The Wall Climbing Supervisor Award provides training and assessment for those who supervise indoor gym climbing as well as bolted top- rope and leading on artificial walls and easily accessible natural crags.
Entry requirements:
Candidates must be at least 18 years oldTraining:
2 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.Syllabus:
- Equipment usage and care
- Top rope anchors using bollards, trees, bolts and spikes
- Artificial (bolted) anchor points
- Belay techniques
- Supervising top roping
- Supervising bottom roping
- Supervising bolted lead climbing
- Supervising bouldering
- Rock climbing grading systems
- Rope types and uses, and equipment care
- Personal abseiling
- Escaping the system
- Basic understanding of Fall factors and impact forces in the safety chain
- Emergency Procedures
- MDT and NQF training and qualification structure and skills
Scope and remit of the qualification
The award does not cover:- Access to any location where escape is not easily possible from the top and the bottom of a climb
- The skills needed to approach and retreat from mountain crags
- Multi-pitch rock climbing
- The use of traditional anchors
- The skills required to supervise group abseiling