Title: Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Systems Management (18549)

Demonstrating Personal Qualities and Abilities
  Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
  Demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving.
  Demonstrate initiative and self-direction.
  Demonstrate integrity.
  Demonstrate work ethic.
  WorkplaceReadinessSkillsPoster2019.pdf
Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills
  Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.
  Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.
  Demonstrate respect for diversity.
  Demonstrate customer service skills.
  Collaborate with team members.
Demonstrating Professional Competencies
  Demonstrate big-picture thinking.
  Demonstrate career- and life-management skills.
  Demonstrate continuous learning and adaptability.
  Manage time and resources.
  Demonstrate information-literacy skills.
  Demonstrate an understanding of information security.
  Maintain working knowledge of current information-technology (IT) systems.
  Demonstrate proficiency with technologies, tools, and machines common to a specific occupation.
  Apply mathematical skills to job-specific tasks.
  Demonstrate professionalism.
  Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
  Demonstrate workplace safety.
Examining All Aspects of an Industry
  Examine aspects of planning within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of management within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of financial responsibility within an industry/organization.
  Examine technical and production skills required of workers within an industry/organization.
  Examine principles of technology that underlie an industry/organization.
  Examine labor issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine community issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine health, safety, and environmental issues related to an industry/organization.
Addressing Elements of Student Life
  Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.
  Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.
  Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.
  Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.
Exploring Work-Based Learning
  Identify the types of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities.
  (Optional) Reflect on lessons learned during the WBL experience.
  Explore career opportunities related to the WBL experience.
  (Optional) Participate in a WBL experience, when appropriate.
Exploring Leadership Opportunities through FFA
  A Note About This Module
  Identify the role of supervised agricultural experiences (SAEs) in agricultural education.
  Participate in an SAE.
  Identify benefits and responsibilities of FFA membership.
  Describe leadership characteristics and opportunities as they relate to agriculture and FFA.
  (Optional) Apply for an FFA degree and/or an agricultural proficiency award.
Developing Safety Skills and Awareness
  Complete a nationally recognized certification for first aid.
  Complete a nationally recognized cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) certification.
  (Optional) Complete a nationally recognized wilderness first aid training.
  Explain the dangers and hazards associated with the outdoors.
  Demonstrate use of tools and equipment.
Promoting Leisure and Recreation Enterprises
  Evaluate the effects of personal values regarding leisure and recreational experiences on attitudes, behaviors, and the use of resources.
  Describe the benefits of participating in outdoor recreational activities related to health, well-being, and quality of life.
  Research the evolution and significance of recreation and leisure activities.
  Conduct an agriscience research project related to outdoor recreation, parks, and tourism management.
  Explain the benefits of ecotourism to states and localities.
  Identify resources that promote and enhance recreational and leisure experiences.
  Describe the procedures for promoting, organizing, and conducting a hunting and/or fishing expedition.
  Explain the benefits of therapeutic recreation.
  Develop a plan to promote an outdoor-based therapeutic recreation program.
  Develop a plan for providing a nature-related experience to consumers.
  Evaluate marketing strategies, tools, and techniques used for promoting outdoor experiences.
  Create a marketing plan that can be used to promote an ecotourism business or outdoor recreation event.
  Describe the customer service skills required for careers in the parks and recreation industry.
Managing Recreational Areas and Enterprises
  Identify the major elements influencing consumer use of federal, state, and local parks and recreational areas.
  Identify the location and related characteristics of state parks and national forests.
  Describe the safety procedures for outdoor recreation and adventure tourism.
  Develop procedures for maintaining security and preventing accidents.
  Inspect recreational areas for safety hazards.
  Identify procedures for reporting violators in recreational areas and parks.
  (Optional) Explain the procedure for preparing a case for prosecution against violators.
  Develop a landscape design to manage traffic flow, increase security, and establish boundaries.
  Explain the importance of user-friendly wayfinding systems to assist visitors in parks, historic sites, and recreational areas.
  Develop a plan for cleaning and sanitizing the campground and recreational area buildings and facilities.
  List common supplies needed for recreation facilities.
  Describe methods for controlling insects in outdoor recreational areas.
  Describe methods for minimizing negative wildlife encounters in outdoor recreational areas.
  Develop policies, procedures, regulations, and rules for campground and recreational area use.
  (Optional) Develop a plan for the location, construction, and maintenance of scenic trails with minimal environmental impact.
  (Optional) Compile an inventory of a site's natural and historical resources.
  Explain the roles and duties of outdoor recreation supervisors, employees, and volunteers.
Planning Recreational Activities
  Design a recreational enterprise.
  (Optional) Develop a plan for gathering data on the use of a recreational area.
  Develop plans for various outdoor recreational activities.
  Develop an interpretive or environmental education program.
  (Optional) Design a play area for children.
  Describe the process for securing a portable restroom for an event/program.
  (Optional) Develop a rainout plan.
  Create rosters, schedules, and playoff brackets.
  Identify the processes for recruiting, hiring, and training employees.
  Create a schedule for staff members for the spring, summer, or fall season.
Managing Wilderness Areas
  (Optional) Maintain roadless character and values of wilderness areas to comply with land-use restrictions of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
  Identify the location of the Appalachian Trail.
  Navigate from a starting point to a destination point.
  Explain the economic significance of the Appalachian Trail (AT) to Virginia's outdoor tourism industry.
  Evaluate the environmental and economic effects of a recreational enterprise on the wilderness area.
  Describe ethics issues faced in outdoor recreation management.
Examining State and Federal Policies Concerning Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management
  Research the history of forest and park policy in the United States.
  Describe the scope of government agencies involved in forest, recreation, wildlife, and parks management.
Planning, Constructing, and Maintaining Facilities and Equipment
  Design a recreational facility using Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) principles.
  Perform basic concrete and masonry maintenance.
  Demonstrate basic carpentry skills.
  (Optional) Construct a fence.
  Demonstrate basic electrical skills.
  Demonstrate basic plumbing skills.
  (Optional) Describe local ordinances related to swimming pools.
  Describe the process and equipment used to maintain a swimming pool.
  Paint various surfaces.
  Describe the process of repairing roads and driveways.
  Describe basic maintenance requirements for vehicles and equipment essential to the outdoor recreation, parks, and tourism industry.
ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION (for instructors only; do not publish for students)
  Student Competency Records
  8043 Standards Correlations.pdf
  8043 Credentials-Sequences-Clusters.pdf
  8043 Acknowledgments and Copyright.pdf