From outdoor activities instructor to survival instructor
10 of the 26 essential skills of a survival instructor are already essential for a outdoor activities instructor — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from outdoor activities instructor in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 26
- essential skills of a survival instructor
What a survival instructor does
Survival instructors guide groups into vast, natural areas, and assist them in a self-directed instruction of basic survival needs without any comfort facilities or modern gear to fall back on. They coach the participants into mastering survival skills such as fire making, producing primitive equipment, shelter construction and procurement of water and nourishment. They ensure the participants are aware of certain safety measures without diminishing the level of adventure, of environment protection and of risk management. They encourage efforts of leadership from the group and mentor the participants individually so as to push their limits responsibly and help overcome potential fears.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess nature of injury in emergency
- demonstrate when teaching
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- protection from natural elements
- provide first aid
- use rope access techniques
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a survival instructor and not for a outdoor activities instructor. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- assist students with equipment
- build a fire
- compass navigation
- educate people about nature
- inspire enthusiasm for nature
- lead hiking trips
- maintain camping facilities
- manage student relationships
- natural food resources
- primitive technology
- read maps
- risk management
- rope lashing
- teach survival skills
- tracking principles
- use geographic memory
← outdoor activities instructorsurvival instructor →The other way round
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How far are you from being a survival instructor?
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