February 26, 2018

Fast Track Instructor Scheme

We are offering a unique year-long fast track instructor training scheme in rock climbing and mountain leadership, aimed at getting you qualified as a rock climbing instructor/coach and mountain leader. By the end of the course, you will be employable in the field with a who host of personal and professional experience. So don’t waste two more years and thousands of pounds on a degree course, come to us and get qualified and employed.

This Fast Track Instructor Scheme in Rock Climbing and Mountain leadership runs over 30 weeks of the year and has an average of 4 days contact time a week with one of our instructors or teaching team. Over those 120 days, we will develop you as a proficient rock climber and mountaineer to get you to the required level to register and attend you Climbing Wall Instructor, Foundation Coach, Rock Climbing Instructor Award and Summer Mountain Leader courses.

We will work with you closely on low ratio courses to help you reach and exceed the required level for your assessments. Both in terms of personal development and professional experience. We do this through a variety of internal and external courses aimed at developing the very best climbing coaches and mountain leaders. The course is non-residential and based in the heart of UK trad climbing and mountaineering, North Wales.

As part of the course, we also aim to visit The Peak District, Scotland, Lake District, The South West and Spain, where we will provide either tented or self-catering accommodation. This will allow us to offer a year-round rock climbing and mountaineering opportunities.

We also offer the added benefit of teaching some of the softer skills of teaching, coaching and instruction on the course. Skills like Reflective Practice, Goalsetting, Giving and Receiving Feedback, Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence, Pedagogy (Teaching and Learning), Legal and Moral aspects of coaching and Environmental Knowledge. All key skills that help make you a great outdoor instructor.

Why Choose Our Instructor Training Course?

Guaranteed low ratios max of 1 to 4.
NGB Qualification included – CWI, RCI, ML (Summer), Foundation Coach
4 Days a week contact time over 30 weeks
Amazing locations for climbing and mountaineering
Personalised programmes and mentoring
Expert tuition from the UK’s leading coaches and instructors
Supervised Teaching and Coaching Experience

What is Included in the course

CWI Training and Assessment
RCI Training and Assessment
Fundas 1 & 2
ML Training and Assessment
Foundation Coach Training and Assessment
REC First Aid Course.
2 Weeks Self Cater Trip to Scotland/Lake
2 Weeks Self Cater Trip to Peak/South West
10 Day Self Catering Trip to Spain
Transport to and from days activities
120 days contact time with expert coaches and instructors

* The NGB award course will be outsourced to a Snowdonia based Mountain Training course providers nearer the time.

What is not included

Accommodation and food when based in Snowdonia
Food when away from Snowdonia
Flights to Spain
Transport whilst on NGB award courses
Personal Outdoor Equipment – Although we can probably help you get discounts in local outdoor stores.

Fast Track Instructor Scheme – Draft Program 2018 -19

Please check out our draft course program for the 30-week course in the PDF below.

Fast Track Instructor Scheme: Rock & Mountain Draft Course Diary 2018-19

Prior Experience: A desire to work in the outdoors
Duration: 120 day
Cost: £15000

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Course Start Dates:
September 28, 2020

NB: We can arrange course dates to meet your requirements.

	To book, find out more or to arrange an alternative date email us here.
	…or call us on 07872565225

Photos from Previous Courses

Simon Lake foot traversing the crack of the Monster Kitten, a great E1 in Vivian Quarry.

A climber tackles the emotional Blue Remembered Hills on Right Hand Red Wall, South Stack Area, Gogarth. This route is two long and demanding pitches, the first sustain, the second features a mind-bending move to reach a large falke followed by loose tottering.

Warming up on a pleasant 6a at Cabadas in the Picos De Europa.

A young Adam Booth on Looning the Tube.

The look of frustration on the climbers face as the wire fails to fit again, on Holy, Holy Holy, E2, Dali's Hole, Slate Quarries. Come and learn how to judge gear placements on our lead climb coaching courses.

Katie Haston firing up the Link, E1 on Dinas Mot.

An unknown Climber on the last few moves of Longland's Continuation to Avalanche/Red Walls on Lliwedd this is a massive 12 ptich outing up an amazing mountain crag.

Derek on the amazing Lorraine Direct on Dinas Mot.

Author: Mark Reeves

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Chulilla Sports Climbing Holiday

Rock Climbing Instructor -Training

So incredibly lucky for a beautiful day out on the mountain with Mark. He was wonderfully accommodating and went above and beyond to ensure that I had the best day climbing possible. We were able to do a couple of classic routes and he was constantly sharing his local knowledge and climbing expertise. His familiarity with nearly every person we passed on the mountain showed his remarkable depth of commitment to the climbing community in Wales. I couldn't have asked for a better guide.

L Delta Merner
7/13/2017

I had the pleasure of being one of Mark’s students about three years ago for climbing courses in Europe and South America. His style of instruction and mentoring still resonates with me to this day. In fact, I have found myself using his methodology throughout my time working as a climbing instructor on a professional and personal basis. Over the years I have worked with other professionals in the industry and would not hesitate to put Mark up against the very best!

Dan Mooney
12/01/2017