Certificate IV graduates will gain the following industry based qualifications:
Wilderness First Aid Certificate (Wilderness Medicine Institute)
Swiftwater Rescue Technician Level 1 (Rescue training group)

With further practical experience Certificate IV Graduates will be able to register with Australian canoeing in the following awards :
White Water Skills Award – Canoe/Kayak
Flatwater Canoe Instructor
Sea Skills Award

With further practical experience Certificate IV Graduates will be able to register on the National Outdoor Leader Registration Scheme (NOLRS) in the following areas:
Abseiling Guide (Natural Surfaces)
Bushwalking Guide
Challenge ropes course Conductor (Low and High)

PROGRAM COMMITMENT

The program is full-time, four days per week with Fridays usually set aside as a personal skills development day. There are approximately 30 ‘camp out’ nights in the Certificate IV qualification. This requires students to be away from home for up to five days at a time. The program is designed so that each topic is taught in a sequential and interdependent manner, so attendance at all classes is crucial. Class room times are 9am-12 and 1-4pm. Field days 8.30am – 4.30pm. Some camps may require earlier departures and later returns, you will be informed on this. Tropical weather conditions can have an impact on the program.

Some of the locations’ we use for our field trips include: Lake Placid, Barron River, Mulgrave River, Tully River, Atherton Tablelands, Lake Tinaroo, Walsh River Area and Mission Beach to the Daintree (Sea Kayaking). The Certificate IV course runs Monday to Friday. Practical and theoretical weeks generally alternate.

Students must be aware of and prepared for the physically demanding aspects of this program. Students will engage in adventure activities such as canoeing, sea kayaking, orienteering, abseiling, and high ropes courses.

Practical Activity / Skill-Development Training Schedule:

In addition, there is a requirement for students to log extra personal skills development (10 days bushwalking/navigation, 10 days water activities and 5 days abseiling and rope work).