Award Description
The Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required for instructing mountaineering, including all aspects of summer rock climbing, including the coaching of lead climbing, and scrambling. It builds on the skills acquired in the Mountain Leader qualification, which candidates must hold. The Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor is an extensively used professional qualification.
This qualification was previously called the Mountaineering Instructor Award (MIA).
The programme below is provisional, the weather will dictate venue choice and assessment topics, however the course will start at Inchree. The first three days can be swapped around and each day could involve assessment in any of the syllabus headings. We have the option of travelling from Inchree to Glenmore Lodge on either Tuesday morning or Tuesday early evening. The teaching climbing day with clients will be Thursday and cannot be moved. You have a home theory paper that can be downloaded below, completed and brought along to your assessment. It will be reviewed on Sunday evening.
1900 Sunday Evening: Inchree, Fort Willian
Introductions and Review of Home paper Briefing for Monday
Monday: Mountain Day
This day is an opportunity to demonstrate your ability as a mountaineer (including technical and judgement skills). It will involve appropriate use of the rope to safeguard your peers. Also includes navigational and route-finding skills. Environmental in-put and time keeping.
Tuesday: Taking people climbing day
Climbing on multi pitch routes at VS4c, use of appropriate rope techniques, safe belays. Abseil retreat from a crag. (Grade weather dependent) .
Transfer to Glenmore Lodge
Wednesday: Problem solving and rescue skills
Solving problems commonly experienced in multi pitch climbing. Climbing VS 4c.
Thursday: Teaching Climbing
With two clients you will structure, organise and perform a teaching day appropriate to their abilities and aspirations. Venue is weather dependent but will be at a venue with multi-pitch options
Friday: Navigation, Debrief and Results