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Basic Mountain Walking Leader Award

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The Basic Mountain Walking Leader Scheme provides comprehensive training and assessment in the technical and group management skills required by those who wish to lead groups only on clearly defined paths and trails in easy to moderate mountain country.


Scope:
The scheme offers the candidate the opportunity to gain technical competence in leading walkers, it does not provide a climbing qualification.

Completion of a training course alone, without taking and assessment course, is not a qualification in itself, although it may be of considerable benefit to the trainee. 

The Scheme comprises of:
    Registration and issue of a logbook
    A four day training course
    Further experience gained during a consolidation period
    A three day assessment course
    Continuing experience entered in a logbook

Key Benefits:
    Entry level course 
    Suits those who lead groups on trails throughout South Africa 
    Provides a good grounding towards the Advanced level 

Minimum Age:
    
18

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BML_Prospectus.pdf
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MWL_syllabus.pdf
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