The Abseil Supervisor Award provides training and assessment for those who are in a position of responsibility while supervising abseiling
Entry requirements:
Candidates must be at least 18 years oldTraining:
4 daysAssessment:
1 day. If the pupil can show extensive prior experience and competence during the course, the instructor may proceed directly into a RPL assessment.The award covers:
- Equipment usage and care
- Personal and group safety at edges
- Belay techniques
- Artificial (bolted) anchor points and bollards, trees and spikes
- Group management
- Non-releasable abseils
- Releasable abseils
- Retrievable abseils
- Ascending the rope
- Hauling systems and Pick-offs
- Passing knots
- Rope types and uses, and equipment care
- Considerations and equipment for longer and complex abseils
- Emergency Procedures
- MDT and NQF training and qualification structure and skills
- Scope and remit of the qualification
The award does not cover:
- The skills needed to approach and retreat from mountain crags
- Access to any location where escape is not easily possible from the top and the bottom of the abseil site
- Multiple abseils, or abseils that involve intermediate stances