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Climbing Wall Award
Climbing Wall Award - To book call 0191 3789555
| | Course Outline | | The newly developed Climbing Wall Award is a national award which allows the bearer to teach and supervise groups and individuals at any artificial structure in the British Isles. The CWA is primarily concerned with ensuring good practice, leading to the safe enjoyment of climbing activities and to an understanding of the sport. It covers the supervision and management of activities such as bouldering, the teaching of basic movement skills and roped climbing excluding the teaching of leading. An additional module is available for those candidates who wish to supervise abseiling and top roping for those walls and structures which have top access. | | Who should apply? | | To be involved in the CWA scheme you need to be a climber and have an interest in the supervision of novices in the activity. A minimum of six months personal climbing experience is required and ideally this should include some climbing outdoors. Before attending a training course you must have climbed on articficial walls on at least fifteen occasions, visited at least three different walls and successfully led on climbs on walls. You must be at least seventeen years of age at the date of registration. Please note you must be registered with both the BMC and the CWA scheme before attending the training course. Please visit www.mlte.org | | Course Dates | | Starting November 2008 courses will run on both weekends and evenings. Please ask DCC for course dates. Courses can be booked and paid for at reception. | | Staff Ratio | | Training max 1:6 / Assessment max 1:4 | | Length of course | | Minimum - Training 12 hours / Assessment 6 hours - Abseil module training 4 hours / Assessment 2 hours | | Cost: Training £100 / Assessment £50 / Abseil module - Training £35 / Assessment £20 |
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