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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...
30/08/2017 15:53
Register now
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...
23/06/2017 14:28
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,...
04/08/2017 13:19
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...
12/06/2014 15:53
Get support to succeed
Are you interested in keeping your skills fresh and up to date? Do you want to meet and network with thousands of like-minded outdoor trainees and leaders? Did you do a training course years ago and want to get back into the outdoors? Do you need some extra training before you go for your assessment? Not sure how to use your qualifications now that you have them? If you answered yes to any of...
27/09/2016 11:38
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MTE Quality Assurance comes out on top
In a recent audit Mountain Training England were able to provide OfQual with Substantial Assurance that we are doing an excellent job in the delivery of our quality assurance processes. OfQual’s General Conditions of Recognition guarantee the industry standard for academic and vocational qualifications across England and Northern Ireland. OfQual’s requirements cover every detail of...
20/09/2018 11:25:15
Vacancy: Finance Assistant
Mountain Training UK (MTUK) is seeking a dynamic and organised individual to assist the Finance Manager in processing and troubleshooting various accounts and transactions across multiple organisations. Mountain Training UK is the coordinating body for the network of organisations that make up 'Mountain Training' and includes the awarding organisations in England, Scotland, Wales, and the island...
30/07/2018 09:43:14
DLOG tidy up – Scottish climbing
Our DLOG database is self-populating which means we have you wonderful people to thank for how much it’s grown over the past four and a half years. There are currently 715,582 trad climbing entries, 196,727 sport climbing entries and 41,951 winter climbing entries from a total 2.28 million records! Any system that allows and depends on users making new crag and route entries will never be...
17/07/2018 16:40:37
Mountain Training UK 2018 AGM and business meeting
This year’s AGM was held on Saturday 23 June 2018 at Tollymore National Outdoor Centre in Northern Ireland. Ten representatives from the mountaineering councils and national Mountain Training organisations (the Members*) met for their second meeting of 2018. They were supported by eight advisers** and six members of MTUK’s Executive. The weather was glorious all weekend and after the...
02/07/2018 14:48:14
New scheme provider applications
Early next year the national Mountain Training organisations will launch two new schemes: Rock Skills and Indoor Climbing Assistant. Rock Skills involves four courses across three levels designed to give people the skills to climb on real rock and the Indoor Climbing Assistant is an opportunity for people interested in supporting a climbing session to be trained and assessed to assist a qualified...
27/06/2018 14:45:57
Mountain Training England Impact Survey
Thanks to our candidate management system we have really good data about our candidates' progress through the training, assessment and skills courses we offer. What we don't know is what you do with those skills and qualifications and who benefits as a result. To help us understand the impact you have on others we have created a survey for trainees and qualified candidates to complete. The...
23/05/2018 16:56:49
