CLIMBING WALL DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE HANDBOOK

Published by Mountain Training, Siabod Cottage, Capel Curig, Conwy LL24 0ES Siabod Cottage, Capel Curig, Conwy Mountain Training, Published by 01690 720272 Tel: Email: [email protected] www.mountain-training.org Website: 1.1. 2018. Version November © Mountain Training. All rights reserved Design: www.dragondesignwales.com Dragon Design by Many people have contributed to the preparation of the contents of this handbook, by attending Mountain Training Mountain Training attending handbook, by of the contents of this contributed to the preparation people have Many thanks are due to Grateful comments on the draft. making detailed and constructive working party meetings and by organisation council Group, national Mountain Training Working and staff from the Awards Review volunteers of the Association of staff of the mountaineering councils, members members, course providers, Mountain Centres and members of The Association of Association, staff from the National Instructors, Mountain Training for their help and support. British Climbing Walls Karl Leong, bring the handbook to life: Bryn Williams, Jessie whose photographs Thanks also to the following individuals Midlane and Rob Greenwood. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PARTICIPATION STATEMENT STATEMENT PARTICIPATION with a danger of personal injury walking and mountaineering are activities recognises that climbing, hill Mountain Training for their own actions. of and accept these risks and be responsible in these activities should be aware or death. Participants to help and associated supporting literature and assessment schemes of training a range has developed Mountain Training while learning about their experiences positive to have these risks and to enable new participants instructors manage responsibilities. This handbook has been designed to support candidates through Mountain Training’s Development Development Climbing Wall Training’s through Mountain to support candidates has been designed This handbook and as well as the syllabus stages in the scheme about the various useful information qualification. It contains Instructor guidance notes. PREFACE

PREFACE 2 CONTENTS 3 4-6 7-8 18 19 17 13-14 17 15-16 9-12 15-16 7-8 9-10 11-12 ...... PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING AND KNOWLEDGE AND MAKING DECISION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACCESS AND ETIQUETTE AND ETHICS ACCESS AND – MOUNTAIN TRAINING ASSOCIATION – THE CLIMBING ENVIRONMENT TEACHING AND LEARNING SKILLS TEACHING AND LEARNING MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING MANAGEMENT SCHEME PATHWAY PATHWAY SCHEME COMPETENCE TECHNICAL CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DLOG CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT – – EQUIPMENT, AND PERSONAL SKILLS BELAYING – EQUIPMENT, APPENDIX – OF TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATION

SCHEME PATHWAY 1. SCHEME PATHWAY

1.1. INTRODUCTION The Climbing Wall Development Instructor scheme is for experienced instructors wishing to teach advanced indoor climbing techniques, including on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection. 1.2. SCOPE OF THE SCHEME A qualified Climbing Wall Development Instructor can: Support an indoor climber’s progression. Foster an indoor climber’s independence. Teach indoor lead climbing skills.

TERRAIN

A qualified Climbing Wall Development Instructor can operate on: Indoor and outdoor artificial venues Indoor and outdoor climbing walls

EXCLUSIONS The scheme does not cover: The skills needed to climb and/or supervise others on natural crags and quarries (these are covered in the Rock Climbing Instructor scheme) The supervision of high or low ropes courses. The assessment of candidates’ personal qualities.

1.3. STAGES IN THE SCHEME

1.3.1. Registration prerequisites:

You must hold either the Climbing Wall Instructor or the Rock Climbing Instructor qualification.

1.3.2. Training prerequisites: You must be registered on the scheme. You must have an up to date logbook (preferably DLOG) with evidence of the following: 50 led routes Climbed at 3 different major climbing walls Belayed a led climber 50 times 25 led routes at F6a on indoor climbing walls 20 supervising sessions after passing either Climbing Wall Instructor or Rock Climbing Instructor qualifications. At least 5 of these sessions must have personal reflective comments recorded on DLOG.

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4 SCHEME PATHWAY 5 ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT Mountain Training Scotland Mountain Training Ireland Board of Mountain Training Course directors must hold the Mountaineering Instructor Award or higher plus national requirements. organisation Mountain Training Additional staff must hold the Mountaineering Instructor Award or higher plus national requirements. organisation Mountain Training Min. course size: 2, max. course size: 8, max. ratio: 1:4. Assessment will involve a minimum of 6 hours Assessment will involve contact time. completed, Fail, Not yet Defer, Results: Pass, Did not show. Withdrew, element of the from any There is no exemption assessment. place within take reassessments cannot Practical allow three months of the initial assessment to All preparation. and sufficient time for practice be completed within reassessments must deferral the original assessment. Candidates of years five reassessments after a two short undertake may must defer result. Subsequently a full assessment be undertaken. 3. COURSE DELIVERY 2. COURSE STRUCTURE TRAINING TRAINING Mountain Training Cymru Mountain Training England Mountain Training 4. AWARDING ORGANISATIONS 4. AWARDING You must have physically attended and completed (i.e. not online) a first aid course which involved at least one full first aid course which involved a attended and completed (i.e. not online) physically must have You You must have attended a Climbing Wall Development Instructor (or Climbing Wall Leading Award) training course course Award) training Leading Climbing Wall Instructor (or Development attended a Climbing Wall must have You Min. course size: 2, max. course size: 8, max. ratio: Min. course size: 2, max. course size: 8, max. ratio: 1:4. Course directors must hold the Mountaineering Instructor Award or higher plus national requirements. organisation Mountain Training Additional staff must be Climbing Wall Instructor or higher plus national Development requirements. organisation Mountain Training Training will involve a minimum of 8 hours contact a minimum of 8 hours contact will involve Training time. completed, Results: Completed, Not yet Exemption. Did not show, Withdrew,

eight hours of instruction and included an element of assessment. or day

comments recorded on DLOG. personal reflective 5 sessions must have These qualified person. a suitably by at least 5 teaching leading sessions delivered assisted or observed must have You walls. at 3 different major climbing above 6a or of French be a grade climbs, at least half of which must logged a minimum of 100 different lead must have You with the syllabus. must be familiar You from training. exemption been granted or have Assessment prerequisites: 1.3.4. Assessment the qualification. complete to years several take candidates may and some course of a training the validity is currently no time limit on There and assessment. training a minimum of six months between allow candidates should the most experienced All but of others. assisting with the supervision when both as an individual and venues, of at a wide range Climb Consolidation period Consolidation 1.3.3. CLIM BIN G PAT H WAY

PER SONAL SKI LLS INS TRUCTOR CO ACH

OUTD OOR IND OOR OUTD OOR IND OOR /OUTD OOR

Indoor Rock Skills Climbing Coach Assistant HER E T TA R S Rock Skills Climbing Wall Rock Climbing Intermediate Instructor Instructor

Development Coach Rock Climbing Rock Skills Rock Skills Climbing Wall Development Lead Sport Lead Trad Development Instructor Instructor

Mountaineering Instructor Award

Performance Coach Mountaineering Instructor

Direct Skills Assistant Leadership Coaching Recommended Entry Courses Progression TECHNICAL COMPETENCE – EQUIPMENT, BELAYING, PERSONAL SKILLS

Climbing Wall Development Instructors will have a sound knowledge of lead climbing on fixed protection. They will be able to identify and evaluate commonly used indoor climbing equipment and demonstrate its use to individuals during a lead climbing session. They will be personally competent in a range of indoor lead climbing techniques and be able to provide clear demonstration and effective tuition when teaching novice climbers to lead on fixed protection. They will be able to:

SYLLABUS

1. EQUIPMENT 3. PERSONAL SKILLS 1.1. Select and fit suitable climbing equipment for 3.1. Choose and lead routes at French 6a in a safe, personal and group use when leading routes. competent and assured manner. 3.2. Demonstrate ability to take leader falls in a 2. BELAYING controlled manner. 2.1. Demonstrate a range of belaying techniques 3.3. Demonstrate an understanding of the safety chain appropriate for lead climbing. and fall factors with relevance to lead climbing. 2.2. Hold leader falls and control lowers.

7 TECHNICAL COMPETENCE – EQUIPMENT, BELAYING, PERSONAL SKILLS 8 Gain experience of belaying at a of belaying Gain experience competition. The mountaineering details of regional councils have competitions that welcome competent belayers. volunteer such equipment is therefore very important and important is therefore very such equipment introduce new you shape the way will help to lead more to lend themselves skills which belaying and with, conversant should be fully climbing. You out paying at, dynamic belaying; be accomplished of the climber’s in rope in anticipation and taking to hold a fall in should be able You movements. the climber slamming so as to prevent such a way might adapt how you against the wall. Consider to compensate for techniques dynamic belaying of differing weights. leaders and belayers elements of the safety chain When lead climbing, the to the climber, include the rope attachment top and the belayer. and quick draws and equipment choice can position Belayer chain when a climber is compromise the safety must be able to recognise leading and falling. You of the risks posed and how aware others and make them. to avoid KEY PRACTICE POINTS KEY PRACTICE GUIDANCE NOTES GUIDANCE ! Practise lead belaying with a range of with a range lead belaying Practise including assisted braking different devices, would teach and consider how you devices correct use to novices. with different ropes Familiarise yourself suitable for lead climbing including their wear and handling characteristics. Lead belaying with a range of different devices, of different devices, with a range belaying Lead and compatible ones including assisted braking for a be new skills and ropes may karabiners familiarity with using Your lead climber. novice As a Climbing Wall Development Instructor you you Instructor Development Wall As a Climbing lead for advice from novice be asked may and other climbers climbers, experienced will experience significant Your instructors. appropriate equipment choosing support you and teaching lead climbing both for personal When lead climbing, climbers leading to novices. fitting rock shoes and a good need to have designed harness. The well-fitting and specifically presents the possibility of nature of lead climbing or the climber to invert falling, which can cause in the possibility of head and pendulum resulting should be fully other injuries. Instructors the advantages and with conversant a helmet while lead disadvantages of wearing climbing. MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING PARTICIPANTS – PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF

Climbing Wall Development Instructors should be able to independently organise, plan, manage and deliver safe and progressive learning-to-lead climbing sessions to novice climbers. They should be able to:

SYLLABUS

4. PLANNING AND 5. MANAGEMENT OF STRUCTURE OF SESSIONS PARTICIPANTS 4.1. Plan individual sessions and programmes of activities 5.1. Select appropriate management techniques to with appropriate aims and objectives. safeguard all participants, irrespective of whether or not they are directly involved in the climbing activity. 4.2. Build in flexibility when planning activities; respond to changing circumstances. 5.2. Utilise effective communication skills to: 4.3. Demonstrate an awareness of responsibility to the 5.2.1. Set and review targets. wall management, authorising organisations, parents/ guardians, group members and other site users. 5.2.2. Identify and react to the needs of students in relation to the development of lead 4.4. Be familiar with Mountain Training’s National climbing skills. Guidelines. 5.3. Manage time appropriately in relation to the plan, activity and conditions. 5.4. Avoid common lead climbing problems. 5.5. Solve common lead climbing problems if they occur.

9 MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING – PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS 10 Make sure that the climber and belayer the climber and belayer sure that Make have are comfortable with the task you them and check for understanding given instructions. of your includes the importance of safety at all times importance of safety includes the or not. whether climbing a lead climber little control over very have You The whole point of left the ground. have once they to teaching approach differentiated a progressive, things going wrong in the lead climbing is to avoid decision to progress onto first place. Making the will require the instructor teaching lead climbing that the fundamental basics of to be fully confident mastered and have are well tying in and belaying Being in a competent manor. been demonstrated issues in advance (such as able to foresee common clipping’) and choosing routes ‘Z’ clipping and ‘back of these occurring will which minimise the chances to focus on the basics of lead allow the instructor the client to overwhelm climbing and not needing before they amounts of information with excessive the fine approach will allow A progressive set off. tuning of techniques and as the climber slowly will be able to encourage you gains experience them to identify potential issues themselves. KEY PRACTICE POINTS KEY PRACTICE GUIDANCE NOTES GUIDANCE ! sessions. make sure you are delivering appropriate are delivering sure you make and target setting with your climbers to and target setting with your Consider how you might discuss motivation Consider how you after the session. timed session plans and reviewing them timed session plans and reviewing Get into the habit of using well thought-out, Get into the habit of using well thought-out, Part of the process of teaching lead climbing will of the process Part discussions around the risk assessment involve into your process and it is vital that this is brought to be sessions. This will require you progressive issues will crystal clear when communicating. Key include appropriate target setting and developing This their understanding of risk and its mitigation. Teaching leading is not something that can take take something that can leading is not Teaching that you important session. It is very place in one a series of progressive execute can plan and skills required for the develop sessions that Further are instructing. the people you leading in at different develop that people to this, remember needs. will need to adapt to their you and rates and respectful of other users should be calm You to follow of the space and be prepared if it wall managers; even instructions from the plans. Preparation to change your have means you to the managers of time that includes speaking to teach leading, to be using likely are wall you any be requirements, will always and discussing your time well spent. MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING AND DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES – DECISION MAKING AND KNOWLEDGE SYLLABUS

6. DECISION MAKING 7. KNOWLEDGE AND 6.1. Carry out dynamic risk assessments throughout each DEMONSTRATION OF lead climbing session. TECHNIQUES 6.2. Assess the abilities of individuals to lead routes and belay lead climbers. 7.1. Deliver technical instruction to individuals and the group including: 6.3. Make appropriate judgements regarding the suitability of various techniques for instructing and 7.1.1. Effective lead belaying. coaching the skills required for individuals to belay lead 7.1.2. The principles of appropriate route choice. climbers and lead climb effectively. 7.1.3. Use of leader placed and in situ quick draws. 7.1.4. Effective communication between leader and belayer. 7.1.5. Falling and holding a fall. 7.1.6. Lowering to the ground. 7.2. Teach and demonstrate basic lead climbing skills. 7.3. Demonstrate the use of appropriate climbing and non-climbing activities to develop lead climbing techniques. 7.4. Supervise climbers belaying and leading.

11 GUIDANCE NOTES MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING AND DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES

Judgement and decision making within a risk As a Climbing Wall Development Instructor your assessment framework is central to this qualification. ability to demonstrate and explain the significance of Climbing Wall Development Instructors will have a a climber’s centre of gravity and its relevance to lead range of techniques through which climbers will climbing is a fundamental element of teaching novices learn the skills of leading; it will be up to you when, this new skill. For example; clipping the rope and if, they are ready to lead for real. You will use proficiently requires the adoption of the most stable your experience to make sound, educated and and efficient position possible within reach of the informed decisions about what is right for the people . This will be a new consideration for many you are teaching. It is important that you are clear climbers who have only top/bottom-roped and will about your duty of care when teaching lead climbing, take time to develop. especially with regard to minors. This level of judgement will only come through spending time in Smooth and fluid movement when bouldering or environments where new leaders are being taught bottom-roping can be transformed to stiff and jerky and are experiencing their first leads. movements when leading a route. Such radical changes in style can often be due to anxiety and you Through your own experience you will have built up a should be able to identify activities to help a novice range of appropriate progressive exercises for lead climber transfer their movement skills to lead teaching leading which involve both climbing and climbing situations. Climbing Wall Development ground based activities into your session plans. Instructors should be able to support participants These exercises should develop the skills referred to psychologically preparing to lead climb e.g. reducing in section 7.1 and 7.2. The wider your knowledge and anxiety by reducing the grade, providing calming range of exercises here the more likely you are to be breathing exercises etc. successful in achieving your aims of safely teaching sound leading skills.

! KEY PRACTICE POINTS

Practise teaching route reading to your Don’t forget to introduce backing off and climbers. Get them to mentally rehearse their down climbing as an important safety and route, including when they will clip, miming tactical technique. their movements, identifying key holds, rests – DECISION MAKING AND KNOWLEDGE and any challenging sections. Research how the level of your duty of care varies with the age of your students and Discuss the decision making process with how you might adapt your practice regards to letting novices lead for the first accordingly. time with more experienced instructors.

12 1. EQUIPMENT 1.1. Select and fit suitable climbing equipment for personal and group use when leading routes.

2. BELAYING 2.1. Demonstrate a range of belaying techniques appropriate for lead climbing. 2.2. Hold leader falls and control lowers. TEACHING AND LEARNING SKILLS

Climbing Wall Development Instructors need to give tuition and support to novice climbers who are learning and developing their climbing skills. They should be able to:

SYLLABUS

8. TEACHING AND LEARNING SKILLS 8.1. Create and maintain a positive learning environment for all participants. 8.2. Communicate effectively and appropriately with a group and individuals, checking for understanding. 8.3. Demonstrate an ability to adapt the teaching style to meet individual needs. 8.4. Continue to develop positive attitudes towards climbing and lifelong participation. 8.5. Understand and introduce progressive activities to ensure development of appropriate knowledge, skills and experience over time. 8.6. Observe and analyse individual performances to provide appropriate, effective and timely feedback for participants. 8.7. Evaluate a session and its outcomes to inform the planning of future sessions.

13 GUIDANCE NOTES TEACHING AND LEARNING SKILLS

Climbing Wall Development Instructors need to autonomously, combined and applied in a range of quickly build an environment of trust and environments (slab, wall, overhang etc.). This can confidence with their climbers so that they feel be challenging for the climber and therefore these ready to tackle more challenging activities with techniques should be introduced progressively. greater personal responsibility. Age, ability, individual requirements, confidence and energy Individualised feedback significantly supports the levels will all influence the best approach to developing climber. This may focus on technique, achieve this with each individual climber. tactics, fitness or motivation depending upon the situation. By observing their strengths and Well-developed communication skills are weaknesses you can then prioritise feedback to essential. The foundations of effective teaching ensure participants are safe and inspired to include the ability to create rapport, communicate progress further. at an appropriate level, use positive language, provide a variety of demonstration techniques, An effective Climbing Wall Development check for understanding through skilled Instructor plans their sessions strategically, questioning and give useful feedback and building up the skills and experiences of their encouragement to individuals. In addition to these students over time. The ability to review the well-practised communication skills your accurate outcomes of each session and to build upon these observation and assessment of individuals’ in the future is essential. Understanding that abilities and confidence levels will form the basis progress is rarely linear and that different climbers of your sessions. The progressive nature of the may require different strategies are key concepts activities you choose will build up an individual’s at this level. Instructors should understand how skills in a safe and consolidated way. Lead climbing learning develops, and how this is applied to requires many techniques to be acquired structuring activities at an appropriate level.

! KEY PRACTICE POINTS

Review climber profiles before meeting Review progress with climbers and make them and discuss their experience and goals sure they are taking on board the lessons with them when you meet them. being taught.

Build up skills and risk levels gradually, Discuss next steps and provide consolidating each phase. Be aware of signposting to ways ahead (beyond you if contextual interference when new necessary). environments appear to erode skill.

14 THE CLIMBING ENVIRONMENT – ACCESS AND ETIQUETTE ETHICS

Climbing Wall Development Instructors should be informed and experienced in the indoor climbing wall environment, including both small and large scale (commercial) venues. They should be able to:

SYLLABUS

9. ACCESS 10. ETIQUETTE AND 9.1 . Describe both general and locally important rules ETHICS and regulations, and demonstrate an ability to obtain and 10.1. Identify appropriate and inappropriate areas of a comply with this information. wall to teach lead climbing and other associated skills. 10.2. Be aware of the hazards presented to other site users by lead climbers and act in a way to keep these minimised. 10.3. Be aware of the site-specific requirements and agreements relating to teaching leading on different climbing walls and artificial structures.

15 GUIDANCE NOTES THE CLIMBING ENVIRONMENT

Climbing wall managers have a duty of care to Having a good understanding of a climbing wall’s protect members of the public from foreseeable layout, route selection and overall setup will give risks, be they climbers or spectators, and this the instructor greater levels of knowledge in which extends to preparing codes of conduct, guidance to draw from when planning a lead climbing and policy for wall users. Where these are absent session with clients. Climbing Wall Development Instructors should be aware of good practice defined by the industry. Teaching lead climbing involves the additional Some climbing walls may require visiting likelihood of both climbers and belayers moving instructors to produce specific documentation quickly and unexpectedly. Party management must such as qualifications and insurance before reflect this state of affairs bearing in mind the commencing a session, therefore having prior other wall users. knowledge of these requirements will help.

! KEY PRACTICE POINTS

Develop the ability to focus on key risk Become familiar with climbing walls’ age areas whilst remaining situationally aware policies with regard to lead climbing and of the wider wall environment. parental consent. – ACCESS AND ETIQUETTE ETHICS

16 ADDITIONAL 1 – APPENDIX INFORMATION PERSONAL REFLECTIVE COMMENTS REFLECTIVE COMMENTS PERSONAL Mountain Training presently requires assessment candidates to have reflective comments recorded in DLOG for the Rock comments recorded in DLOG reflective candidates to have presently requires assessment Mountain Training is an on experience Reflecting Instructor. Development Instructor and Climbing Wall Climbing Wall Climbing Instructor, is important we can useful it can be very Although feedback from others instructor’s development. important part of an in relation to the desired outcome. our experiences also independently consider The key aim of undertaking these reflective comments is to identify and reflect on areas of practice from the relevant from the relevant of practice is to identify and reflect on areas comments these reflective aim of undertaking The key to need a desire or perceived guidance notes, where there is qualification syllabus, and supporting Mountain Training but a can be challenging analyse experience Being able to effectively fluency. to develop personal practice reflect on one’s future. When making these for the sessions are of great value in identifying potential improvements few critically analysed responses: following questions and outline their the should ask themselves comments candidates of the session? What are the desired aims and objectives the session? What were the actual outcomes of of delivery your syllabus) in Training Mountain (reference the relevant What was successful and less successful the session? the outcome? would change to improve What you Your responses can then be added into DLOG in the comments section of the relevant DLOG entry. DLOG in the comments section of the relevant responses can then be added into DLOG Your COURSE DELIVERY COURSE DELIVERY Mountain Training courses are delivered by approved providers throughout the UK and Ireland. Providers of Climbing Wall of Climbing Wall throughout the UK and Ireland. Providers providers approved by courses are delivered Mountain Training Instructor courses will appoint a course director for each cour Instructor courses will appoint a course se. Development Courses can be found by searching on the Candidate Management System (CMS) https://mt.tahdah.me or on our website https://mt.tahdah.me System (CMS) searching on the Candidate Management Courses can be found by http://www.mountain-training.org/find/find-a-course. Management System (CMS). and assessment result will be recorded on the Candidate training Your EXEMPTION FROM TRAINING EXEMPTION FROM Experienced climbers who already have substantial personal climbing experience and experience of supervising groups on of supervising and experience substantial personal climbing experience Experienced climbers who already have least, meet the candidates must, at the very qualify for exemption To from training. apply for exemption climbing walls may received have that they assessment course and demonstrate requirements for attendance at an minimum experience in the management of climbing groups and assistants. training relevant website. process can be found on the Mountain Training details of the exemption Further There is no exemption from assessment. There is no exemption FURTHER EXPERIENCE Once you have passed the Climbing Wall Development Instructor assessment you are responsible for remaining current Instructor assessment you Development passed the Climbing Wall have Once you to encourage would like qualification. Mountain Training are using your for as long as you and up to date with good practice Instructor. Development both as a climber and as a Climbing Wall development time to your to regularly dedicate some you and qualified candidates is a membership association designed to support both trainee Association The Mountain Training among other member benefits. workshops, conferences and peer learning events access to developmental providing by of the service, or the must lie with the provider refresher training The responsibility for ensuring that instructor receive the beyond Instructors who wish to operate Development leaders. Climbing Wall individual in the case of self-employed a Rock Climbing for example training, and/or virtue of their additional experience scope of their qualification(s) by be enabled to do so either through in-house training Instructor taking a group climbing at a quarry may of a site specific scheme. within the context and/or for advice on good practice a digital document called the National Guidelines which provides publishes Mountain Training walking and mountaineering related activities, and encompassing the principles with a responsibility for climbing, anyone

– ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

APPENDIX 1 17 CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DLOG CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DLOG

Mountain Training uses software powered by tahdah to record your journey through our schemes. You can use the system to: register for a qualification search for a training or assessment course join an association or mountaineering council buy recommended books from the Mountain Training shop record your experience in DLOG (the digital logbook) access e-learning modules https://mt.tahdah.me

LOGGING YOUR EXPERIENCE The foundation of your success as a Climbing Wall Development Instructoris your experience. It is this experience that enables you to learn from the training course, consolidate your learning, pass an assessment and then continue to develop as an instructor and climber.

There are fourteen activities you can log, including indoor climbing, trad climbing and outdoor bouldering and all of them start by searching the database. There are some information boxes on the screen - please read these to help with the logging process.

Top tips: ‘Indoor climbing’ should be used to record any personal climbing or instructing/assisting on artificial structures. You can use the ‘Frequency’ drop down to insert multiple records in one go. For example, if you ran a similar session each week for four weeks, select ‘Weekly’ from the drop down menu, select the appropriate date range and when you save the record, it will create four entries. If you can’t find the climbing wall/tower/centre you are looking for please let us know and we will add it to the database.

UPLOADING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE If you have recorded your experience in another format already and want to start using DLOG, you can upload your existing logbook as a file to the Files tab. (The Files tab accepts various file formats including word, excel, pdf, jpg and png.)

Many candidates who do this also choose to create DLOG records for their most recent or most significant sessions.

SHARING YOUR DLOG When you book on to a training or assessment course, your logbook will become visible to the course director. If you would like some feedback prior to this, you can share your logbook with a mentor/friend/future course director by clicking on the Share tab, entering their email address and selecting the length of time they can access it.

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