Templates & Guidelines
Good practice Guidelines (GPGs) are designed to help people plan organized outdoor activities for others. These guidelines have been written for people who may be part time or volunteer outdoor leaders, educators, or instructors.
A quick-reference safety checklist designed for schools and youth organisations when booking accommodation, transport, catering, or activity providers for excursions. This guide helps you ask the right questions and request the right evidence to ensure your provider is compliant, insured, and risk-aware.
An essential guide to help schools, teachers, and parents ensure safety during water-based outings. Includes tips on swimming competence, supervision, emergency planning, and post-trip debriefing. Developed as part of SA AIA’s commitment to safer learning outside the classroom.
A poster highlighting the benefits of working with registered SA AIA members. Learn what makes our members stand out, from strict ethics to professional registration. Great for display in schools, camps, and activity centres.
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a file containing all the information needed to
run a trip.
This document provides general good practice guidance and should be read alongside the relevant Activity Good Practice Guideline. The general guidance highlights considerations for ALL activities whereas the activity guidelines highlight considerations SPECIFIC to the activity addressed. BOTH specific and general guidance should be referred to when planning an activity.
This good practice guideline is specific to Overnight Camping activities and is designed to be used in conjunction with the General Guidance for Organised Outdoor Activities and Overnight Camping Planning Template (coming soon).
The guidance in this GPG is for overnight camping in a shelter of some description (tent, fly, bivy, cave, or hut), with or without road access. it includes camping that occurs on the SANParks campsites, school grounds, private land and rural land. There may or may not be permanent toilets, tap water, a power supply or fixed (landline) communications.
