Rock Climbing Instructor Assessment

James has had over 15 years experience in outdoor activity leadership, coaching and guiding.He is a qualified mountain instructor, teaching climbing, abseiling, ice climbing and navigation skills. He is also a qualified canoeing and kayaking coach on rivers and at sea. He also teaches bushcraft and is a British Canoeing Camp Craft and Expedition Skills provider.The experience of being in nature can be uplifting and transformational. James specialises in working with people who have had very little opportunity of experiencing nature, either due to limited life chances or to suffering from mental health issues, in order to share with them the life-enhancing effects that being in wilderness can bring.His qualifications are as follows:AALA - Adventure Activities Licensing Authority Licence Holder - see documentation hereClimbing and Mountaineering:MIC - Mountain Instructor CertificateIML - International Mountain LeaderIOL - Institute for Outdoor Learning Bushcraft ProviderMountain Training Provider of the following awards:SPA - Single Pitch AssessmentML - Mountain LeaderCWA / CWLA / CWAA - Climbing Wall Award / Leader Award / Abseil AwardCanoeing and Kayaking:BCU - British Canoe Union - Level 3 Kayak Coach, Level 4 Sea Coach

Mountainwise

If you would like to teach or supervise people climbing and abseiling outside on single pitch crags then this is the course for you.

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Dorset is one of the finest climbing destinations in the South East. The Limestone cliffs of the Swanage coast stretch for some 3 miles and offer a bewildering array of climbing routes. Coastal scenery and routes are spectacular and with some of the driest and warmest climates in the UK.Before you attend a Rock Climbing Instructor assessment, make sure you have done the following:<ul><li>You must have attended a Rock Climbing Instructor (or Single Pitch Award) training course or been granted <a href="https://www.mountain-training.org/help/faqs/exemption-from-training" title="https://www.mountain-training.org/help/faqs/exemption-from-training" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">exemption</a> from training.</li><li>You must be familiar with the syllabus.</li><li>You must be competently leading Severe grade climbs on outdoor crags with leader-placed protection.</li><li>You must have led a minimum of 40 graded rock climbs with traditional protection at a variety of venues (of which at least 20 MUST be at Severe grade or above).</li><li>You must be proficient in the use of climbing walls and have a minimum of 30 climbing wall leads graded at F4 or above.</li><li>You must be proficient in outdoor bolt-protected sport climbing and have a minimum of 10 sport climb leads graded at F4 or above.</li><li>You must have assisted in the supervision of 20 instructed sessions. These sessions should be at a variety of different venues with 10 being on indoor climbing walls and the other 10 on outdoor crags. A session is a half day or evening. At least five of these sessions must have personal reflective comments recorded on DLOG. (For guidance see question 3 in the DLOG section on <a href="https://www.mountain-training.org/help/faqs/cms-and-dlog" title="https://www.mountain-training.org/help/faqs/cms-and-dlog" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">this page</a>.)</li><li>You must have physically attended and completed (i.e. not online) a first aid course which involved at least two full days or sixteen hours of instruction and included an element of assessment.</li></ul>Rock Climbing Instructor assessment is 2 days long. Scope of the schemeA qualification holder can operate on:Single pitch trad and sport cragsIndoor and outdoor bouldering venuesClimbing walls &amp; towers A single pitch venue is:Described as single pitch in a guidebookAllows climbers to be lowered to the groundNon-tidal and has little objective dangerPresents no difficulties on approach or retreat, such as route finding, scrambling or navigating The scheme does not cover:General mountaineeringMulti-pitch rock climbingTeaching lead climbing skillsAccess to tidal sea cliffs or any other location where retreat is not easily possible Further details here:<a href="https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/climbing/rock-climbing-instructor" title="https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/climbing/rock-climbing-instructor" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/climbing/rock-climbing-instructor</a>

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