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Imagine going to work doing the thing you love. Imagine working outdoors doing the activities you love. How do you go about finding an outdoor pursuits job and the right employer for you? What are the best outdoor jobs in the world?
If you don't currently work in the outdoor adventure market, then it is most likely that your first job will involve seasonal work. This may well suit those of you who are in full time education, as you can work during your holidays and earn some cash for your own holiday. If you want to be working with youth on outdoor activities, I recommend talking to PGL. Some of my friends have had adventure jobs with PGL and had a fantastic time.
Season Workers is a multi award winning outdoor adventure job agency that covers all aspects of working travel and seasonal recruitment. Whether you are looking for a summer job abroad, skiing jobs, a job as a mountain bike guide, or perhaps a job as a climbing instructor, then Season Workers has a huge list that may find the outdoor job for you.
The outdoor jobs are in five main categories. These are jobs in ski resorts, summer jobs, gap year work, outdoor pursuits jobs, and english teaching jobs. You can search the job vacancies for the outdoor job you are looking for. If you select a category, you can look just within that area. Perhaps you want to look for watersports jobs abroad, or use your skills as a diving instructor. It has been shown that voluntary work overseas improves your employment chances.
Outdoor activity jobs give you the opportunity to see new places and meet new people. Working for an outdoor adventure activity company gives you a sense of being part of a team. Not only that, but you can find a job doing the outdoor activities that you enjoy.
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Here is a short list of jobs for active people and ideas for outdoor summer jobs and student jobs that may appeal to you to earn a bit of cash and have a lot of fun!
Fruit Picking
From grape-picking in France, strawberry picking in the UK to picking up on the harvest trail in Australia, there is always fruit to be picked somewhere. Fruit picking jobs are extremely popular, especially in places somewhere hot and sunny.
Outdoor Activities Instructor
An outdoor activity instructor job will introduce you to a whole range of outdoor career prospects. You will get full training and will be able to specialise in one particular outdoor sport or pursuit.
Park Ranger
A Park ranger or Forest ranger is a person in lead of protecting and preserving parklands - national, state or provincial parks. The goal of all rangers remains to protect the park resources for future generations and to protect park visitors.
Archaeologist
The role of an archaeologist is varied (and not just digging). It involves recording and interpreting artefacts, planning and researching excavations, educating a wide variety of people from developers to school children, conservation and publicity. Post-excavation interpretation and dissemination take up a large portion of an archaeologist’s time.
Coastguard
Among the responsibilities that may be entrusted to a coast guard service are:
- search and rescue,
- enforcement of maritime law,
- safety of vessels,
- maintenance of seamarks and
- border control.
Lifeguard
A lifeguard is a person responsible for overseeing the safety of the users of a body of water and its environs, such as a swimming pool, a water park, or a beach. This differentiates them from life savers who partake in similar activities as a sport or practical life skill. Lifeguards are qualified strong swimmers, trained and certified in water rescue, using a variety of aids and equipment depending on requirements of their particular venue, and first aid.
Skiing and Snowboard Instructor
If your adrenalin rush in life comes from spending a couple of weeks traversing the slopes on white powder then maybe a future in ski and snowboard instruction is right for you. As the British Ski and Board Show kicks off on Friday 31st October, exhibitors Snowskool, Peak Leaders and The International Academy could provide you with the information and incentive you need to change that part-time hobby into a full-time career.
Will Southon (26) from Surrey was one such individual who worked as a labourer to fund his European travel to the slopes every winter. With a keen enthusiasm for the great outdoors Will had the idea of becoming an instructor. “I was on a chair lift when I decided to explore the possibilities before enrolling on a course with Snowskool,” explains Will. “The 11-weeks of training was pretty intensive but now that I’m qualified with ISIA (International Ski Instructors Association) it allows me to teach anywhere in the world.
“After completing my training I spent a season in Canada at the Big White Ski Resort,” he continued. “It’s not usual for your accommodation to be included and you typically earn around $10,000 (Canadian Dollars) a season but the social scene and spending my days on the slopes makes it all worth while.”
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Snowskool (www.snowskool.co.uk) operates ski and snowboarding courses in Canada, New Zealand and France. “Our 10-week course in Cardrona, New Zealand has proved particularly popular,” said Laura Hopps, Snowskool. “Spending your summer in the southern hemisphere training within an area of outstanding natural beauty must be on everyone’s wish list.” Departing July 2009, the ten-week course at Cardrona costs £7050 including flights and accommodation.
Like-minded snowboarder Hamish Livingstone (19) had dreams of becoming a snow sports instructor. Now a trained and certified Level 2 BASI (British Association of Ski Instructors) Hamish is fully equipped to instruct ski and snowboarding in many parts of the world. “The 10-week course was invaluable,” said Hamish. “As well as ski and snowboard tuition I learnt about first aid, backcountry and avalanche awareness, off-piste technique and how to operate a transceiver in emergency situations.”
Hamish completed his instruction course with Peak Leaders (www.peakleaders.com) in Zermatt, Switzerland. Now in its eighth year Peak Leaders offer courses in Asia, Canada, Europe, India, Japan and The Americas with its first course of the new season commencing on January 3rd 2009 in Banff, Canada. At a cost of £6,850, Peak Leaders offer the 11-week course including flights and accommodation with instruction leading to a Level 2 CSIA/CASI qualification.
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Despite his love of powder snow Hamish has temporarily swapped the snowcap peaks of Switzerland for the dry slopes of Sheffield. He said: “Sheffield Ski Village may not be as glamorous as the Alps but it has enabled me to hone my skills and keep me busy until the northern hemisphere winter season starts.”
If you’re considering taking a gap year or a career break in order to train then The International Academy provide several ski and snowboard instructor courses in the northern and southern hemispheres ranging from five to 12 weeks. With their close links with Crystal holidays, The International Academy could give you the opportunity to turn your dreams into reality.
There are plenty of other opportunities to work at resorts as well as instructors. Natives.co.uk is the UK’s leading snowsport recruitment website and is run by ex-season workers who can give you help and advice. The Natives team will be at the show, answering all your questions on which resorts are recruiting, how to apply for jobs, what wages to expect and types of accommodation.
The British Ski and Board Show, sponsored by the Daily Telegraph, is open from 12noon until 8pm on Friday and 10am until 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices start from as little as £4 when purchased in advance. For more information, the latest updates or to book tickets, visit www.globalsnowshows.co.uk or telephone the booking line on 0871 945 4516.
Farmer, Farmhand or Farm Labourer
Farming is not just about crops. There is livestock to look after. Sheep herding and sheep shearing. Driving a combined harvester and ploughing is quite a skill.
Groundsman
A groundsman looks after the grounds of either public spaces or private estates. This includes cutting grass and hedges, and gardening.
Mountain Bike Instructor Jobs and Trail Guides
Mountain bike trail guides have the best job. They get to spend all day exploring new mountain bike trails. They then get to spend all day showing others around the best trails in the hills and mountains. If you can become a heli-mtb guide, or a mtb guide at a skiing resort, then you can get a ski lift or helicopter to the top of the mountain and just have to enjoy a nice long downhill.
Marquee Rigger
A marquee rigger is involved with putting up and taking down of marquees for outdoor events such as concerts and weddings. It can be a physically demanding job due to the heavy lifting and construction of large marquees, but you will soon find that it is a far better workout than you would get in the gym!
Your day involves loading vehicles with marquee equipment and driving to the venue. Some companies even pay all travel time during the day excluding your personal travel to and from work, so the further away the job is, the more you earn. Having arrived, most of the day will be spent putting up the marquee.
Gardener
There are a range of gardening jobs you could get, ranging from odds jobs in your community mowing lawns, to experienced horticultural work on private estates.
Gamekeeper
A gamekeeper looks after an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general.
Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner or country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as pheasants and partridge, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as foxes, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game.
Window Cleaner
Window cleaning could involve washing windows on houses around your neighbourhood. At it's most extreme, experienced climbers and riggers are employed to clean the windows on skyscrapers that don't have window cleaning cradles.
Landscape Gardener
If you like gardening and have a seriously creative streak, then perhaps you like to create and landscape gardens.
Builder
A builder or constructino worker is a good way to build up not only skills but muscle as well. Carrying a hod full of bricks up a ladder needs balance and strength. Then the bricklaying itself is a skill.
Tree Surgeon or Lumberjack
If you liked climbing trees as a kid, then perhaps you might like to do it again as a lumberjack. control of a chainsaw is quite a skill. The logging industry works in some difficult landscapes, and it is the skill of the lumberjack that does the job.
Biologist
Studying animals and nature is an ongoing job. We sitll are learning more about nature all the time.
Zooologist or Zoo Keeper
If you like animals, looking after animals at a zoo or wildlife park could be the job for you.
Footballer
If you have the skill, then you can earn some serious money with a job as a soccer player.
Sportsman or Sportswoman
There are a range of sporting jobs that you could do. Sponsorship can be very well paid.
Stuntman or Stuntwoman
For a few thrills, become a stuntperson. You could even see yourself in the movies.
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