Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Lowland Leader

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

The Lowland Leader qualification has been designed for people who wish to lead groups on day walks in lowland countryside and woodland in summer conditions. The majority of the UK and Ireland is made up of this type of terrain so you'll never be short of places to go walking.

Lowland Leader Assessment

About

The Lowland Leader Qualification enables leaders take groups on day walks in the countryside and woodland of the United Kingdom and Ireland, in summer conditions. It is ideal for people who work with Duke of Edinburgh groups, school groups, scout groups etc who want to confidently lead people on paths in Lowland Countryside.

Venture Elements are a training provider for Mountain Training Leadership Qualifications (Professional Instructor Training Courses). All courses will be delivered by a qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor which is the highest qualification in this field.

Location - All advertised courses will be delivered in the Eastern side of the Peak District, but please contact us if you wish to have a bespoke course delivered at a venue of your choice.

What is included - Our price includes instruction and any additional equipment you may need to borrow. 

We DO NOT Provide:

• food and accommodation
• parking fees

Delivery – This is a 2 day course that is predominantly practical in nature, using only a few small theory activities to evidence syllabus areas. 

The Syllabus – Please click the link below to access the Lowland Leader Candidate Handbook which will give details about all syllabus areas.

lowland-leader-candidate-handbook

Assessment Pre-requisites –

You must:

• You must have attended a Lowland Leader training course (or have been granted exemption)
• You must be familiar with the syllabus.
• You must have an up to date logbook (preferably DLOG) with evidence of:
  • 20 varied low level walks in the UK and Ireland (OR 10 plus a Hill Skills course). This is a minimum requirement. Other personal walking and leadership experience is useful but not essential
• You must have physically attended and completed (i.e. not online) a first aid course which involved at least two full days or sixteen hours of instruction and included an element of assessment.

Start

19/04/2025 09:00

End

20/04/2025 17:00

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

8

Bookings

4

Venue

The George Hotel

Town

Hathersage

County

South Yorkshire

Postcode

S32 1BB

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.33095

Longitude

-1.65382

Name

Venture Elements

Phone

07932898350

Website

Booking/Details

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