I was looking at an advert for a bushcraft school near to where I live and it said that the owner/ instructor was a 'qualified bushcraft instructor' is there such a thing?
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Qualified buscraft instructor!
- Thread starter pibbleb
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Yes. There are a few places offering 'instructor courses' these days.
check this thread:-
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=8994
check this thread:-
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=8994
I'm not sure I agree with the 'formalisation' of Bushcraft, but there's quals for Mountain Leadership and lots of other outdoor stuff, so why not?
Woodcraft school do a course that is NCFE recognised, in conjunction with plumpton college.
http://www.plumpton.ac.uk/textonly/...Leadership Programme for the Outdoor Industry
Doing the course also gives you these quals:-
First Aid at Work
Advanced Explorer First Aid
BEL (Basic Expedition Leader)
Instructional Techniques
Basic Food Handling
Edexcel National Diploma Modules in Countryside Management:
~ Unit 5 Ecology and Conservation 1
~ Unit 30 Ecology of Trees, Forest and Woodland
~ Unit 31 Forest Woodland Management
Woodcraft school do a course that is NCFE recognised, in conjunction with plumpton college.
http://www.plumpton.ac.uk/textonly/...Leadership Programme for the Outdoor Industry
Doing the course also gives you these quals:-
First Aid at Work
Advanced Explorer First Aid
BEL (Basic Expedition Leader)
Instructional Techniques
Basic Food Handling
Edexcel National Diploma Modules in Countryside Management:
~ Unit 5 Ecology and Conservation 1
~ Unit 30 Ecology of Trees, Forest and Woodland
~ Unit 31 Forest Woodland Management
OK I did wonder if this fella was trying to pull a fast one but I stand corrected. The courses do seem very expensive though!
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P
To gain qualies towards a carrer like that its peanuts i recon 
I am in IT and pretty much every course we go on is about a grand a week and thats part 1 of 12 for one manufacturers software !
One day one day besides ruling the world of course !
I am in IT and pretty much every course we go on is about a grand a week and thats part 1 of 12 for one manufacturers software !
One day one day
besides ruling the world of course !
billycan said:
Yes - dont think I know you. Are you coming down in March to help them build the roundhouse? If so will meet up then.
Billycan you are absolutely right re the cost, I kind of shot from the hip with my previous comment.
It looks a great course and I'm sure it's hugely popular perhaps when I win the lottery I'll sign up.
Seriously though let me know how you guys get on I'll follow how it goes with interest.
P
It looks a great course and I'm sure it's hugely popular perhaps when I win the lottery I'll sign up.
Seriously though let me know how you guys get on I'll follow how it goes with interest.
P
Eric_Methven
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I used to be an external verifier for NCFE. Most of their courses attract funding of sorts and people on benefits or if unemployed can often get on places at no cost to themselves. Worth looking into.
Eric
Eric
Just my personal opinion but I dont see much worth in the Bushcraft qualifications. I rather seek out those who have not been taught how to teach it, but learned how to live it.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
Fallow Way said:
Thats a fair opinion but in this world of compensation mainier schools have to cover themselves I guess and having instructors with quals on paper probably helps!
Fallow way...
I have lived it and learnt the skills and i'm still learning as you can never know it all, but i am doing the course to get various bits of paper. You have no idea how much paperwork/redtape there is behind running/leading anything outdoors with groups or individuals. Its very tedious but in todays world it is very necessary to protect yourself and compete with the others.
I have lived it and learnt the skills and i'm still learning as you can never know it all, but i am doing the course to get various bits of paper. You have no idea how much paperwork/redtape there is behind running/leading anything outdoors with groups or individuals. Its very tedious but in todays world it is very necessary to protect yourself and compete with the others.
It is just my opinion thats all. It just doesnt sit comfortably with me and that is a personal thing. The people I have learned most from have never had a qualification in what they do, infact they are less qualified than people doing it 5 year comparied to their 45. Again, its just a personal thing.
For the record, I do know, intimitly, what it is like running outdoor events, its my job. I sit on educational and health and safety working groups, run courses and large events and have to be qualified in a wide range of things to do it, but to me, Bushcraft is different.
For the record, I do know, intimitly, what it is like running outdoor events, its my job. I sit on educational and health and safety working groups, run courses and large events and have to be qualified in a wide range of things to do it, but to me, Bushcraft is different.
Im just wondering about the guys who seem to be taking the course in East sussex how much in all did it cost you to take the course. Where abouts did you stay while doing the course do you live locally or did you rent. If you rented did the college help you find a place or did you have to look yourself.
Mitch
Mitch
