Hill and Moorland Leader Award Preparation for Assessment
Activity: Qualifications
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Course Dates
| Start Date | End Date | Duration |
| Sunday 29th Sep, 2019 | Sunday 29th Sep 2019 | 1 day |
↓ Course pre-requisites
Prior to attending this course candidates should:
- Have completed your Hill & Moorland Leader Award Training
- Prior to assessment, all candidates must have completed an absolute minimum of 40 logged walks in at least three different upland areas. Duplicated walks (i.e. walks along the same route in similar conditions) must not be counted in this total. Experience gained in other mountain activities is useful, but not a pre-requisite. Some non–UK/Ireland experience may be included but should be in terrain and conditions that are similar to those in the UK/Ireland and must be unguided. Normally any overseas days would be considered as additional experience and should not form a substantial part of the required total.
↓ Course summary
This is for those who soon plan to attend the Hill & Moorland Leader Assessment and want to iron out any rough edges and get a feel for the assessment standard.
This qualification is ideal for walkers who want to learn the skills required for effective group leadership in the hill and moorland areas of the UK and Ireland. It is used extensively by those involved with delivering the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award as well as many walk leaders and outdoor instructors. Hill and Moorland Leaders operate in terrain that is generally more remote than that used by Lowland Leaders and not as steep or rocky as ground covered by Mountain Leaders. ↓
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↓ Outline Programme
Day 1 |
Day 1 • 11.00am Arrive, register, introductions and course briefing
o Navigation day and night o Steep Ground o Environmental o Group management o Discuss assessment standards. o Any other related issues • 10.00pm Return to Tollymore / finish is the |
↓ What equipment do I need to bring?
Bring any of your own personal outdoor clothing and kit such as, waterproof jacket and trousers, boots, fleece jacket, hat and gloves, flask, water bottle, Mourne map (1:25,000) and compass Silva type 4 or similar and spare clothes. It’s best to bring plenty of lighter layers and avoid cotton if possible as it offers little heat and takes ages to dry out if wet or sweaty.
Please ensure you bring along a device which will allow you to ‘stopwatch’ your time.
Tollymore can supply most of the equipment you require for this course but as an aspirant Hill and Moorland Leader it is assumed you will be fairly self-sufficient in terms of kit.
↓ What does my course fee include?
Lunch, equipment, in-course transport, and instruction.
↓ Useful books and resources
- Hillwalking Steve Long MLTUK
Current situation
As you are probably aware the current advice from the Northern Ireland Executive, Health Promotion Agency NI and Health & Safety Executive NI, as well as our expert group within Sport NI is that we cannot deliver any face to face courses for our customers including use of the Hot Rock Climbing Wall.
We know that you and many others like minded folk are very keen to get back on track with your plans to attend and complete a range of personal skills training and qualifications in a range of disciplines.
Believe us when we say we are equally keen to get outside with you and help you reach your goals and complete that journey.
How do we know? Because every day we get emails and phone calls asking when will courses resume and with every NI Executive mention of easing of restrictions the emails and phone calls are more frequent……