Professional Accreditation

The Outdoor Professionals' Accreditation (APIOL) accredits your professional practice

APIOL could be
for you! 

If you have experience of the following:

• being responsible for groups in challenging outdoor situations
• designing and managing tailored outdoor learning programmes
• reflecting on and developing your practice in the outdoors
• putting something back into the outdoor field?

APIOL is about Accrediting independence of decision-making and reflective practice.
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Click here to view a pdf of the APIOL leaflet

HOW TO GET STARTED

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Professional Accreditation Benchmarks

COURSES and SEMINARS

• There are an increasing number and variety of professional development courses being offered and these are detailed elsewhere on this website. These may be provided by IOL regions/home nations, special interest groups or by our members.

Accrediting the individual.
APIOL accredits the individual and not an organisation. Therefore you must be an individual member of IOL.