Outdoor Sports Jobs help guide
Working in outdoor pursuits can be a rewarding and adventurous career path for people who enjoy the outdoors and want to share their passion with others. It's not just about climbing and watersports. There are seasonal jobs in centres that employ staff to lead low ropes activities, problem solving, mountain biking, orienteering and archery. Not to mention all the traditional sports like football, rugby and golf.
Whether you're interested in coaching football, leading groups in the mountains, working as a kayak instructor, guiding outdoor activities, or pursuing a career in outdoor education, here is a guide to help you get started.
If you are already qualified and / or experienced your skills are very sought after by the companies that have joined up with Season Workers. If not, there are plenty of courses advertised in this section that can give you a ticket to pursuing your chosen sport as a job and maybe even a career.
Getting work on yachts and sailing ships
As a complete novice, without any previous sailing experience, you can still find suitable positions on private yachts where the employer will teach you the basics. These types of positions are usually low paid or non-paid, but remember you have food and board included, and you get to travel, and gain valuable sailing experience and sea miles.
The jobs on the motor yachts are more based in the hospitality sector at entry level but these operations also employ specialist staff that may come from the outdoor sector watersports disciplines. There are also some great openings for qualified season workers from catering backgrounds that might have just finished working a season in a hotel or restaurant.
Entry level outdoor sports jobs
Working as an outdoor instructor is so much fun. You get to work within a team, that love the same things you do, live with you, work with you and share their laughs and troubles with you. For the past season (April-August), I have had the pleasure of working within a team of people like the above. We worked long days but put our all into everything we did. We had school groups on camp every week since we started in April and this was were the fun was. We worked in groups of three instructors, going up to forty, depending on our site and school group.
Outdoor sports qualifications
To participate in training under a regional board (MLTE, MLTNI, MLTS and MLTW) you need to first be a member of a club that is affiliated to the local regional MC (Mountaineering council). You can then contact your regional training board and get your log book (which is the basis of almost all outdoor qualifications). Your club will also be able to help simplify the process and help you on your way to a career in outdoor sports.
Sports jobs help guide
A closer look at each category of outdoor sports jobs and courses
Latest outdoor sports jobs and courses
Maintenance Person
Location: Condover Hall, ShrewsburyContract Type: Permanent Full time hours available (includes weekends & late shifts)Reports To: General Manager
-
£26665.60 per annum
-
Not provided
Mountain Bike Instructor Training Course In Queenstown, New Zealand.
Mountain Bike Instructor Training Course In Queenstown, New Zealand. Queenstown is known as New Zealand's adventure capital and has a global reputatio
-
NA
-
Provided
Mountain Bike Instructor Internship In Revelstoke, Canada.
Mountain Bike Instructor Internship In Revelstoke, Canada If you want to take your mountain biking to the next level and combine it with work in one o
-
NA
-
Provided
From the outdoor sports video channel
NO ORDINARY SUMMER | CAMP AMERICA
Camp America isn't just making s'mores around a campfire...it's adventure and adrenaline, it's getting back to basics and being surrounded by nature, it's bonding with people from all over the world, it's being a big kid again and doing what you love! If you want a summer to remember...apply now!
Watch video
Turn your passion into a job! | Spend your summer on the water.
If you love being out on the water, you need to check out our watersports roles! Spend 9 weeks of summer working as a wakeboard, kayak, sailing, paddle boarding, jet ski, or motor boating instructor and many more!
Watch video
The Adventure Starts Here | Outdoor Adventure Jobs USA with Camp America
This is camp like you’ve never seen it. Mountain biking. Climbing. Rafting. Big energy, bigger views, and the summer that gives you a story. Camp America throws you straight into real adventure with new mates, new skills, makes you a role model and a camp that feels like home by week one. Want in? Subscribe now so you don’t miss the next episodes. Start your summer www.campamerica.co.uk Big thanks to High Rocks Camp, North Carolina for having us and Filmed by Gnarvarna.
Watch video
Meet Jack | Waterfront Instructor at Camp
Jack was a civil engineer back in Australia - he quit his job to work on the waterfront teaching kids to waterski and tube! Spend a bit of time with him finding out about his day on camp at Chestnut Lake. Welcome to Camp America!
Watch video