Climbing Wall Development Instructor Training
  • Plas y Brenin
  • 1 Days
  • 4 People to 1 instructor

Climbing Wall Development Instructor Training

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  • Mountain Training Award
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Overview

Climbing Wall Development Instructors should be competent in the following key areas, all of which will be covered, to a greater or lesser extent, during your training course. Technical Competence (including equipment, belaying and personal skills), Management and Decision Making (including planning, managing participants, decision making, knowledge and demonstration of techniques), Teaching and Learning Skills, The Climbing Wall Environment (including access, etiquette and ethics), Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Climbing Wall Development Instructor handbook and the onus is on you to be competent in all of them by the time you come to assessment

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The Objectives

  • You'll gain the skills you need to develop climbers, building on those learnt through the Climbing Wall Instructor or Rock Climbing Instructor qualification, including teaching lead climbing on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection.
  • You'll cover the skills on the Climbing Wall Development Instructor Training syllabus, after which you can go for a period of consolidation before your Climbing Wall Development Instructor assessment.

Itinerary

* Please note: Itinerary is subject to weather and availability.

You'll spend one day covering a mix of theory and practical skills developmment which will take in:


Technical Competence (including equipment, belaying and personal skills)

Management and Decision Making (including planning, managing participants, decision making, knowledge and demonstration of techniques)

Teaching and Learning Skills

The Climbing Wall Environment (including access, etiquette and ethics)

Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Climbing Wall Development Instructor handbook

Experience Required

You must be at least 18 years old, be registered for the qualification with Mountain Training, and hold either the Climbing Wall Instructor or the Climbing Instructor Qualification.

You must have an up to date logbook (preferably DLOG) with evidence of the following:

  • 50 led routes climed at 3 different major climbing walls.
  • Belayed a lead climber 50 times.
  • 25 lead routes at grade F6a on indoor climbing walls.
  • 20 supervising sessions after passing either Climbing Wall Instructor or Rock Climbing Instructor qualifications. At least 5 of these sessions must have personal reflective comments recorded on DLOG

Support is on hand from our friendly, and exceptionally well qualified, staff to help develop your understanding and personal skills. They also help you to formulate an appropriate action plan for your further development.

What do I need to bring?
Equipment List
How should I prepare?
Preparation guide

Available Course Dates

Start the booking process by selecting a course date, then adjust your details to suit your requirements.

Course Start Date
Duration
Cost*
Course Start Date
18th January, 2025
Duration
1 Day
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£125.00
Residential:
£195.00

*If your course is based at Plas Y Brenin, Capel Curig, residential prices include catering from the morning of your course start date and cover the duration of your course, accommodation starts on the night before your course commences to the morning of the last day of your booking.

This course will help you become

This course will give you the skills to go away and practise effectively so that you can return and complete an assessment to become a Climbing Wall Development Instructor.

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