Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

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. Please note that the course is now based in the Glencoe area (you will be sent further details closer to the assessment) from Sunday evening to Tuesday before coming east to Glenmore Lodge for the final three days. The first three days can be swapped around and each day could involve assessment in any of the syllabus headings. 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: Meet in the Glencoe area

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) .

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

Start

05/09/2022 09:00

End

09/09/2022 17:00

Total Days

5

Maximum Bookings

4

Bookings

4

Venue

Glenmore Lodge

Town

Aviemore

County

Highland

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

57.17000

Longitude

-3.68000

Name

Glenmore Lodge - Scotland's National Mountain Centre

Phone

01479 861 256

Website

Booking/Details

Email