Advice please... :(

I'm starting Kingswood in 9 days.

Activity Instructor is an apprenticeship scheme, so you can't have been in uni, or been accepted to one. It lasts for a full calendar year, I'm starting on the January the 29th so I'll finish January the 29th in 2010.

However, that is just the apprenticeship scheme I'm doing, they might have other stuff on offer, so you should phone them, explain your situation, and cross your fingers. Good luck!

have u completed the course? i have an interview in 1 hour lol, and from what ive seen it looks really awesome, could you tell me how you found it

I completed it and got my apprenticeship back in 2009. It was meant to take a year, but I had personal problems and needed to go home early, so I completed it in 6 months.

It was definitely an experience. How much you enjoy it will depend on your personality. At the end of the six months I was a qualified fencing instructor, TEFL trained, and taught quadbiking, abseiling, rock climbing etc.

Can't think of anything else to say, let me know if you have specific questions.

Good luck!

ah cool thanks, looks awesome. what happens on the assessment days? and can you choose what sports u want to be qualified in?

Ooft, now you're asking! Honestly having a hard time remembering.

Assessment day was in Wrexham, Wales. We had to fill in and pay for a CRB check, £20(?) which would be refunded in your pay if you got the job.
Had typical competency based interview - think of a time you lead a team, etc etc.
Had team exercises in the woods, puzzle based things to see how you worked in a team, do you take charge, are you having fun, what's your general attitude, are you participating etc? You can tell when they've seen enough of you, they asked me and a few other people to be quiet and appointed people as team leaders to get them to speak more!
So, stuff like right, everyone has to move from X to Y over this pole, but you must have spotters, and a leader who tells you what to do, you can't move until they tell you, etc.
Might have been a poster making thing?

That's all I can remember right now, but bear in mind this was a few years ago now and things may have drastically changed.

The hardest part of it all once you're working there is them organising the scheduling. Expect not to do much at first since you're not trained in much. They have to train you, but also balance training up people who have missed sessions in the past. This can mean you may not be trained in what you want. I wanted archery so bad, and was very vocal about it. I got fencing instead. On the other hand, I got TEFL, and zipwire/abseil/rock climbing that I wanted. I was based at the Hexham camp in England, and my favourite classes were Saving Swampy. I loved the educational ones, which is why they put me more towards the fencing/TEFL, more educational ones I guess.
Again, this may have all changed.

What site you thinking about?

If you get in, it will definitely be a benefit. Everything has a downside of course, and there are hard and boring parts of the job, but it's a great opportunity, and will be brilliant for CV. It will be a learning experience for you and the kids.

Best of luck!

ah cool thanks thats helpful, i think it would be similar to urs, did u have to stay for 2 days? do u get ur first choice camp? how do they decide what activites u can teach? im not sure yet, dearne valley which is close to me, just opened last year or peak district are my first choice, but i quite like the isle of wight too.

So what happened?

i got through im at the dearne valley campus