Mountain Walking Leader Training Course

order to get 40 quality days, it is inevitable that you will have MORE THAN 40 entries in your log. WALKING GROUP LEADER AWARD ASSESSMENT COURSE  Ensure the personal profile is completed in your logbook.  Have a current First Aid Certificate (min 16 hours & assessed). The Assessment Course Covers: The syllabus of the Walking Group Leader Award, as laid down by Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE) or other UK training board. **IMPORTANT** Mountain Activities runs assessment courses in two formats: Please read the section overleaf regarding cancellation, or non- attendance. Modular, with one day in Sussex followed by a separate weekend on Dartmoor or in South Wales. MLTE HAS NOTED THAT TOO MANY CANDIDATES ARE COMING ON A three-day assessment on Dartmoor or South Wales (or similar). COURSES WITHOUT THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LOGS, WITHOUT READING THE SYLLABUS AND REQUIREMENTS AND WITH The programme will be (subject to changes due to weather etc): POOR OR EVEN BLANK LOGBOOKS. If you attend without the required Prior to attending: a written home test paper. experience and logbook, you will be asked to leave, and no refund will Day 1: Navigation and expedition planning using 1:50,000 maps; environmental knowledge; be given. Please either enquire if you are unsure about your experience or weather logbook, or apply when you do have enough experience. Day 2: Day and Night Navigation; Route Selection; Hazard Identification and Avoidance; Route Cards; group leadership, camping skills Also, you will be required to operate on exposed moorland terrain, Day 3: a chance to revisit any areas of the syllabus where weaknesses have occurred possibly in difficult weather and a long way from the potential help. If you feel unhappy about any of this, please DO NOT join the course. Please The Course is Run by: ask for more information if you require it. Mountain Activities will not accept liability for accidents/injuries in such terrain unless CLEARLY due to staff Mountain Activities Ltd, a course provider for the Walking Group Lead negligence. er, Mountain Walking Leader and Single Pitch Awards for over 12 year If you wish to join this course please return an application form with the s. Course directors hold a minimum of the International Mountain Lead relevant deposit. The applicant will need to pay the balance 4 weeks prior to er Award, have extensive experience of WGL course provision and ar attendance. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. On e individually approved by MLTE. receipt of your application, full course details will be sent from Mountain Activities. The Course Fee Includes: Please See the Website for latest Course Dates and Prices  Self -catered bunkhouse accommodation (not an hotel).  All course tutoring and administration. To book a place, please return the booking form (below) to, The Course Fee Does Not Include: Lesley Rickman, Butt cottage, high Street, Nutley, East Sussex. TN22 3NL  Registration with the MLTE, or reference books related to the course.  Food Tel: 077066 74824  Provision of any personal equipment.  Transport to, from and during the course. Email: [email protected]

To attend this Assessment Course you must: Please call or email us if you have any queries about this  Have completed either a Walking Group Leader OR Mountain Leader training course course. OR gained exemption from training from MLTE or one of the other boards.  If you did ML, rather than WGL, training YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE WGL PLEASE REMEMBER: You must register for the Walking Group Leader SCHEME AS WELL AS ML and pay the appropriate fee. Award. You must also fulfil the minimum requirements for attending the  Have completed your logbook in legible manner showing at least 40 clearly course, as laid down by MLTE. You can contact MLTE at: Siabod identifiable quality days combining both personal and supervisory experience. In cottage, Capel Curig, Conwy LL24 OET, tel. 01690 720 314 or see www.mlte.org for more details.

Mountain Leader Training England Courses  A non-returnable deposit is required at the time booking, and the balance is due on the date stated on the booking form.  If you cancel within 4 weeks of the start of a course, or fail to attend, you will be liable for the full course fee, unless you find a suitable replacement paying the full amount due.  On courses marked “tuition fee only” candidates are expected to pay their own accommodation and catering costs.  On courses marked “self catered”, candidates are expected to pay their own or catering costs.  Sometimes Mountain Activities staff or others may offer lifts to candidates in their own cars, either to/from or during a course. These arrangements are nothing to do with Mountain Activities Limited, and as such are offered on a goodwill basis. No right to travel is intended or implied. They are non-commercial arrangements, and any payments are made solely on a cost-sharing WWW.MOUNTAIN-ACTIVITIES.CO.UK basis. No liability is implied or accepted by Mountain Activities for any loss or damage experienced by a candidate in such cases.  It is the responsibility of the candidate to obtain (from the MLTE), read and fulfil the requirements for attendance on any course. WALKING GROUP LEADER The course director reserves the right to terminate the course for anyone who does not fulfil these pre-requirements, or to refuse to endorse a candidate’s logbook, even if they do attend. No refund will be made if this occurs.  The right to alter or cancel a course is reserved. If Mountain Activities Limited cancels a course prior to commencement and through no fault of the participant then refunds will be given in full. No liability for consequential loss is accepted. AWARD ASSESSMENT Booking Information

 Details of start and finish times are supplied prior to attending, along with an outline programme, accommodation details and any kit requirements as appropriate.  Candidates are advised to insure themselves against cancellation or curtailment, personal injury and loss or damage to

personal effects and equipment. Mountain Activities Limited cannot be held responsible for the loss or damage to personal effects/equipment, howsoever caused.  It is essential that you fill out the Mountain Activities Medical Form (supplied after booking) prior to attending. Mountain Activities Limited cannot accept any liability for any loss or injury caused by a medical condition that was not disclosed. (MLTE formally MLTB) Disclosure of a medical problem will not necessarily preclude you from attending. The National Governing Body Tuition and Safety See www.mlte.org  Mountain Activities is an approved a MLTE centre (no. 139), for SPA, WGL & summer ML. Course Directors are approved by Mountain Leader Training England, and are very experienced course directors.

 All other instructors will be qualified to the standard required by MLTE and will also be very experienced.  Although MLTE sets the syllabus for each course, the exact programme will vary depending on the weather, experience of the candidates, location etc. However, an outline programme will be provided prior to attending.  Safety is of paramount importance. Therefore, candidates are expected to agree to act on any requests that staff consider necessary. Mountain Activities Limited reserves the right to terminate a course immediately for any person who refuses to act on the advice of course tutors.  Keith Fleming / Mountain Activities Limited are insured for public, professional and employer’s liability for £5 million. This course is aimed at persons wishing to lead groups, and The following statement has been adapted from the British Mountaineering Council Participation Statement, and whilst may seem a little individuals, in potentially hazardous environments that can be ‘heavy’, it is important to include it: described as ‘open, uncultivated, non-mountainous, high or

“Climbing, hill walking and mountaineering are activities that can carry the risk of serious injury or death, and by booking the remote terrain, uplands, moor, bog, fell, hill or down’, in summer candidate acknowledges and accepts these risks. The candidate must take full responsibility for their own actions and conditions in the UK. Mountain Leader Training England (formally involvement, and cannot hold Keith Fleming, Mountain Activities Limited, or any other staff responsible for loss or injury during the MLTB) operates the scheme, and it is Nationally recognised. the course, unless oven to be due to their negligence”

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