AusLeisure

Skills Active has announced Eric Schusser at Snow Farm as the recipient of the Volunteer Development Scholarship, with the Small Business Scholarship awarded to Flyers Swim School in Stratford - owned and run by Aimee Woodhead.

As the transitional industry training organisation for recreation, exercise, sport and performing arts, Skills Active provides these scholarships to support top notch workplaces that develop their staff and their sectors through the use of formal industry training.

The Volunteer Development Scholarship recognises the impressive volunteers as well as the people who support them. Schusser is an assessor of cross-country ski instructors at the Snow Farm alpine ski area in Queenstown Lakes.

Not only is he helping the Snow Farm team – both volunteers and paid staff – through a qualification pathway, but he also worked jointly with Skills Active on developing the pathway itself.

Thanks to the efforts of Schusser and others at Snow Farm, more people of all ages will be able to gain the benefits of being active, enjoying the stunning alpine environment, and developing mastery in this peaceful, challenging and unique sport. The scholarship comes with a trophy and a $500 grant towards future Skills Active enrolments for the organisation.

The Small Business Scholarship has gone to Flyers Swim School in Stratford, which is owned and run by Aimee Woodhead (pictured above receiving her award from her learning support advisor Angie Gooch). This award is open to small employers who demonstrate a commitment to enriching the knowledge and skills of their staff, and it comes with a trophy and a $1500 grant towards future enrolments.

Woodhead has a hands-on approach to supporting her swim teacher apprentices – including lots of one-on-one help, coordinating courses, tasks and paperwork, and even creating online forms to help them fill out their written assessments.

The scholarship recognises her hard mahi and the wraparound support she provided, growing the pool of highly qualified teachers, and strengthening the swim education sector.

Skills Active Chief Operating Officer, Maren Frerichs adds “Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou to Aimee, Eric and their teams.

“Having a qualified workforce in te ahumahi ā-rēhia – the recreation and leisure sectors – is so important in these times. We can all benefit from staying healthy, learning skills and being active in our communities.

“Professionals like Eric and Aimee are leading lights in our sectors, showing the way to build up individuals and organisations, and delivering professional development through real-life learning.

“We’re sending them both a big old ‘good on ya!’ for helping the ahumahi ā-rēhia workforce to step up and flourish with an enhanced skill base.”

Image top: Skills Active Small Business Scholarship 2021 was awarded to Flyers Swim School in Stratford, which is owned and run by Aimee Woodhead pictured receiving her award from her learning support advisor Angie Gooch; and image above Eric Schusser at Snow Farm. Credit Skills Active 

Related Articles

9th February 2022 - Skills Active celebrates 2021 graduates

6th January 2022 - Skills Active COVID protection measures align with New Zealand’s traffic light system

16th December 2021 - Swim educator Ali Gills named as 2021 Skills Active Aotearoa Apprentice of the Year

22nd October 2021 - Skills Active Aotearoa spotlights a commitment to yoga and Pilates

6th September 2021 - Skills Active spotlights personal and professional growth through Martial Arts training

31st August 2021 - Skills Active Aotearoa launches two new qualifications for community recreation professionals

23rd August 2021 - Skills Active spotlights Stratford swim school’s support of apprentices

17th August 2021 - Skills Active shares McMillan’s Aquatic Centre’s approach to mentoring swimming teachers

21st May 2021 - Skills Active spotlights commitment and passion of senior lifeguard and apprentice

11th February 2021 - Skills Active Aotearoa spotlights a commitment within the Napier fitness community

30th November 2020 - Lucas Tofani Souza announced as 2020 Skills Active Apprentice of the Year

9th September 2020 - Skills Active announce two of the finalists for Apprentice of the Year

16th July 2020 - Skills Active looks back on a year of incredible achievements

18th June 2020 - Skills Active welcomes funding initiative for apprentices

10th June 2020 - Skills Active announces new Chief Operating Officer appointment

17th February 2020 - Skills Active announces recipient of their Exercise Scholarship

---

Support our industry news service
We hope that you value the news that we publish so while you're here can we ask for your support?

As an independent publisher, we need reader support for our industry news gathering so ask that - if you don't already do so - you back us by subscribing to the printed Australasian Leisure Management magazine and/or our online news.