Outdoor Skills

The Outdoor Adventure Skills (OAS) are a new and exciting way of packaging the many Adventurous Activities that we build into our Youth Program.

They encourage more of the outdoor experiences we already know and love, but they also extend into areas that might be new for your Unit - meaning more adventure, and fun more often.

The early stages of all Outdoor Adventure Skills are for those who want to try out the activity and establish foundational skills.

The later stages are geared towards the Scout who wishes to explore these pursuits in more depth and gain greater expertise. The Outdoor Adventure Skills carry through all Sections.

The lowest stages have been written with the younger youth members in mind, however keen or skilled Scouts in these Sections can progress ahead.

Outdoor Adventure Skills are one aspect of the new program Achievement Pathways.

There are 9 skill areas.

* 3 core areas (Bushcraft, Bushwalking and Camping)

* 6 specialist areas (Alpine, Aquatic, Boating, Cycling, Paddling and Vertical)

Each Skill area is broken into 9 Stages, with skills progressively increasing from 1 to 9

These areas can also be broken into different streams from stage 4 onwards.

When combining the different areas with the different stages and different streams, are 162 different opportunities available in the Outdoor Adventurous Skills.