, design and conduct educational programs with people in an adventure based youth work industry. This will involve training in organising work priorities, interacting with clients and applying risk analysis and legal processes.
Industrial arrangements
Applications to establish traineeships whether full-time or part-time will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational Training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.
Trainees are covered by the Training Wage (State) Award 2002.
Working with Children
Where the nature of any employer’s activities is child related and the employer is taking on a trainee, the employer must comply with the NSW Commission for Children and Young People’s Working with Children Program.
Learning resources and assessment materials
TAFE NSW is preparing resources to support delivery of its 91385 NSW Certificate IV - Adventure Based Youth Work accredited course.
Registered training organisations
For registered training providers which can deliver the traineeship qualification go to National Training Information Service.
For organisations which are in contract with the NSW Department of Education and Training to be paid for the delivery of the traineeship training go to Training Market.
Inspecting Vocational Training Orders
A copy of the Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site below or at any State Training Services Regional Office of the NSW Department of Education and Training.
Enquiries
For any enquiries regarding this Commissioner’s Information Bulletin, please contact the Vocational Training Tribunal Unit on telephone (02) 9266 8579.
Approved by Phillip Moore
Commissioner for Vocational Training
Community Services - Adventure Based Youth
Work - Traineeship
Vocational Training Order
Date of effect |
25 September 2009 |
Course of study |
91385NSW Certificate IV in Adventure Based Youth Work |
Terms of training |
Full time: 91385NSW Certificate IV in Adventure Based Youth Work
Part-time: |
Probationary period |
2 months |
Competency outcomes |
See 91385NSW Certificate IV in Adventure Based Youth Work |