The Climbing Wall Instructor qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to supervise climbers on purpose built artificial climbing walls and boulders. It is ideal for people who work at climbing walls or at venues with permanent or mobile climbing towers. There is also an optional Abseil Module (often run in conjunction with the Climbing Wall Instructor) which is all about supervising abseiling in climbing walls.

The Climbing Wall Instructor training course aims to develop your technical skills, judgements and areas of knowledge deemed necessary to become a Climbing Wall Instructor. 

To get started on the Climbing Wall Instructor qualification you need to meet the following prerequisites:



• You must be at least 17 years old (18 at assessment)
• You should have at least 6 months of experience of using a variety of climbing walls
• You should have an interest in climbing and in supervising groups on climbing walls
• You must be a member of a mountaineering council: BMC, Mountaineering Scotland or Mountaineering Ireland (you can join one when you register if you're not already a member)

Syllabus

The course follows the Climbing Wall Instructor syllabus. A typical training course will cover the following areas:

Technical competence

• Equipment
• Belaying
• Personal climbing skills
• Background knowledge

Management and Decision Making

• Planning and structure of sessions
• Management of participants
• Decision Making
• Knowledge and demonstration of techniques
• Management of other staff

Teaching and Learning Skills

The climbing wall environment

• Access
• Etiquette and ethics

Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Climbing Wall Instructor handbook and the onus is on you to be competent in all of them by the time you come to assessment.

The training course takes places over two days at two different climbing walls, and the assessment is a one day course.

You must first join one of the mountaineering councils, then register for this award with Mountain Training. You can do this by following this link. Once you have registered then email us on grahamuneymountaineering@gmail.com to book your place on a course

Climbing Wall Instructor training course fees are £170 plus wall entry

Climbing Wall Instructor assessment course fees are £110 plus wall entry

Abseil Module training course fees are £55 plus wall entry

Abseil Module assessment course fees are £40 plus wall entry

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Climbing Wall Instructor training course

August 7th - 8th. 6 places available. Keswick Wall and Kong

October 2nd - 3rd. 6 places available. Keswick Wall and Kong

December 3rd - 4th. 6 places available. Keswick Wall and Kong

Climbing Wall Instructor assessment courses:

August 27th. 4 places available. Kong Wall

December 5th. 4 places available. Kong Wall

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