Outdoor Adventure Sport Leader Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Plan routes activities and contingencies.
• Screen participants and deliver safety briefs.
• Inspect technical and group equipment.
• Lead monitor and adapt outdoor journeys.
• Manage incidents rescue and post-activity records.

A realistic working scenario

An Adventure Sport Leader guides groups through activities such as hill journeys, paddling or multi-activity programmes within stated qualifications. Terms should define terrain, ratios, weather thresholds, participant screening, equipment, route cards, communications, environmental care and rescue. The leader must turn back or change plans when conditions exceed the approved envelope and must not let commercial pressure override safety.

Outputs to agree

• plan routes activities and contingencies
• screen participants and deliver safety briefs
• inspect technical and group equipment

Records and evidence

• The activities terrain and award requirements.
• The ratios vehicles and working pattern.
• The weather route communication and equipment controls.
• The rescue safeguarding and emergency plans.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• An Adventure Sport Leader guides groups through activities such as hill journeys, paddling or multi-activity programmes within stated qualifications. Terms should define terrain, ratios, weather thresholds, participant screening, equipment, route cards, communications, environmental care and rescue. The leader must turn back or change plans when conditions exceed the approved envelope and must not let commercial pressure override safety.
• May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

• Lead monitor and adapt outdoor journeys.
• Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Workplace context

• Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• the activities terrain and award requirements
• the ratios vehicles and working pattern
• the weather route communication and equipment controls
• the rescue safeguarding and emergency plans

Information the employer should prepare

• the activities terrain and award requirements
• the ratios vehicles and working pattern
• the weather route communication and equipment controls
• the rescue safeguarding and emergency plans
• the technical manager landowner and rescue contacts