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Founded in 1999, OutdoorStaff is the UK's largest and longest established outdoor sector job site. The site provides outdoor enthusiasts with a free job search service featuring hundreds of vacancies with all kinds of outdoor adventure and watersports employers. Browse vacancies for trainee instructors, instructors, senior instructors, expedition leaders, development tutors, field study tutors, retail staff, support staff and centre managers.
OutdoorStaff also has an extensive careers information area, including a video zone with job profiles on the different roles available within the outdoors. The OutdoorStaff team created the "Careers In The Outdoors" event to help promote the diversity of career opportunities available within the outdoors sector and highlight some of the exciting career pathways available with real life examples from people who have "been there and done it". All of the talks filmed at Careers In The Outdoors are made available online after the event to provide a legacy careers resource for future generations of outdoor sector workers.
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The Activities Industry Mutual has been set up specifically to cater for the needs of the Activities industry in the UK and for those who have operations both in the UK and abroad. Mutuality is a growing sector within the insurance world and is particularly appealing to industries that, in the past, have suffered from the cyclical nature of the standard insurance market. The Activities industry is a perfect example of this.
Many insurance companies are, by their very nature, opportunistic. Premiums are set at the maximum level that the market can bear and the market moves from hard (minimum cover offered with high level premiums and profits) to soft (low premiums and losses) and then back again. This cycle leads to uncertainty for policyholders who may find that cover is restricted or difficult to obtain, insurance premiums suffer large increases and costs often bear no relation to individual or industry claims experience.
The reasons for establishing the Activities Industry Mutual were many but the main ones were to provide an 'at cost' alternative to the retail insurance market, to provide the optimum level of cover required, to ensure continuity of cover and to allow ownership by the mutual Members. A major advantage of a mutual is that it enables a level of control over the peaks and troughs of premium and cover levels in the standard market place.
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Adventure Category Sponsor
PGL is the UK's leading provider of residential children's adventure holidays at our 34 activity centres across the UK, France and Spain. Help give our guests the time of their life while you have yours! We have job vacancies for Activity Instructors, Watersports Instructors, Catering jobs, Housekeeping jobs and many more! Fantastic work and training opportunities for careers in the outdoors, gap year jobs, seasonal jobs and career breaks. Live-in and part-time jobs available. Develop your career through our variety of training courses - all are free of charge to PGL staff providing you complete your contract of employment with us. Visit us at stand CS110 to find out more about our Apprenticeships, training and qualification opportunities.
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Watersports Category Sponsor
At Flying Fish you can become a Yachtmaster, conquer the ski slopes, surf Sydney's best breaks or win at windsurfing. Learn the basics of sailing, dive the Barrier Reef or enter the Fastnet Race. With over 17 years' experience in the UK, Australia, Canada and Greece, Flying Fish promises you expert coaching and real adventure. Come to us to start an action-packed career, plan a gap year or enjoy some time out from work. Learn new skills, gain professional qualifications and meet new friends. Whatever your reason for joining Flying Fish, we guarantee you an experience you will remember forever. Visit us at the Careers Cafe to find out more.
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Expedition Leadership Category Sponsor
BSES Expeditions is a youth development charity that organises challenging scientific expeditions to remote, wild environments to develop the confidence, teamwork, leadership and spirit of adventure and exploration of its Young Explorers. Each year young people aged 16-23, from different schools, universities and many other walks of life, join together to take part in valuable adventure and environmental research projects in challenging areas of the world from the heights of the Himalayas to the heat of the Arabian Desert and from the valleys and glaciers of the Arctic to the lakes and rivers of the Amazon.
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ResortWork is the UK's largest job site for seasonal resort workers. Season workers can search the site for winter ski jobs and summer resort jobs and then apply online direct to any one of over 300 employers. The site also provides extensive information on the different types of jobs available with video job profiles and video resort guides to aid resort workers in their choice of seasonal job. Many experienced resort workers use the site to plan both their winter job and their summer job to work consecutive seasons and develop their career in the adventure or travel industries. Roles available include Resort Reps, Ski Guides, Childcare Staff, Hospitality Staff and Sports Instructors.
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Cytech is the cycle industry training and accreditation scheme for mechanics and technicians.
* Cytech is owned by the UK Cycle Industry via the ACT
* The Cytech Technical Skills Programme was developed over 20 years ago
* Cytech qualifications have been awarded to over 5000 candidates
* Over 1500 Cytech qualified staff are currently employed in UK shops and suppliers
* Leading UK bicycle distributors put all technical staff through Cytech training
The Cycling Experts website is the most up to date listing of Cytech Accredited individuals and shops.
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The Retail Job Site is exactly that - a specialist site that exclusively features retail jobs. If you are looking to turn your outdoor passion into a career you don't have to be outside all day! Specialist retail outlets need outdoor experts to advise clients and develop the best product range for the growing number of outdoor enthusiasts. The retail industry provides a very wide range of career development opportunities from entry level to store management, product design to merchandising, buying to supply chain logistics. Find out more from people who have been there and done it at the daily outdoor retail speaker sessions.
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