Award Description
This qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to teach lead climbing skills on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection. It builds on the skills acquired in either the Climbing Wall Instructor or Rock Climbing Instructor schemes, one of which candidates must hold to access the Climbing Wall Development Instructor scheme.
This Climbing Wall Development Instructor training course will be Directed by one of the countries most experienced climbing tutors, and will primarily look at the skills, knowledge and experience required to safely and interestingly induct and progress students into the art of leading climbs.
Good techniques, a suitable safety framework andĀ appropriate progession will be considered, along with such areas as useful additional equipment and the judgement required to know when potential leaders are ready to undertake the 'big leap'.
The course will be based at the Beacon Climbing Centre, North West Wales's premier climbing wall and it provides a perfect venue for this Award scheme.
Full details of the course, and a booking form, can be obtained from Andy on andy@andynewtonmic.org.