Roles in the Award
Roles – Who are the Supervisors and Adventurous Journey Assessors?
The qualifying and practice journeys should be supervised and assessed by experienced adults, responsible for the group’s safety while on the journey, needs to be familiar with the Award and must be satisfied that the participants are properly trained and equipped to undertake the journey.
Supervisors
are appointed by the Award Centre and have overall responsibility for the group whilst training and undertaking their practice and qualifying Adventurous Journeys. They are responsible for supervising practice journeys, for assessing the ability of an individual or team to carry out their qualifying journey, and for signing a participant’s relevant documents to confirm that they are suitably skilled and prepared. The role of the Adventurous Journey Supervisor can be carried out by an Award Leader, but there must be a separate Adventurous Journey Assessor.
Assessors
are also managed by the Award Centre. They may be part of the Award Centre staff or may be allocated to an Adventurous Journey by the National Award Operator. Adventurous Journey
Assessors are responsible for assessing whether a group meets all of the requirements outlined in this table.
Both Adventurous Journey Supervisors and Adventurous Journey Assessors should have considerable knowledge and experience of the chosen activity and be able to listen and help with a participant’s thoughts, concerns and questions. They should encourage participants throughout the activity, assisting them from start through to completion by regularly meeting with them and discussing their goals.
If interested to get involved and become an Adventurous Journey Supervisors and Assessors, register for training courses that will take place this year. For more details we invite you to access the One Stop Newsletter 2026. (hiperlink to newsletter to be added)
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