# Competences — survival instructor

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/52a769ab-c899-4e8c-b31d-e5c2a01f32e3).

## Essential

- **adapt teaching to student's capabilities** (skill/competence)
- **apply teaching strategies** (skill/competence)
- **assess nature of injury in emergency** (skill/competence)
- **assist students with equipment** (skill/competence)
- **build a fire** (skill/competence)
- **compass navigation** (knowledge)
- **demonstrate when teaching** (skill/competence)
- **educate people about nature** (skill/competence)
- **encourage students to acknowledge their achievements** (skill/competence)
- **give constructive feedback** (skill/competence)
- **guarantee students' safety** (skill/competence)
- **inspire enthusiasm for nature** (skill/competence)
- **lead hiking trips** (skill/competence)
- **maintain camping facilities** (skill/competence)
- **manage student relationships** (skill/competence)
- **natural food resources** (knowledge)
- **primitive technology** (knowledge)
- **protection from natural elements** (knowledge)
- **provide first aid** (skill/competence)
- **read maps** (skill/competence)
- **risk management** (knowledge)
- **rope lashing** (knowledge)
- **teach survival skills** (skill/competence)
- **tracking principles** (knowledge)
- **use geographic memory** (skill/competence)
- **use rope access techniques** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- animal behaviour (knowledge)
- animal evolution (knowledge)
- assess students (skill/competence)
- celestial navigation (knowledge)
- climb trees (skill/competence)
- consult students on learning content (skill/competence)
- facilitate teamwork between students (skill/competence)
- lip reading (knowledge)
- manage groups outdoors (skill/competence)
- operate fishing equipment (skill/competence)
- prepare lesson content (skill/competence)
- provide first aid to animals (skill/competence)
- provide lesson materials (skill/competence)
- represent the organisation (skill/competence)
- teamwork principles (knowledge)
- use modern electronic navigational aids (skill/competence)
- use rigging tools (skill/competence)
- work with different target groups (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- outdoor adventure program delivery — **26 %**
- outdoor activity delivery — **21 %**
- workshop facilitation — **21 %**
- survival tactics — **16 %**
- resistance training — **16 %**
- evasion techniques — **16 %**

### Methods

- structured activities — **21 %**

### Responsibilities

- program delivery — **26 %**
- campfire cookout — **26 %**
- activity delivery — **21 %**
- workshop delivery — **21 %**
- training program delivery — **16 %**
- military personnel preparation — **16 %**

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