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Hear it from the participants

Watch the video above and let our participants tell you all about their Outward Bound instructors.  


What you can expect from an Outward Bound instructor

- Experts in outdoor learning with outstanding educational capabilities
- Academic and technical skills and experience to develop learners' long-term, transferable skills
- You'll work with a dedicated instructor from beginning to end of your course
- Pastoral experience to support young people through their adventure


Want to know more?

- Almost a quarter of our instructors have worked at The Trust for five years or more
- In total, The Trust has 140 instructors across our six centres
- The average Outward Bound instructor is 32 years old
- Over half of our instructors hold advanced outdoor or technical qualifications such as a Mountain Instructor Certificate
- 57% of our instructors possess academic qualifications for delivering learning such as  a PGCE
- On average, our instructors have worked with us for four and a half years

*Correct as at June 2011

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