Outdoor Education - Schools

Climbing Wall Award (CWA)	Training	Assessment

Single Pitch Award (SPA)	Training	Assessment

Thornbridge Outdoors offers training and assessment in two nationally recognised rock climbing qualifications which are accredited by Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE) - the Climbing Wall Award (CWA) and the Single Pitch Award (SPA).

The process for the CWA and SPA schemes is as follows:

Personal experience: The courses assume a basic level of climbing experience which is detailed below. If you don't have enough personal experience you may want to consider our Skills courses.
Registration: Before undertaking a training course you should register on the appropriate scheme with the training board of the country in which you live:
• Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE)
• Mountain Leader Training Wales (MLTW)
• Mountain Leader Training Scotland (MLTS)
• Mountain Leader Training Northern Ireland (MLTNI)
You can book onto your training course before you have registered, but it is best to be registered before you attend the course itself.
Training course: Attend a training course - details below.
Consolidation period: You will learn a great deal on your training course and will need some time to practice and put your new knowledge into action. Your course trainers will advise you as to how long you may want to take to do this.
Assessment course: When you feel that you are competent in all areas of the award syllabus and meet all of the award requirements, book onto an assessment course.

Climbing Wall Award

The Climbing Wall Award enables holders to supervise people on climbing walls. The course syllabus includes group management, bouldering, injury prevention, belaying techniques, personal climbing skills, coaching movement skills, equipment and climbing wall etiquette.

Training:

Duration:
2 days

Cost:
£120

Dates and booking:

TBA

If you wish to book a place on a course please complete and return a booking form, along with a deposit cheque or purchase order.

Download CWA Training Booking Form (to fill in on your computer and print)
Download CWA Training Booking Form (to print and fill in)
Download Courses Booking Conditions

Course information:

Download CWA Training Information Booklet

For further information on the CWA scheme please click here to visit the MLTE website.

Requirements include:

Minimum 17 years of age.
At least 6 months experience of using a variety of climbing walls, including at least 15 visits to 3 different walls.
Have successfully led climbs on artificial walls.

Please see the scheme handbook for more details.

Assessment:

Duration:
1 day

Cost:
Please contact us regarding the course cost.

Dates and booking:

TBA

Download CWA Assessment Booking Form (to fill in on your computer and print)
Download CWA Assessment Booking Form (to print and fill in)
Download Courses Booking Conditions

Requirements include:

Minimum 18 years of age
Have attended a training course or been granted exemption from training.
Have logged a minimum of 30 visits to at least 3 different climbing walls.
Have assisted a qualified supervisor on at least 15 instructed sessions
Hold a valid first aid certificate

Please see the scheme handbook for more details.

Course information:

For further information on the CWA scheme please click here to visit the MLTE website.

Single Pitch Award

The Single Pitch Award enables holders to supervise people on single pitch crags and climbing walls. The course syllabus includes safe group management (indoors and out), crag etiquette, environmental responsibilities and more.

Training:

Duration:
2 days

Cost:

£110

Dates and booking:

Sat 16 & Sun 17 Oct 2010

Sat 26 & Sun 27 Mar 2011

Sat 14 & Sun 15 May 2011

Sat 25 & Sun 26 June 2011

If you wish to book a place on a course please complete and return a booking form, along with a deposit cheque or purchase order.

Download SPA Training Booking Form (to fill in on your computer and print)
Download SPA Training Booking Form (to print and fill in)
Download Courses Booking Conditions

Requirements include:

Minimum 18 years of age
Minimum of 12 months rock climbing experience
Have led at least 15 outdoor routes of any grade, using leader placed protection.

Please see the scheme handbook for more details.

Course information:

For details about our SPA training courses please download and read the information booklet.

Download SPA Training Course Information Booklet

For further information on the SPA scheme please click here to visit the MLTE website.

Assessment:

Duration:
2 days

Cost:

£120

Dates and booking:

Sat 16 - Sun 17 Oct 2010

Sat 26 & Sun 27 Mar 2011

Sat 14 & Sun 15 May 2011

Sat 25 & Sun 26 June 2011

If you wish to book a place on a course please complete and return a booking form, along with a deposit cheque or purchase order.

Download SPA Assessment Booking Form (to fill in on your computer and print)
Download SPA Assessment Booking Form (to print and fill in)
Download Courses Booking Conditions

Requirements include:

Minimum 18 years of age
Have attended a training course or been granted exemption from training
Have logged a minimum of 40 climbs outdoors on leader placed protection (including some at severe).
Have assisted with the supervision of climbing for approx 20 sessions at a variety of locations (some outdoors and some indoors).
Hold a valid first aid certificate

Please see the scheme handbook for more details.

Course information:

For details about our SPA assessment courses please download and read the information booklet.