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.
Lowland Leader training course notes
Introduction
The Lowland Leader scheme is designed for people who want to lead groups 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. This award is a wonderful opportunity to gain the leadership skills required to feel confident taking people out walking.
The Lowland Leader training course aims to develop the technical skills, judgements and areas of knowledge deemed necessary to ensure an individual is safe to do so.
This course covers a minimum of 16 hours.
http://www.mountain-training.org/walking/skills-and-awards/lowland-leader
Prerequisites for the Lowland Leader training course
Before you book onto the Lowland Leader training course;
Please ensure you have entered your minimum prerequisites in your digital logbook (DLOG) at the time of confirming your place on the course.
Lowland Leader course content
The course follows the Lowland Leader syllabus. A typical course will cover the following areas:
Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Lowland Leader Handbook, and the onus is on you to be competent in all of them by the time you come to assessment.
Potential outcomes
Following training a course report will be created. The results you can achieve are:
Completed: You have attended and completed the training course and met the prerequisite requirements.
Not yet completed: If for any reason you do not complete the required hours for a course you will receive this result. In all cases an action plan will be discussed and created for you. Providers have up to 21 days to submit a course report, which allows for you to submit further information if necessary, for example if you have not fully met the prerequisite requirements.
Candidates are reminded that attendance on a training course must not in any way be considered a qualification in its own right. This is only achieved by passing the Lowland Leader assessment.
Insurance
Mountain Training recommends you consider personal accident and cancellation insurance. If you already have insurance cover, check that it covers you for the activity you are undertaking.
Useful links
Lowland Leader candidate handbook
Hillwalking by Steve Long: the official handbook for Mountain Training’s walking schemes
Mountain Training’s YouTube channel
Mountain Training’s Reasonable Adjustment policy
British Mountaineering Council
Camping Leader
A further two day Camping Leader Module is available for those who wish to lead and supervise overnight expeditions. The module also covers remote supervision and teaching navigation. For more information please go to https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/walking/camping-leader
Course programme
Day 1
To be held online on 11th November 2024
Link will be sent a day or so before
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Day 2
Saturday 16th November 2024
Time: 10:00 – 18:00
Meet Venue: Lane End Car Park Handleton Common -HP14 3ES
Introduction to:
Evening
Day 3
Sunday 17th November 2024
09:00 – 15:00
Meet Venue: Lane End Car Park Handleton Common -HP14 3ES
The programme is subject to change to make best use of the weather and venues chosen for the course.
Equipment
Please ensure you have the following equipment (this list is not exhaustive):
School of Outdoors provide Lowland Leader training, 16 hour outdoor First Aid training, Lowland Leader Assessment and Expedition Skills across the South East inc. Surrey Hills, Chilterns, New Forest and South Downs.
Our courses are well placed for candidates from the following areas;
London, Kent, Medway, East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, Surrey, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, Dorset, Berkshire, Oxfordhsire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordhsire, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.
If this course isn't the right type, date or location for you then please visit our website to see all the courses we have on offer.
https://www.schoolofoutdoors.uk/adult-courses
Acceptance of risk
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) ‘Participation Statement’ states: ‘The BMC recognises that climbing, hillwalking and mountaineering are activities with a danger of injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement’
By booking on to this course you acknowledge that you will be taking part in physically strenuous activities, and you are physically fit to do so. School of Outdoors Limited are under no liability whatsoever in respect of loss or damage to personal effects which you may sustain. You agree to comply with the safety regulations as designated by the staff at the Company. You agree to indemnify the Course staff and the company against all claims, costs, actions and demands whatsoever resulting from taking part in the programme of activities or the administration of medicines, unless such claims, costs, actions or demands result out of the negligence of the Company.
Special requirements
If you have any special requirements, medical, dietary etc please detail these under the special requirements section of your tahdah profile.
Emergency Contact details
Please ensure that your emergency contact details are up to do before undertaking any Mountain Training activity.
Additional needs and reasonable adjustments
Please use the links below to understand more about the support we can offer for those with additional needs or require reasonable adjustments.
https://www.mountain-training.org/help/resources/support-for-people-with-additional-needs
https://www.mountain-training.org/england/reasonable-adjustments
Sustainable travel
School of Outdoors is keen to support sustainable travel. You may find a suitable liftshare here.
https://liftshare.com/uk/community/bmc
Alternatively, on our initial online meeting there will the opportunity to see if lift share opportunities are possible
Booking terms and conditions
https://www.schoolofoutdoors.uk/booking-terms