Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assist in planning for adventure activity.
- Determine individual roles, tasks and responsibilities with the activity leader.
- Identify phases of an adventure-based learning cycle within the activity.
- Encourage and support participants to set realistic individual and group goals that are consistent with learning outcomes for the activity.
- Negotiate individual and group guidelines that will inform action and behaviour by all participants.
- Identify safetyissues for the adventure activity and the participants.
- Brief the group on safety issues and activity-specific participation requirements and techniques.
- Assist in facilitation of the activity.
- Implement risk management strategies according to relevant legislation, organisational policies and procedures, and activity-specific requirements.
- Communicate ideas and information clearly and constructively and engender trust and confidence within the group.
- Encourage co-operation between individual group members.
- Implement strategies which develop trust between individuals within the group and with the leaders.
- Monitor and maintain compliance with agreed individual and group guidelines.
- Establish a supportive and constructive environment and respond to emergent issues that may require intervention.
- Participate in activity debriefing.
- Observe and monitor individual actions and group interactions during activities, and provide feedback to participants during and after the activity.
- Evaluate personal role as assistant facilitator within the activity, based on feedback from participants and activity leader and personal reflection.
- Review the conduct of the activity according to program, individual and group goals and outcomes.