Adventure Skills (Scouting Ireland)

The Adventure Skills are a set of 81 badges developed as part Scouting Ireland's ONE Programme. There are nine skills: Sailing, Rowing, Paddling (Kayaking, Canoeing and Rafting), First aid, Camping, Pioneering, Backwoods, Hillwalking and Air with 9 stages within each of these skills.[1][2] The badges are awarded based on demonstrated competencies at a given level for a given skill.[1] Scouting Ireland established a memorandum of understanding with recognised external organisations (in both the Republic and the North) such as Irish Sailing Association, Canoeing Ireland, and Mountaineering Ireland to develop the respective criteria, and for those skills in which Scouting Ireland is a natural leader (Camping, Backwoods, Pioneering), the criteria were developed in-house.[3][4][5] Paddling, Sailing and Rowing form a large part of the Sea Scout programme, and the Air adventure skill is derived from Air Scouting. Badges are open to all programme sections, although some of the higher levels are age-restricted.[1] The criteria are set out so that they can be approved by non-Scouts. Scouting Ireland's campsites, as well as private companies, have developed training schemes which are aligned to the Adventure Skills.[6][7][8][9][4] An independent app has been developed which shows the full list of criteria.[10][11]

Equivalent External Qualifications

Hillwalking

Hillwalking Stage Mountaineering Ireland[3]
7 Mountain Skills
9 Mountain Leader

Paddling

Paddling Stage Canoeing Ireland, British Canoe Union[3]
5 Level 1
6 Level 2
7 Level 3
8 Level 4
9 Level 5

Sailing

Sailing Stage Irish Sailing Association, Royal Yachting Association[3]
4 Start Sailing
5 Basic Skills
6 Improving Skills
8 Adventure 1
9 Adventure 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 "What We Do In Scouting". Scouting Ireland. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Adventure Skills. Scouting Ireland. 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 County Programme Coordinator Team Resource. Scouting Ireland. 2010. p. 48. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Scouting Ireland Course packages". Canoeing Ireland. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "ANNUAL REVIEW 2010" (pdf). Mountaineering Ireland. 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Rowing Adventure Skills Handbook (pdf). National Water Activities Centre - Killaloe. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Offsite Program / Contacts". Kilkully Campsite. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "ACTIVITIES: HILLWALKING ADVENTURE SKILL STAGES 1 – 4". Castle Saunderson International Scouting Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Complete your Cubs and Scouts Air Activities Adventure Skills Badge from Stages 1-6 at Atlantic AirVenture". Atlantic AirVenture. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Fionn Delahunty (21 August 2014). "Scouting Adventure Skills - App Page". Google Play. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Fionn Delahunty (21 August 2014). "Scouting Adventure Skills - App Page". WindowsPhoneAPK.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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