If you want a career in the great outdoors you're going to need to choose the best way for you to get qualifications and experience.

Historically, wages in the Outdoor Education and Adventure Sector have been lower than the UK Average (.gov.uk)

What's the coasteering like? Crystal clear water, very little tide restriction, incredible limestone cliffs, great caves, great wave cut platforms. Safe, exciting with LOTS of variety.

The two day course covers CPR, defibrillator (Automated External Defibrillator ) training, emergency response and dressing wounds.

First Aid is absolutely crucial for an outdoor instructor but also a great life skill for everyone and we can't recommend enough for everyone to get some training in if you get the chance.

We've been squeezing in as many sessions around work as we can, donning wetsuits at 7am, braving the cold and practicing our skills.

Now our trainees have gained solid paddle skills, the focus has shifted to the coaching side of things and being able to lead groups.

Love for the outdoors but unsure what to do next?

Over the last 12 months Land & Wave has recruited some amazing people to help us do what we do.

January is set to be a busy month for the trainees - they dive straight into two qualifications; The Safety and Rescue Test for paddle sports

I got started through my Dad; he used to work at activity centres, loved the great outdoors and to this day climbs waayyy harder than me.

My Motivation to join the course was that I really loved the outdoors and thought that this course would suit me best.

It's Week 6 of the Accelerated Instructor Training Course and we've been cruising the coast in kayaks, surfing the waves at Sandbanks, battling the swell at Dancing Ledge and scaling the heights of Portland.

We've paid full price for all our Panasonic Cameras, we have several of them. Our oldest FT5 has been with us for 3 years, our newest has been with us for 18 months.

We wrapped up with extra layers, filled flasks and braced ourselves for a week of Kayaking, Coasteering, Navigation and Bushcraft.