Outdoor Activity Industry

This qualifications aim to provide an enhanced induction into working in an outdoor centre, together with more specific training, for young people and adults aged 16 years and over entering employment in this area.

NOCN Level 2 Award in Introductory Work in the Outdoors (QCF)

NOCN Level 2 Certificate in Introductory Work in the Outdoors (QCF)

These have been developed in collaboration with Skills Active (the Sector Skills Council for the Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being Sector working with five subsectors, including the Outdoors), the British Activity Holiday Association (BAHA), the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL) and other employers in the outdoors/adventurous activities field.

The Level 2 Award Qualification Guide and provides all the information you need to run the qualification including unit information.

The Level 2 Certificate Qualification Guide provides all the information you need to run the qualification, unit information for this new qualification will follow shortly.

Minimum Age: 16

The minimum age for access to this qualification is 16. However, centres delivering this qualification should be aware that there is a requirement for most employers that people working in the outdoors/adventurous activities sector must be 18.