Course Overview
Certificate IV in Outdoor Leadership develops higher-level leadership and decision-making for outdoor professionals. You’ll build skills to plan and deliver programs, manage risk, support teams, and lead activities in more complex environments. Electives are selected through activity groups to build a coherent specialisation stream.
Key Details
- Plan and deliver outdoor programs with strong safety and risk management controls
- Lead and support teams, participants and logistics across multi-day activities
- Strengthen navigation, emergency response and incident management capability
- Select activity streams to match the program (e.g., bushwalking, top-rope climbing, challenge course, abseiling)
- Build professional practice through reflection, communication and documentation
Units of Competency / Course Content
Core units
- HLTWHS003 – Maintain work health and safety
- PUAOPE013 – Operate communications systems and equipment
- SISOFLD002 – Minimise environmental impact
- SISOPLN001 – Finalise operation of outdoor recreation activities
- SISOPLN002 – Plan activity sessions
- SISOPLN004 – Identify hazards, assess and control risks for outdoor recreation
- SISOPLN005 – Interpret weather and environmental conditions for outdoor
- SISORSC001 – Conduct search and rescue
- SISXCAI006 – Facilitate groups
- SISXCCS003 – Address client needs
- SISXEMR002 – Coordinate emergency responses
- SISXFAC001 – Maintain equipment for activities
Elective units
This is an example elective stream completing Groups C (Bushwalking) and I (Top rope climbing), with additional electives in Challenge Course and Abseiling. Electives can be adjusted to match your delivery scope.
- SISOBWG002 – Bushwalk in difficult tracked environments
- SISOBWG004 – Cross rivers during bushwalks
- SISOBWG006 – Lead bushwalks in difficult tracked environments
- SISOFLD007 – Navigate in difficult tracked environments
- SISOCLM002 – Top rope climb single pitches, natural surfaces
- SISOCLM006 – Establish belays for single pitch climbing on natural surfaces
- SISOCLM009 – Lead single pitch climbing activities on natural surfaces, top rope climbing
- SISOFLD006 – Navigate in tracked environments
- SISORSC002 – Perform vertical rescues
- SISOABL002 – Facilitate adventure -based learning activities
- SISOCHC001 – Lead challenge course sessions, low elements
- SISOCHC002 – Set up and supervise challenge course sessions, low elements
- SISOCHC003 – Lead challenge course sessions, high elements
- SISOCHC004 – Set up and supervise challenge course sessions, high elements
- SISOABS003 – Abseil single pitches, natural surfaces