Rockclimbing Development Instructor Training
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↓ Course pre-requisites
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.
- 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
↓ Course summary
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)
↓ Who is the course for?
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.
↓ Are there any similar or related courses?
↓ What equipment do I need to bring?
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
↓ What does my course fee include?
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.
↓ Useful books and resources
- A Manual of Modern Rope Techniques Nigel Shepherd, Constable, 1998.
- Knots Booklet, BMC
- Ropes Booklet, BMC
- Rock Climbing Book UKMTB Libby Peter
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……