LOCATION
Bewerley Park
DURATION
2 Days
SUITABILITY
For candidates who have completed a Rock Climbing Instructor training, are confident in the syllabus, and meet the full prerequisites. A valid 16-hour first aid certificate is required.
Rock Climbing Instructor assessment
The Rock Climbing Instructor Assessment is the final stage of the qualification, assessing your ability to safely and effectively instruct climbing, bouldering, and abseiling on artificial structures and single-pitch crags.
You must meet the following prerequisites before attending:
- Attended Rock Climbing Instructor (or Single Pitch Award) training or granted exemption
- Confident in the full syllabus
- Leading Severe-grade trad routes on outdoor crags
- Logged 40 trad climbs (20 at Severe or above), 30 climbing wall leads (F4+), and 10 sport leads (F4+)
- Assisted in 20 instructed sessions (10 indoor, 10 outdoor) with at least 5 personal reflections recorded in DLOG
- Completed a 16-hour (2-day) in-person first aid course with assessment
What’s assessed
Instructional competence across disciplines
Safe group management indoors and outdoors
Technical climbing and ropework knowledge
Problem solving and incident management
Judgement and decision making in a variety of scenarios
Environmental awareness and access considerations
Professionalism and safeguarding
Assessment Outcomes
Pass – You’ve demonstrated all required competencies to become a qualified Rock Climbing Instructor
Defer – Specific areas require further development before a partial reassessment
Fail – A full reassessment is required
🔗 Find out more on the Mountain Training website Rock Climbing Instructor
🧗 NYOLS is a Mountain Training registered course provider
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Course Dates
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