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 old

Training:

4 days

Assessment:

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