CAREER AS AN OUTWARD BOUND INSTRUCTOR

Outward Bound Sabah, an international non-profit outdoor educational centre, based in Kinarut Sabah Malaysia, is seeking candidates to become INSTRUCTOR! 

The job of an Instructor is "To conduct safe and quality Outward Bound Sabah courses and ensure participants achieve the course objectives".

The preference is as follows:

               - Age 18 and above
               - Able to swim, loves outdoor and physically healthy
               - Interest in outdoor education
               - Good interpersonal and communication skills

Selection program will be conducted at OBS center, if you are interested and meet the criteria, contact us to book your place!

                 088 - 750311 (Ms Elyna) or 
  email at secretary@outwardbound.com.my

Striving For Excellence

The use of adventure as a process for learning is relatively new development in modern education. Some people may perceived it as an ancient approach to learning. Young people are placed in situations where they would be challenged and from which they would learn what character and leadership required to face the reality of life.

Outward Bound conducts courses of a highly strenuous, physically and mentally challenging nature in remote wilderness area. The wilderness is our classroom that provides the perfect adventure experience to our course participants. 

However adventure involves elements of risk and uncertainty. It is crucial to have well trained staff to operate the activities because the safety of the participants depend on their expertise. It demands many skills and especially judgment, it simply cannot be taught in a single workshop or course. Therefore continuous learning is needed in order to achieve excellence.

The Department of Skills and Character Development at Outward Bound Sabah is responsible for training and re-training of Instructors so that they can perform at their best. The Instructors are the back bone of all our programs as they are the front line staff the directly affecting the participant's experience. 

       

Recently from 10-11 June 2013, we organised the Basic Rescue Technique at our ropes course activity i.e giant ladder, flying fox, rock climbing etc. The training is important to refresh the skills of the instructors that will improve their judgment during emergency.

Written by,

Benjamin Benedict

Great Fund for Fun Educational Exploration

Tun Fuad Foundation has generously funded three organisation allowing participants from aged 13 to 55 years old to experience fun outdoor challenge at Outward Bound Sabah. Programme has divided into 3 batches, to allow participants from Sabah Cheshire Home, Rumah Kanak-Kanak Toboh and Sabah Society for the Blind, to take part in the Outward Bound Programme which took place from mid April to early June 2013. 

The 3 - 5 days programme was designed with elements of high energetic yet educative activities to accommodate the objectives of the programme. participants took part in the high ropes challenges (e.g. abseiling, rock climbing and Flying Fox) as well as water courses which were sailing and kayaking in the South China Sea, journeyed to Pulau Dinawan approximately 4 kilometres from the school. All of them grasped an opportunity to camp on the island. whilst installed activities such as camp craft, bush cooking and Bonfire.

Datuk Chin Kui Bee, the Trustee of Tun Fuad Foundation said that this programme has brought great impact to the life of the participants and impressed to see the transformation in their life. She hoped that more participants to be given such opportunity in time to come. She was speaking to the children from Rumah Kanak-kanak Toboh in the closing ceremony at Outward Bound School on the 28th May 2013. Pn. Rosalind Chiew, the President of the Sabah Society for the Blind shared the same sentiment with Datuk Chin as she spoke in the closing ceremony on the 8th June 2013.

Written by,
Ms Jamie Lee Cyuen 
(Jamie is OBS new Business Development Executive, from Kuala Lumpur)

 There shall be no hindrance for the blinds to undertake challenges that normal being does.   

The participants from Sabah Cheshire Home were all ready 
for the morning exercise at the beach.

The participants of Rumah Kanak-kanak Toboh and the instructors of Outward Bound Sabah.
Sitting at the left; Datin Theresa William, Datuk Gabriel William (Executive Director of OBS),
Datuk Chin Kui Bee (Trustee of Tun Fuad Foundation), Mr. Benjamin Benedict (Asst. Director of OBS)
and Mr Johnny Suti (Programme Manager).