Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Indoor Climbing Assistant

Course

Training and assessment

Type

Assessment

Award Description

This is a combined training and assessment course for people who want to actively support a qualified instructor. Qualified Indoor Climbing Assistants can assist with core tasks within a session, directly supervised by an instructor.

The Indoor Climbing Assistant is designed for people who want to support qualified instructors with climbing sessions on artificial structures. People interested in this scheme might be parents, youth workers, young leaders or teachers and the focus is on assisting with core tasks within a session.

Indoor Climbing Assistants are not qualified to manage groups independently.

A qualified Indoor Climbing Assistant can operate on:

• Indoor and outdoor artificial bouldering venues.
• Indoor and outdoor climbing walls.

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 are delivered in Sheffield (usually at either Awesome Walls and The Foundry), 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 all equipment (including helmets, harnesses, climbing shoes, ropes and metalware).  We DO NOT Provide:

• food and accommodation
• entry fee into the climbing walls

Delivery – This is a 1 day course that is predominantly practical in nature, using only a few small theory based activities to reinforce key learning areas. The day includes training activities that will be assessed throughout the day.

The Syllabus – Please click the link below to access the Climbing Wall Instructor Handbook which will give details about all syllabus areas.

Indoor Climbing Assistant candidate handbook

Pre-requisites –

• You must register for the course via the mountain training website (£26)
• Competence in the basic skills of belaying, harness fitting and tying on;
• 5 indoor and/or 5 outdoor climbing sessions logged in DLOG. There is no personal climbing requirement for these sessions; you can have just belayed, but it is useful to have experience of climbing e.g. bottom roping or top roping.

Start

15/04/2025 09:30

End

15/04/2025 16:30

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

1

Venue

The Foundry Climbing Centre

Town

SHEFFIELD

County

South Yorkshire

Postcode

S17 3QY

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.32004

Longitude

-1.53961

Name

Venture Elements

Phone

+447932898350

Website

Email