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Mountain Walking Instructor Award

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The Mountain Walking Instructor Scheme provides comprehensive training and assessment for individuals working as instructors in a professional, semi-professional or voluntary capacity, privately or at mountaineering centres. It integrates training and assessment in a variety of testing conditions in mountainous country.

This award meets the UIAA model standards for mountain walking leaders.


Scope:
The scheme provides training and assessment in the skills required to teach, and assess mountain leadership and to lead groups in all mountain areas of South Africa.            

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 minimum six day training course
    Further experience gained during a consolidation period
    A four day assessment course
    Continuing experience entered in a logbook

Key Benefits:
    
Instructor level course 
    Suits those who wish to instruct the lower levels 
    Provides a good grounding towards the MIA qualification

Minimum Age:
    
21

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