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Outdoor Recreation Guide

Tasks may include:

• planning and guiding outdoor recreation activities
• teaching new skills to people in the group
• sharing your knowledge of the area
• ensuring that activities are run as safely as possible
• analysing risk
• using and maintaining recreation equipment such as ropes and rafts
• looking after the environment used for activities
• encouraging people to participate.

Skills and knowledge

Outdoor recreation guides need to have:

• a high level of skill in the activities they lead
• knowledge of safety procedures
• outdoor survival and first aid skills
• an understanding of the weather conditions and geography of the area
• planning and organisational skills
• good decision making skills
• excellent communication skills
• problem solving skills.

Personal qualities

To be an outdoor recreation guide you must be a good leader and have good judgment. You need to be friendly, responsible, practical, patient and able to relate well to others. You also need to be alert and able to remain calm in emergencies.