Leading · Learning · Outdoors
Qualifications, careers, schools, teams, youth development.
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Real experience, not being told things — whichever of these is you.
Professional practice in the outdoors
Already working outdoors? Build your instructor qualifications and go further.
Instructor strands, Levels 4–6 · micro-credentials · senior practitioner
Explore instructor qualifications →Study or start a career
Nationally recognised study that starts a career in outdoor education or youth work.
Diploma in Outdoor Adventure Education · Youth Work Certificate · Trainee Instructor Programme
Explore study & careers →I'm a school
Safe, well-planned programmes that grow your students.
EOTC · Trades Academy · Duke of Edinburgh · school programmes
Explore school programmes →I'm a youth or community organisation
Adventure-based programmes that build confidence and connection for young people.
Youth development, ages 14–19 · co-created with your organisation
Explore youth development →I'm a workplace or team
Rebuild trust and work as one through a shared real challenge.
Team development · group problem-solving
Explore team development →Get to know us
Why we do this, the people who do it, and how we do it well.
The why · the people · our philosophy
About AdventureWorks →What we do
Fifteen-plus qualifications and programmes, delivered across Aotearoa.
Welcoming & representative
"Relate with us" is carried by faces, not adjectives — real stories across the span of who we serve.
A young person
Youth Development
"I found out I could do far more than I thought I could."
A career-changer
Diploma graduate
"It gave me the qualification and confidence to make the outdoors my career."
A school
EOTC partner
"Our class came back working as one. That's the AdventureWorks difference."
A workplace team
Team development
"A real shared challenge rebuilt trust faster than any workshop could."
The outdoors is for everyone Our director leads from a wheelchair, and inclusive practice is built into how we design every programme — so more people can see themselves out here. Read our approach to inclusion →
What rises
In a world that's more connected online and more disconnected in person than ever, a real experience — a group, a purpose, a shared challenge outdoors — matters more than it ever has. That's the one thing we've done with real care for over 22 years.
Read why we exist →Come and do something real
Tell us what brought you — a qualification, a career, a school programme, a team — and we'll get you sorted.
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