What are the main disadvantages of training to become a nature educator?

Training as a nature educator enables participants to access nature through an intensive, holistic experience with all their senses. Participants should be enabled to consciously perceive themselves and the nature around them. The target groups are adults as well as young people and children.

The main disadvantages of training as a nature educator are:

1. Training to become a nature educator is not a federal qualification; the school issues its own diploma or certificate. Find out more about the course, the qualification and the associated career opportunities, also thanks to the EduQua certification.
2. For training courses at certificate level, the course content and admission requirements are generally not regulated and can be determined individually by the schools. As a rule, basic training is a prerequisite, in some cases also an "SVEB certificate for trainers". When choosing a course, make sure that it supports your professional goals.
3. The training costs of around CHF 1,000 to CHF 3,500 are only subsidized by the federal government if no federal examinations are taken.
4. The approximately one-year training course to become a nature educator usually takes place alongside work, so there is no loss of pay. However, good time management is required to cope well with the double workload.

Nature education and nature-based environmental education are synonyms. Forest education is a sub-area. Forest education includes, for example, forest kindergartens, forest schools and forest classrooms as well as programs offered by cantonal, regional and local forestry services. Nature educators lead forest play groups and all types of children's groups that spend time in nature, either independently or as employees. Nature and wilderness educators mainly work independently in adult education as coaches, trainers or leaders of nature experience seminars.

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