Overview

Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors are increasingly called upon to work in situations requiring skills and knowledge not usually covered within the core syllabus. 

This two day course will provide essential CPD for Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors looking to gain extra skills and certification to enhance your ability to work safely on film sets, industrial structures, using twin rope systems associated with industrial techniques or remote location. 

The sessions are designed to further your knowledge and understanding of rigging, forces & angles and safe working practices. This course provides accredited CPD for AMI members and includes certification for Rescue 3 Safe Working at Height.

Objectives

You will learn skills to cover work outside the normal Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor role. This event will follow the Rescue 3 safe working at height syllabus, including the use of equipment and rigging in diverse environments and situations and skills for safeguarding yourself and other individuals, such as camera operators and sound technicians.

Itinerary

Day 1  Safe Working at Height

 - Are you really on belay?

 - Angles, compression and belay building

 - Ground anchors, stakes, DMM Talon, Trees

 - PPE Inspection, Introduction to Working at Height equipment and terminology and HSE guidelines

 - Use of twin line equipment 

Day 2  Co Worker Rescue at Height

 - Working at Height equipment, moving on ropes

 - Rescue of co-workers using twin lines

 - Tensioning ropes, use of high directional anchors

End of Day: Review, summary and paperwork for Rescue 3 certification.

Experience Required

Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Trained or Assessed

You must be capable of independently working safely with fall protection equipment.

Minimum age: 18

Plas y Brenin

Plas y Brenin is the National Outdoor Centre, and has run Mountain Training courses since their inception. The centre has been instrumental in developing Mountain Training qualifications by running pilot courses, contributing to the guidance notes and writing the approved textbooks. Our instructors are all experienced practitioners, and are the people who train and assess the vast majority of other Mountain Training course providers. The non-residential price includes your course fee, equipment hire, in-course transport, use of facilities including classrooms, climbing walls, drying rooms, and tea and cakes when you get in each day. The residential course fee includes all the above plus comfortable ensuite accommodation and all your meals, meaning you’ll have more time and energy to focus on your training or assessment.

Start

19/11/2022

End

20/11/2022

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

6

Venue

Plas y Brenin, Snowdonia

Town

Capel Curig

County

Conwy

Postcode

LL24 0ET

Country

Wales

Latitude

53.10239

Longitude

-3.92265

Name

AMI

Phone

01690 720 214

Website

Booking/Details

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