Climbing Wall Development Instructor Assessment

This qualification enables experienced climbing instructors to take the next step into teaching advanced indoor climbing techniques, including lead climbing, on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection.

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.

PRE-REQUISITES AND REGISTRATION

Mountain Training requires that all students are registered with them prior to commencing the course.

Registration, course guidance notes and other resources are available from Mountain Training.

TRAINING

Climbing Wall Development Instructor training lasts for one day and will cover:

The Climbing Wall Development Instructor syllabus

What to expect at assessment

Feedback on your performance and areas to focus on prior to assessment

SYLLABUS

Technical competence (including equipment, lead belaying and personal skills)

Management and decision making (including planning, managing participants, decision making, knowledge and demonstration of techniques)

Teaching and learning skills

The climbing wall environment (including access, etiquette and ethics)

CONSOLIDATION

After completing a training course, use the feedback from your course director and the skills checklist to identify syllabus areas you need to practise.

ASSESSMENT

The Climbing Wall Development Instructor assessment is one day (minimum six hours).

You will be assessed against the syllabus competencies in the candidate handbook.

At the end of the assessment you will receive one of three results:

Pass

Defer (requires a partial reassessment)

Fail (requires a full reassessment)