Rockclimbing Development Instructor Training

Rock Climbing Development Instructor scheme is an application process and you need to meet the following prerequisites:

• You must be 18 years or older
• You must be a qualified Rock Climbing Instructor.
• You must have delivered a minimum of 20 days as a Rock Climbing Instructor at a variety of venues and with a variety of groups, recorded in DLOG.
• You must have led a minimum of 60 named single pitch routes using leader placed protection in three different climbing areas at VS 4c or above and logged them in DLOG. You may include full multi-pitch routes using leader placed protection (up to 50% of the requirement).
• You must have led a minimum of 60 sport climbs in three different climbing areas at 6a or above and logged them in DLOG. Up to 50% of this experience can be outside the UK and Ireland.

If you can meet all of the above requirements, here’s what to do next:

• Register for the Rock Climbing Development Instructor scheme (this costs £59) – please note it can take up to 30 days for your registration to be approved.
• Notify Mountain Training (via the ‘Send to Mountain Training’ button on the ‘Share’ tab in DLOG) that your DLOG is ready to be reviewed

Applications with less than the minimum experience cannot be approved.

Rock Climbing Development Instructors should be competent in the following key areas, all of which will be covered, to a greater or lesser extent, during your training course.

• Technical Competence (including equipment, anchors, belaying, personal skills and background knowledge)
• Management and Decision Making (including planning, organising, managing participants, decision making, knowledge and demonstration of techniques, personal safety)
• Teaching Skills
• The Climbing Environment (including access, conservation, etiquitte and ethics)

Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Rock Climbing Development Instructor handbook  and the onus is on you to be competent in all of them by the time you come to assessment – use the Skills Checklist to help with this.

Rock Climbing Development Instructors should be competent in the following key areas, all of which will
be covered, to a greater or lesser extent, during your training course.
● Technical Competence (including equipment, anchors, belaying, personal skills and background knowledge)
● Management and Decision Making (including planning, organising, managing participants, decision making, knowledge and demonstration of techniques, personal safety)
● Teaching Skills
● The Climbing Environment (including access, conservation, etiquette and ethics) Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Rock Climbing Development Instructor handbook and the onus is on you to be competent in all of them by the time you come to
assessment – use the Skills Checklist to help with this.

• Climbing Wall Instructor Training
• Rockclimbing Instructor Assessment
• REC Level 2 Emergency

Bring any of your own personal outdoor clothing and kit such as:
● Waterproof Jacket and trousers
● Personal climbing equipment
● Boots* or walking shoes
● Warm layers

● Fleece Jacket
● Hat & Gloves
● Head torch*
● Flask & water bottle
● 40L rucksack & liner*
● First Aid kit
● Notebook and pencil
● Items marked * can be borrowed from TNOC stores

The course fee includes kit, equipment, in course transport, coaching, food and accommodation.

Course accommodation will be in shared twin ensuite rooms. If you would prefer not to share a room, single occupancy may be available for an additional charge.

• A Manual of Modern Rope Techniques Nigel Shepherd, Constable, 1998.
• Knots Booklet, BMC
• Ropes Booklet, BMC
• Rock Climbing Book UKMTB Libby Peter