- Adventurous Activity Assistant Guide is a Scouts NSW Appointment available to Venturer Scouts, Rover Scouts and Leaders. It is a pathway to Guide.
- The position description for the Adventurous Activity Assistant Guide is here.
- The first step in becoming an Assistant Guide is to find a Mentor Guide who can help you work through the process. The Mentor Guide will help you find courses and activities to build your skills.
- Assistant Guide requires technical skills such as First Aid and Vertical Rescue for the vertical disciples. You will need to find courses to gain these skills.
- Once you have obtained enough experience to meet the criteria for a Cert III in Outdoor Recreation you must apply to SAIT for your Cert III or Cert IV along with the relevant technical units for your discipline. Complete the Assessment Tool’s that can be download from the SAIT website (https://scouts.com.au/members/sait/enrolment/). Email the tool to [email protected]
- Once received, your evidence will be reviewed for completeness (you may be asked for more evidence or detail). Following review, your evidence will be passed to an Assessor who may contact you to discuss your evidence.
- You will receive an external qualifications certificate in the mail.
- You must then apply for an Assistant Guide Appointment using the Appointment Form. This is required to operate as an Assistant Guide in NSW. Due to SAIT Privacy restirctions this can not be done automatically.
- You will also receive a certificate stating that you are a Scouts NSW Adventurous Activities Assistant Guide by email. Your new appointment will be recorded.
