
Indoor Climbing Assistant Award
Session Overview
The Indoor Climbing Assistant is designed for people who want to support qualified instructors with climbing sessions on artificial structures. People interested in this scheme might be parents, youth workers, young leaders or teachers and the focus is on assisting with core tasks within a session. The course involves one day (or potentially two evenings) of training and ongoing assessment in a supportive learning environment. Prerequisites for attending the course are as follows: Experience in the basic skills (belaying, harness fitting, tying on). 5 indoor climbing sessions. (There is no personal climbing requirement, you can just belay, but it is useful to have experience of climbing.) Belayed on a minimum of 5 indoor climbing sessions. After the course you will be given an assessment result of either Pass or Defer (not yet mastered basic skills). If you have completed the Indoor Climbing Assistant you should be competent in the following key areas, all of which will be covered, to a greater or lesser extent, during the course: Technical competence (equipment, belaying, personal skills and background knowledge) Management and decision making (managing participants under supervision, demonstrations and understanding your role) Teaching and learning skills The climbing environment (access, etiquette and ethics) Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Indoor Climbing Assistant candidate handbook. As with all Mountain Training qualifications, your experience prior to attending the course will have a huge impact on the result and you should try to be as fully prepared as possible.