Scheme Details
- Awarding Body
- Mountain Training
- Scheme
- Lowland Leader
- Course
- Training
- Type
- Training
Award Description
The Lowland Leader qualification has been designed for people who wish to lead groups on day walks in lowland countryside and woodland in summer conditions. The majority of the UK and Ireland is made up of this type of terrain so you'll never be short of places to go walking.
About
A Lowland Leader training course in the Lincolnshire Wolds with the Graham Uney Mountaineering team.
The Lowland Leader is a nationally accredited award scheme from Mountain Training, designed to train and assess those who want to gain a qualification to lead groups on day-walks in lowland countryside, woodland and coastal areas in summer conditions. The award has two parts: training and assessment, each comprising two days, and Graham Uney Mountaineering offers both at carefully selected venues. This gives you the ideal learning environment along with the chance to discover some of the most beautiful lowland walking destinations in the UK.
THE SYLLABUS
The Lowland Leader training covers the following subjects:
Our Lowland Leader training courses and assessments each take place over two days with outdoor sessions entirely on footpaths or trails that offer suitable terrain within the scope of the award, with plenty of learning opportunities. The teaching each day is informal and friendly and will include the opportunity for candidates to lead groups themselves.
- Leadership Skills and Group Management
- Walking Skills
- Planning a Walk
- Basic Map Work and Route-finding Skills
- Equipment
- Hazards and Emergency Procedures
- Environmental Awareness, Conservation, Access and Land Ownership
Our Lowland Leader training courses and assessments each take place over two days with outdoor sessions entirely on footpaths or trails that offer suitable terrain within the scope of the award, with plenty of learning opportunities. The teaching each day is informal and friendly and will include the opportunity for candidates to lead groups themselves.
How do I join?
You must register for this award with Mountain Training before you can take part in the training course. Registration costs £49 – payable to Mountain Training upon registering. This gives you access to the superb DLOG online logbook. You must then personally undertake and log an absolute minimum of 10 varied walks in lowland terrain where the use of a map is required, OR have attended a Hill and Mountain Skills Scheme course. You will then be eligible to attend the Lowland Leader training course.
After attending the Lowland Leader training course, you then need to undertake a consolidation period and complete an appropriate First Aid course, before you can attend a Lowland Leader assessment course.
After attending the Lowland Leader training course, you then need to undertake a consolidation period and complete an appropriate First Aid course, before you can attend a Lowland Leader assessment course.
Where And When
- Start
- 25/03/2023 09:00
- End
- 26/03/2023 15:30
- Total Days
- 2
- Maximum Bookings
- 12
- Bookings
- 3
- Venue
- Lincolnshire Wolds
- Town
- Market Rasen
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Postcode
- LN8 3QJ
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Latitude
- 53.34588
- Longitude
- -0.32624
Provider
- Name
- Graham Uney Mountaineering
- Phone
- 07498058912
- Website
- Booking/Details
