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John Dunne Podcast
John Dunne is an internationally renowned climber who has been involved in all aspects of the climbing industry for a long time. Cutting edge in his time, John has established many World class new routes over the last 25 years. He was instrumental in bringing competition climbing to the UK in the late 1980s and understands the benefits of coaching, training and the need for careful injury...
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Remember all those good intentions you had at the start of the year? The ones about getting out more, working towards a qualification or gaining some more skills so you could have bigger adventures? Well it’s not too late to take action and start making them a reality. Registering on one of our schemes takes less than 10 minutes (less than 5 if you’ve already got an account on our...
Lowland Leader
The Lowland Leader scheme is one of our most popular walking qualifications. It's great for people who want to lead walks without going anywhere too remote or mountainous. Better still, it's accessible, achievable and takes you to some beautiful parts of our countryside and coast. Check out the photos below and join the conversation on Twitter or Instagram. To find out more about the scheme,...
Hill & Mountain Skills
Have you got the skills yet? Our nationally accredited Hill & Mountain Skills courses for beginner and intermediate walkers were launched at the beginning of April and there are providers all over the UK. Quite a few people have already attended courses so we thought we’d find out what they thought. Colin and Debbie both attended a Mountain Skills course in Snowdonia with RAW...
Support to succeed
Did you know that Mountain Training has a membership association? It’s called the Mountain Training Association and it's main aim is to support you to be successful; whether that's passing an assessment, running your own business or being an inspirational volunteer. The association was set up by us, Mountain Training (the organisation you register with when you embark on a scheme), to...
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Climbing Awards Review update - Oct 2017
On Saturday 14th October, Mountain Training UK held its third and final council meeting of the year, this time at Plas y Brenin in North Wales. It was very well attended by representatives from all of the national Mountain Training organisations as well as other members, advisers and contributors to the decision making process. The Members* agreed unanimously to support the syllabus and pathways...
18/10/2017 14:30:39
Vacancy - Commercial and Operations Manager Maternity Cover
Mountain Training are looking to recruit a Commercial and Operations Manager on a one year contract as maternity cover. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with team management and project management experience to join a friendly staff team in Capel Curig. Mountain Training is the awarding body for qualifications in walking, climbing and mountaineering leadership. Behind the scenes...
27/09/2017 09:30:42
Mountain Training Scotland - Director vacancy
Mountain Training Scotland, as one of five National Mountain Training Boards, works closely with the central coordinating body, Mountain Training United Kingdom (MTUK), to develop and manage a portfolio of UK wide qualification schemes known as the Mountain Training schemes. This ensures parity in the qualifications syllabi, and consistency of delivery across all the National Mountain Training...
13/09/2017 09:23:29
2017 CPD Conference
Don't miss your opportunity to attend MTA's 2017 autumn conference at Plas y Brenin National Mountain Centre on Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th November 2017 . We have a fantastic range of full day workshops run by experts in their fields, all designed to support you through your training, consolidation, get you ready for your assessment and/or refresh your skills when you're out and about using...
01/08/2017 16:08:17
Bangor University and Mountain Training PhD
In spring 2016, Mountain Training staff and Bangor University lecturers agreed to support a PhD research project on the generic Mountain Training qualification pathway (registration, training, consolidation and assessment). Walking and now climbing qualification reviews are well established processes to ensure our qualifications are fit for purpose but they don’t necessarily focus on how...
12/07/2017 12:00:20
MIA Preparation Research
In December 2016 we (Mountain Training) wanted to learn more about candidates' preparation for Mountaineering Instructor Award (MIA) assessment, through better understanding of the differences between those who were successful and those who were not. This was partly triggered by a year of mixed results as well as by the momentum of the climbing awards review and a bigger research project about...
07/07/2017 11:58:35