Diploma of Outdoor Leadership Qualification Endorsement - Department of Training and Workforce Development

Qualification Outline

Date retreived
22/07/2026 7:15 AM AWST

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Diploma of Outdoor Leadership

Qualification

National Code:
SIS50421

State Code:
BHO4

TGA Status:
Current

DTWD Status:
Approved

National Endorsed, State Implementation and Classification

Field of Education

0921 - Sport And Recreation

Original TGA Release Date

23/03/2022

Approved Date

13/06/2022

Stream of Study

Initial Vocational (3100 - 3600)

VET Act Classifier

Nominal Hours

1070

Duration

3 Semesters

Current Release Number

2.00

Current Release Date

24/03/2025

VET Act Conditions

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Releases

Release Version	Release Date	TGA Status	DTWD Status
2.00	24/03/2025	Current	Approved
1.00	23/03/2022	Replaced	Approved

Description

This qualification reflects the role of highly skilled senior leaders or program, logistics and operations managers.
Senior leaders lead and supervise dependent participants in recreational activities and have a role in planning these activities. They are highly proficient in activity techniques and have well-developed leadership skills to manage group participation, cohesion, operational logistics, risk and significant problems as they arise.
Managers are involved in recreational program planning, implementation and evaluation, facility and equipment management, the leadership of personnel, and the operational management of a department or a small business.
All work with significant autonomy, using initiative and judgement to analyse and solve complex problems, and to design systematic approaches to operational practices.
This qualification provides pathway to work for any type of organisation that delivers outdoor recreation activities including commercial, not-for-profit and government organisations.
The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Schedule

Packaging Rules

Twenty eight (28) units must be completed:
- thirteen (13) core units
- fifteen (15) elective units, consisting of:
- all the units in any two Groups A to AE
- the remaining elective units can be selected from Groups A to AE, Group AF, elsewhere in the SIS Training Package, or from any other current training package or accredited course.

The selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification.

Electives which appear in italics have prerequisite units of competency, which are also listed within their appropriate group.