Outdoor Adventure Sports Instructor course

Saturnalia

I have been very keen to do this course as provided in several institutes around the country ie in Kinsale and in Tralee. I want to know if the qualification is recognised internationally and if anyone has had any experience with the course and the trying to find work with it.

My ultimate goal would be to eventually own and run my own adventure sports centre in SOuth America. I have already put some serious thought into it.

So any views? Thank you.

Tells

I think the one in Tralee is more leisure and recreation and the one in Kinsale is FAS ran so you would have to qualify on their grounds to get onto a course ie, be on the dole for a certain period of time or something like that. (Anyone feel free to correct me).

However there are specific plc courses in Dublin with the aim of producing Outdoor instructors.

This one http://www.stkevinscollege.ie/recreation.php has some world class instructors passing their knowledge onto the students and is a two year course and then this one http://www.colaistedhulaigh.ie/full-time-courses/leisure-tourism-and-social-care/outdoor-adventure-management.php which is probably more suited to people who pretend they're into adventure sports but really aren't!!:p

Hope this helps..

Saturnalia

Thanks for the reply. St Kevins does seem good but it doesnt reallycover the sports I want to teach and it seems you must first complete another course to be accepted.The course in Kinsale covers rock climbing surfing and kayaking among others.

I met a Mexican guy who is doing it and he intends to go to mexico to set up a school there and it got me thinking. I would love to eventually do something similar in Colombia and I want to know if this course would allow me to work as a qualified instructor there. I am sure that I could write my own qualifications for Colombia but my point is , will the awarded qualification in Kinsale, allow me to work abroad?

NathanKingerlee

Some qualifications are country specific, like kayaking or sailing which is different even between Ireland and UK. Others are internationally recognised, like the Mountain Guide. Qualifications that are different are aknowledged to be somewhat equivilant, but they don't transfer straight across between countries.
If you've got some good Irish qualifications you've options of re-qualifying in a different country; or just using your Irish qualifications and knowing yourself that you're reached a certain Irish standard and not worrying about that country's qualification system. This would depend on the legal and insurance implications as well.
Kinsale FEC runs a great two-year very practical course.

bazharte

wat kind of salary would u be lookin at as a qualified instructor.....im very interested in doin a course to become an instructor