Adventure
and Nature Tourism Management

Technological Specialisation Courses - Access with the 12th Grade

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Our mission is to train professionals with the technical capacity and initiative to welcome tourists, through the development of activities focused on eco-sustainability, responsibility and ethics with the customer, in order to respond to the needs of the market in the segment of Nature and Adventure Tourism.

The Technological Specialisation Course in Adventure and Nature Tourism Management prepares students for the exercise of technical functions in tourism information and entertainment companies and events.

This course is the result of a joint partnership with APECATE, an association that brings together and represents the congress, tourism entertainment and events companies in Portugal, as a strategic partner for the technological training components.

This training allows the acquisition of knowledge and technical skills in the area of outdoor tourism, as well as integrated management skills, based on innovative learning models.

Reasons to take this course

Access to the best classrooms for technical and pedagogical training - with state-of-the-art equipment and a teaching staff with high technical, pedagogical and human qualifications.

It guarantees you a job in the best national and international tourism instutitions and companies.

Attend this course and access for free:

  • Curricular design adapted to new profiles and skills
  • Commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Reinforcement of environmental, sustainability and inclusive tourism components
  • Management of outdoor tourism projects
  • Focus on Practical and Simulated Training in areas such as cycling, hiking, walking activities and games in outdoor tourism
  • Outdoor specialisations / school option in areas such as: Canoeing and rafting, rope manoeuvres, climbing, archery, crossbow and blowpipe shooting, paintball and introduction to birdwatching
  • Strong relationship with the market/companies and public entities of the Tourism sector through curricular internships
  • Study material
  • Transport and/or Accommodation (*)
  • Study visits
  • Application Hotels and Restaurants, to practice your occupation
  • Merit-based Grants  
  • International exchanges
  • National internships in large companies in the sector
  • International internships (Erasmus +)
  • Participation in major international competitions
  • Participation in national and international fairs and events
  • Support in career management (Talent Spot)
  • (*) Consult the Social Support Regulations
Employability
94%
  • Merit Scholarships
  • International internships

Who can attend the course?

  • Adults aged 18 or over, holders of secondary education or legally equivalent qualification
  • Holders of a technological specialisation diploma or a higher education degree or diploma who wish to undergo professional requalification
  • Attendance of an education or training course or an RVCC (Recognition, Validation and Certification of Professional Skills) process, at secondary level
  • 2 semesters + 1 curricular internship + Initiation Programme (150h)
  • The Course in Nature and Adventure Tourism has a duration of 1 year (full-time), divided into 2 semesters, including a curricular internship of 500h duration. Students have the opportunity to select reference tourism information and entertainment companies and events to carry out their internship.
  • The Initiation Programme (150h) corresponds to a training plan for the acquisition of skills for entry to the course for students without training in a related area, and they may be recognised and exempted from attending the training units that compose it.
  • Course Value €1,000 (*) Payment in Instalments € 100 x 10
  • (*) These values have a reduction of 50% in the Vila Real de Santo António School.
INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMME
Topics Total
Tourism and Hospitality 15
Communication and Storytelling 15
English  20
Nature and Adventure Tourism Activities 40
Health Promotion 20
Physical Activity 40
Total 150
1st Semester
Component Module Hours
General and Scientific Training Develop personal and creative skills 25
Interact in English in providing information about tourism 25
Create and develop business ideas  25
Total 75
Technological Training Implement the legal standards and adopt quality practices in Nature and Adventure Tourism programmes 50
Manage groups in nature and adventure tourism programmes  50
Implement safety rules and risk management techniques in nature and adventure tourism programmes 25
Implement orientation and navigation techniques in adventure and nature tourism management programmes 50
Interpret and communicate information about the landscape and natural values in nature and adventure tourism programmes 25
Create and promote nature and adventure tourism programmes 50
Handle emergency situations in nature and adventure tourism programmes 25
Monitor and organise walking programmes  and other activities on foot 25
Monitor and organise outings and other activities by bike 25
Interact in English in tourism entertainment programmes 25
Interact in a foreign language in tourism entertainment programmes 25
Technical Option I 25
Technical Option II 25
Cross-training I 25
Total 450
Total 1st Semester 525
2nd Semester
Component Module Hours
General and Scientific Training Applying storytelling in communication 25
Interact in English in providing information about tourism 25
Create and develop business ideas  25
Total 75
Technological Training Interact in English in tourism entertainment programmes 25
Interact in a foreign language in tourism entertainment programmes 25
Implement safety rules and risk management techniques in nature and adventure tourism programmes 25
Interpret and communicate information about the cultural heritage in adventure and nature tourism programmes 50
Interpret and communicate information about the landscape and natural values in nature and adventure tourism programmes 25
Assess climatic, meteorological and atmospheric information in nature and adventure tourism programmes 25
Manage fixed facilities and equipment related to nature and adventure tourism 50
Organise and assess nature and adventure tourism programmes 50
Monitor and organise walking programmes and other activities on foot 25
Monitor and organise outings and other activities by bike 25
Technical Option I 25
Technical Option II 25
Cross-training II 25
Total 400
Total 2nd Semester 475
FPCT (Internship) Curricular Internship 465
     
     
     
  • Design, plan and organise nature and adventure tourism entertainment programmes
  • Monitor and promote nature and adventure tourism entertainment programmes
  • Promote the responsible participation of participants in nature and adventure tourism entertainment activities
  • Assess the nature and adventure tourism activities carried out

Where can you take this course?

Career Opportunities

  • The Specialist Technician in Adventure and Nature Tourism Management is a professional qualified to design, plan, organise and monitor programmes of outdoor tourism activities, autonomously framing the participating customers, under the technical and touristic point of view, in activities corresponding to their area and level of specialisation and participating in the management and maintenance of facilities and equipment.

The Schools of Turismo de Portugal have protocols signed with various national and international higher education institutions.  

This training offer allows the continuation of studies towards higher education in a related area, establishing the connection between the training of intermediate staff, recognition of knowledge and skills and the respective conclusion of a cycle of higher studies.

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At the end of the Course, students obtain a Technological Specialisation Diploma, which gives access to the exercise of the occupation of Specialist Technician in Tourism Management.

Ordinance no. 206/2022 of 19 August

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