Gold Assessor Course

Profile

• Type: Course for Regional Award Representatives ("3rd level course"). 

• Aim: Soft skills training for Gold Expedition Assessors.

• Target group: Members of the expetion teams of Operating Authorities who would like to assess Gold expeditions.

• Requirements:

  • Minimum age 21 years (Assisstant Assessors: 18 years);

  • First Aid Course (completed no more than three years ago);

  • Award Leaders Course & Award Management Course (Gold Award Holders: Award Leaders Course);

  • Wild Country Experience according to the German Wanderleiter or Wanderführer standard;

  • Profound acquaintance of a specific Wild Country Area;

  • Practical experience as a Trainer, Supervisor or Assessor in the Expeditions section at least on the Silver standard.

• Duration: at least 5 days;

• Accreditation Course: at least 2.5 days;

• Induction Assessements: at least 2.5 days.

• Renewal of accreditation: Every three years by

• Evidence comprehended in the Gold Assessors Logbook;

• Participating in the periodic Gold Assessors' conferences.

• Registration: Form no 29.

Contents

• Theory: Short presentations and exercises
  

• Introduction

• Expedition Guide: Knowledge test

• Role of Regional Award Representatives

• Tasks of Wild Country Assessors

• Main stages of assessement

• Case studies

• Working for a Wild Country Area

• Gold Assessors' Logbook

• Review

• Praxis: Coached work as an Assessor

• Planning

• Execution

• Evaluation

Forms

There are two diffent forms of the Gold Assessors Course

• Modular form with the stages

1. Accreditation Course (extended form: exploration of a specific Wild Country Area included)

2. Coached practice in the framework of a venture in a Wild Country Area;

• Compact form in the framework of of a venture in a Wild Country Area.