CHMAS Training are pleased to offer the Mountain Training Camping Leader Assessment, which we think is a geat additon to anyone's toolbox that is involved with DofE Expeditions, Scout Expedition Challenge Award or Ten Tors training. The skills covered apply to groups using commercial campsites as well as wild camping.
Venue
This course will be run out of Arthog Outreach in Wellington, TF1 2JA. Full course details will be sent once you have booked.
What You Need to Do
Before you book onto a Camping Leader Assessment course, which takes place over 1 day or 8 hours of contact time, you will be to have the following criteria in place:
- You must be at least 18 years old.
- Registered for the Award this currently costs £20 is payable directy to Mountain Training.
- CHMAS Training also strongly recommends that you complete the optional eLearning module.
- You must have personally undertaken and logged an absolute minimum of five overnight camps, ideally in a variety of contexts.
- You must have assisted with or overseen at least two group camps. If personal camping has only been undertaken when also supervising a group, then these two group camps can be part of the total submitted for personal camping i.e. some candidates may need to log only five overnight camps in total. Reflective comments must accompany the group supervision evidence.
- You must be familiar with the syllabus.
- You must be an experienced self-sufficient camper.
- You must have experience of the supervision of camping groups.
- You must have physically attended and completed (i.e. not online) a first aid course which involved at least one full day or eight hours of instruction and included an element of assessment.
You can register for the Camping Leader and access the course handbook, and the online training module here https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/walking/camping-leader
Corporate Social Responsibility
CHMAS Training is pleased to offer Scout, Guide, Dofe Leaders and MTA mebers a 10% discount on our advertised course fees. For MTA members your membership neeeds to be current at the time of your course.
We look forward to working with you.
Chris & CHMAS Team