Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Camping Leader

Course

Assessment

Type

Assessment

The Camping Leader qualification is for people who wish to supervise a camping group and develop participants’ camping proficiency by teaching campcraft activities.

This course is specifically for staff of City of Edinburgh Council.

It will run on the following dates: 

Saturday 28 September 2024 starting at midday.

Sunday 29 September 2024 finishing at midday.

It is is a one day course spread over two days to include an over-night camp. Any campsite fees will be the responsibility of each candidiate.

Please note: All candidiates will be expected to stay over-night in a  camping location with limited or no facilities. The location will be decided nearer the date and will take account of weather forecasts.

All bookings & enquiries should be made by contacting Cliff Smith cliff.smith@edinburgh.gov.uk 

There will be a charge of £50 per person for this course.

Should places be available they will be made available to others at a cost of £100 per person.

Before you book onto a Camping Leader assessment course, make sure you have done the following:

• You must be at least 18 years old
• 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

Start

28/09/2024 12:00

End

29/09/2024 12:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

12

Bookings

1

Venue

Bangholm Outdoor Centre

Town

Edinburgh

County

Midlothian

Postcode

EH6 4RJ

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

55.97478

Longitude

-3.19904

Name

Smith

Phone

+447748703515

Email