Mountain Leader Award Training Week
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↓ Course pre-requisites
- Before attending this course you must have passed the 'Mountain Skills Assessment'
- You must first have registered on the Mountain Leader Scheme with Mountain Training Board Ireland
- Be a member of one of the three mountaineering councils e.g.Mountaineering Ireland.
- You must also ensure you have fulfilled any of the pre-requisites as indicated in the Syllabus. This includes a minimum of 20 personal quality mountain days on the hills of the UK and Ireland
↓ Course summary
- Group management
- Navigation
- Access and the environment
- Hazards (including steep ground and rivers) and emergency procedures
- Equipment
- Expedition skills
- Weather
- Background knowledge
↓ Who is the course for?
↓ Are there any similar or related courses?
↓ What equipment do I need to bring?
- Bring any of your own personal outdoor clothing and kit such as:
- Waterproof Jacket and trousers*
- Boots*
- Warm layers
- Fleece Jacket
- Hat & Gloves
- Head torch*
- Flask & water bottle
- 40L rucksack & liner*
- First Aid kit
- Notebook and pencil
- Items marked * can be borrowed from TNOC stores
- Mournes map (OSNI Mournes Activity Map 1:25,000, or Harvey's Superwalker 1:25,000)
↓ What does my course fee include?
↓ Useful books and resources
- Hillwalking Skills Steve Long MLTUK
- Collins Complete Irish Wildlife
- Leadership Langmuir
- Mountain Training website
Current situation
As you are probably aware the current advice from the Northern Ireland Executive, Health Promotion Agency NI and Health & Safety Executive NI, as well as our expert group within Sport NI is that we cannot deliver any face to face courses for our customers including use of the Hot Rock Climbing Wall.
We know that you and many others like minded folk are very keen to get back on track with your plans to attend and complete a range of personal skills training and qualifications in a range of disciplines.
Believe us when we say we are equally keen to get outside with you and help you reach your goals and complete that journey.
How do we know? Because every day we get emails and phone calls asking when will courses resume and with every NI Executive mention of easing of restrictions the emails and phone calls are more frequent……