FAQ

Family members (including extended family) cannot act as the Assessor for any section of the Award.

You can start your Bronze Award at 14 years, however a young person, aged 13, who is part of a peer group where the majority are 14 or older can register for the Bronze Award with their peers.

Once you have completed a level and it has been signed off by National Office you are able to start on the next level without having to wait until the minimum age (Silver 15years, Gold 16 years).

If you are a direct entrant to Silver (i.e. you haven't done Bronze) or Gold, you must wait until you are 15 to start your Silver Award or 16 for Gold.

The Online Record Book will calculate how long the gap is, and automatically adjust your completion date for that section as soon as you start the activity again.

Yes. Your activities do not have to be provided by, or linked to, your Award Unit, but you do need to discuss your choices with your Award Leader before you start.

The frequency of the contact and monitoring between the Participant and the Assessor will depend on the activity and the age/level of independence of the Participant. As a guide every 2-4 weeks may be appropriate.

Criteria for a Residential Project:

• You must be away from home for a minimum of five days and four nights
• You need to be involved in 8 hours of purposeful activity each day
• You should be with people you don't already know

Once you have decided on your Project complete the  flowchart checklist here.

Each level of the Award has a minimum amount of time required to complete an activity.

Please read this document here.

Bronze – $95
Silver – $95
Gold – $125

NZ Dollars. Inclusive of GST.

Please note, some Award Units may charge an Administration fee on top of the Registration fee. The total cost of completing an Award will differ depending on the activities and Adventurous Journey you select.

If cost is a barrier to you, speak to your Award Leader about our participant assistance fund which can help with registration fee and Adventurous Journey.

The link in a Password Reset email will expire 12 hours after it was sent.

The link in the Parental Consent email will expire 96 hours after it was sent.

The link in the Assessor 'task' email will expire 30 days after it was sent.

Please add both of the following two email addresses to your Safe Senders list: [email protected] and [email protected]

If your email address is provided by your school; place of work, etc. you may also need to ask your IT support provider to 'whitelist' the ORB email address on the school / company's mail spam filter (sometimes also called an "email content filter").

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