All Pathfinder and Adventurer staff must attend Basic Staff training. It expires after 4 years. That means it needs to be redone. We recommend that staff who have not been continually active in Club Ministry redo after three years.

The BST Course is a General Conference requirement. It is designed to develop awareness in leaders of the fundamentals of the Pathfinder/Adventurer Club and help staff become familiar with the procedures, policies and resources necessary to commence and maintain a Pathfinder club. It will teach those basic elements of information required for all Pathfinder/Adventurer staff members to stay in tune and fulfil their duties adequately.

Participants will attend a minimum of 10 hours of seminar training conducted by the SEC. Which is currently run across 2 Sundays. In addition to this, the participants are expected to have completed the SEC KCFS (Keeping the Church Family Safe) Training. There is an exception for the pathfinders in the Guide class. (Unless they are Junior Counsellors 16 years old and over)

The seminar will cover the following areas:

Pathfinder Club Ministry: Its History, Purpose, and Relationship to Church, TLT and  MasterGuides
Introduction to Club Organisation & Leadership
* Introduction to Pathfinder Club Outreach
* Introduction to Basic Drill
* Introduction to Pathfinder Club Programming and Planning
* Development Growth (Pathfinder & Adventurer)
* Introduction to Teaching Skills (Pathfinder & Adventurer)
* Introduction to Medical, Risk Management, Child Safety Issues and Outdoor Safety

2025 Dates for Basic Staff training are:

The training has been adapted to deliver it via the Zoom platform.

BST S1
BST Day 1 - Sunday 12th January - Virtually via ZOOM  
BST Day 2 - Sunday 19th January - Virtually via ZOOM

BST S2  
BST Day 1 - Sunday 23rd March  - Virtually via ZOOM
BST Day 2 - Sunday 6th April - Virtually via ZOOM

BST S3 (Registration is Open)
BST Day 1 - Sunday 6th July- Virtually via ZOOM
BST Day 2 - Sunday 13th July - Virtually via ZOOM

BST S4 
BST Day 1 - Sunday 5th October  - Virtually via ZOOM
BST Day 2 - Sunday 12th October - Virtually via ZOOM

The schedule for each Session is usually kept the same so if you miss Day 1 or Day 2 or a module, you can then register for another session to complete that day or the module missed within the year.

To register, please Click Here:   BST March/April 2025  
(Registration is Open)

Please note that to complete the training, you must attend all sessions on both days, as well as the SEC KCFS training.

Once you have completed all sessions, including KCFS, you will be issued a certificate.

If you have not yet completed the SEC KCFS (Keeping The Chruch Family Safe) Training by the time of registration, once you have done so, you will need to submit your KCFS certificate to the SCE Pathfinder department, after which you will then be issued with your BST certificate.