Apprentice Outdoor Activity Instructor - Staffordshire or Wolverhampton
Entrust
Location: Staffordshire or Wolverhampton
Salary: £22,542
Apprentice Outdoor Activity Instructor at Entrust Outdoors
Entrust Outdoors centres provide a fun, unforgettable outdoor learning experience, based at two locations in the heart of Staffordshire.
Laches Wood boasts a rich mix of natural beauty and woodland shelter, with a wide range of indoor and outdoor adventure activities that will stretch and challenge – having fun, nourishing mind and body, and making memories to last a lifetime. Laches Wood offers a wide range of year-round adventure activities including a high ropes course, bike trails and indoor climbing and tunnel systems. Offsite adventures include sailing and paddle sports at a nearby reservoir and journeys through the Shropshire Hills.
Standon Bowers has been home for young people and the outdoor life since 1885, Standon Bowers is steeped in history and surrounded by beautiful English countryside offering outstanding outdoor learning opportunities. Whilst boasting an historic past, the facilities and activities at Standon Bowers are definitely of today, including a state-of-the-art BMX track designed by Olympic specialists, a high ropes course and some great accommodation options to suit a wide range of needs. Offsite adventures include climbing and ‘scrambling’ at the world-class Roaches and underground exploration beneath Alderley Edge.
Over an 18-month period, Apprentices will work and learn how to instruct a variety of outdoor activities such as climbing, watersports, cycling, orienteering, and archery to a wide range of customers. Along with this, you’ll be trained and qualified on understanding the benefits of these activities and the residential experience that encapsulates it, developing a real world understanding of outdoor learning and the potential it holds as a career.
Following successful completion of the programme, there is potential that this will lead to a period of full-time instructional employment with Entrust Outdoors.
For more of a flavour of Entrust Outdoors please visit the website here.
Location
Standon Bowers OEC, Weston Lane, Staffs, ST21 6RD
OR
Laches Wood OEC, Laches Lane, Slade Heath. Wolverhampton WV10 7PA
Please note: Accommodation is not available.
Day to day duties:
- Observing and assisting with a variety of outdoor activities in both centre and natural environments, leading to the authorisation to run these activities independently.
- Assist with general centre tasks such as keeping the centre tidy, looking after equipment, tuck shop & site maintenance.
- Assisting with customer care and giving them the best experience possible.
- Working towards completing a range of training and qualifications such as First Aid, Safeguarding, Health & Safety, National Governing Body awards (NGB’s).
Skills and qualifications:
- Level 1 (GCSE Grade D / 3) in Functional Skills Maths and English is Essential.
- You have a desire to work with young people in the outdoors.
- You are current and passionate in engaging in a range of outdoor activities.
- You are open, innovative, collaborative & effective in your working behaviours & underpinning values.
- You have high personal standards in presentation, communication and delivering customer service.
- You have or are working towards a range of outdoor leadership qualifications.
- You are flexible, adaptable and prepared to work unsociable hours including at evenings, weekends and school closure periods at various sites and throughout the year.
- You have fitness levels that enable you to instruct a wide range of activities in a variety of environments and all weathers.
Essential Details:
Salary Details: £22,542 per annum
Working Hours: 37.5 hours. 5 days out of any 7 including at least one late evening a week. Overnights paid extra.
Open to under 18s: No
Closing Date: 21st March 2025
Interview Dates: To be confirmed
Possible Start Date: To be confirmed
To Apply:
Please e-mail a cover letter and CV for this job to [email protected]
Please be advised that we do follow strict safer recruitment process, follow up references and complete enhanced DBS checks.
For any queries about the role contact Kit Preston (Outdoor Education Centre Manager) on [email protected]