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 old

Training:

2 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.

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