Meet your AMI Trainer, Nick Cannon Jones, at 9am. Exact venue to be confirmed prior to workshop. 

Please send any special requirements to the contact email for the trainer and make sure your emergency contact and medicals on CMS are up to date.

For Trainer contact details please see: https://www.ami.org.uk/ami-executive

A fundamental skill set of the award from which stems the ability to teach effectively. This day will look at the skills of leading safely and efficiently whilst safeguarding two seconds. The focus will be on personal climbing skills and the guiding of routes, rather than the teaching and coaching of climbing skills. The aim of the day is to look at using efficient techniques and good decision making to produce an effective performance – rather than rushing or just doing things faster. Main areas covered:

• Briefings and route choice
• Rope management
• Stance management
• Protecting climbs
• Personal movement skills
• Rope Systems i.e. series, parallel and two seconds on one rope and swopping between them
• VS 4C climbing if appropriate
• Descents, fixed and stacked abseils and lowering
• Maximising opportunities and linking routes
• Maintaining a fluid pace

Trainees should bring: 50m single rope, climbing gear rack, personal climbing equipment and rock shoes.

If you are a member of the Mountain Training Association (MTA) you will receive 1 CPD point for attending this workshop. Please note that as a trainee member of AMI you are not required to accrue CPD points, therefore this will not count as AMI CPD.

Please also check the AMI Terms and Conditions regarding booking workshops.  There is a cancellation policy, where no refunds will be made if cancellations are made within 4 weeks of the course date.  Download the Trainee Workshop Policy from this page here (please note you will need to be logged into your Mountain Training CMS account to access this page as it is within the AMI Members Area). 

Start

26/08/2025

End

26/08/2025

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

2

Bookings

2

Venue

Lake District (exact venue TBC)

Town

TBC

County

TBC

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

54.49317

Longitude

-3.09265

Name

AMI

Phone

01690 720123

Email