Award Description
This qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to teach lead climbing skills on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection. It builds on the skills acquired in either the Climbing Wall Instructor or Rock Climbing Instructor schemes, one of which candidates must hold to access the Climbing Wall Development Instructor scheme.
Pre-Requisites and Registration
In order to enrol on this one day course you will need to be an experienced climber and already either hold the Climbing Wall Instructor or Rock Climbing Instructor qualification.
You will need to apply to Mountain Training in order to register for the course. Details of the eligibility criteria and course guidance notes are available from Mountain Training here:
mountain-training.org/climbing/awards/climbing-wall-development-instructor
Approval from Mountain Training must be obtained before enrolling on this course.
The Syllabus
The areas covered in this course are as follows:
Technical Competence (including personal climbing)
The Climbing Wall Environment
Supervision (including planning, managing and movement skills)
Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Climbing Wall Development Instructor Handbook here:
http://mt-demo.blahcms.com/Content/Uploaded/Downloads/MLT/771d8fc2-0245-45be-8cf0-6119cf3756ea.pdf