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OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR TRAINING ACADEMY

-No Experience Required
-16 Weeks Intensive Training
-16  Qualifications



What's included?

- All training and assessments 

- Fully catered accommodation 

- European ski trip 

- Nationwide training & expeditions

- Full equipment package

- Workshops from industry experts

- Unlimited shadowing opportunities

- Contracts available on completion


2023 COURSE DATES:
29TH OCTOBER 2023 TO 3RD MARCH 2024

2024 COURSE DATES:
27TH OCTOBER 2024 TO 2ND MARCH 2025



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OVERVIEW

Training for outdoor qualifications involves training in a wide variety of
environments. That's why our course includes several week long expeditions to
National Parks and a European Ski Trip as well as overnight expeditions and day
trips.



There will be plenty of opportunities to shadow our experienced instructors and
we’ll be hosting a series of evening workshops delivered by industry experts.
You’ll work with instructors from our team alongside accredited professionals.
You’ll receive the best training in the industry! 

 

We train five days a week. This course will push you to your limits – but it
promises to be a rewarding experience, as you'll graduate with a strong belief
in yourself and an exciting future working in the great outdoors. My team's aim
is to ensure you have year-round employment opportunities as an outdoor
professional.



Luke Moore
Course Director





ROCK SPORTS

The Mountain Training Rock Climbing Instructor (RCI) Award is the industry
standard for instructing climbing and abseiling in the UK. It qualifies you to
work in indoor climbing centres, climbing walls and outside on rock.

 

Your first step will be to develop your personal climbing. We’ll coach and
support you to ensure you are climbing at the RCI standard of lead climbing at
severe grade. You’ll train on some of the best crags in the UK with access to
our private on-site rock sport quarry.



The course includes trips to Indoor Climbing Walls as well as the Peak District,
Dartmoor and the South Coast, so you can log some of the best climbs in the
country.  Next, you’ll go through an intensive, three-day Rock Climbing
Instructor Training with Mountain Training, the awarding body. This will cover
technical competence, management and decision making, teaching skills and the
climbing environment.

 

In order to complete your Rock Climbing Instructor Assessment, you'll need to
log additional indoor and outdoor climbs and observe or assist with climbing
sessions. We will provide live shadowing opportunities during and after the
course. You may not be ready for your RCI assessment within the 16 weeks;
however, we’ll work with you to get your prerequisites completed and arrange
your assessment when you are ready.


Rock sports


PADDLE SPORTS

The British Canoeing Paddlesport Instructor qualifies you to run introductory
sessions on canals, lakes and rivers in kayaks, canoes and stand-up
paddleboards.


Your first step will be to develop your personal paddling skills in kayaks,
canoes and stand-up paddleboards. You'll be assessed for the skills-based award,
the Paddle Explore Award. Once you’re confident on flat water we’ll push you
further on moving white water.

With trips to Dartmoor and South Wales and rolling sessions in the swimming
pool, you’ll soon be a confident and skilled paddler. 



Once you have developed your personal skills you will attend a Foundation and
Safety Rescue Training which will teach you how to look after yourself and
others while on the water. This will lead onto a Paddlesport Instructor and
Paddlesport Leader training and assessment course which qualifies you to lead
introductory sessions and trips in paddle sports.


The British Canoeing Paddlesport Instructor, along with the RCI Climbing
Instructor qualification are the two main qualifications expected within the
industry. 

Paddle sports


SNOW SPORTS

The UKSS Level 1 Ski Foundation Instructor award qualifies you to instruct on
artificial dry slopes or indoor snow domes.

 

Our training program is unique, not only do we include all the must-have summer
qualifications but we are the only course that also includes an essential winter
snowsport qualification. With our own snowsport park on-site there is no easier
way to complete this qualification.

 

Our experienced instructors will get you from snowplough to parallel skiing in
no time. Once you can turn, control speed and avoid others, you can take
advantage of using the slope anytime. You will also have an opportunity to learn
to snowboard in your own time and we can advise you on how to get dual
qualified.


Once you are ready, external coaches from Snowsport England will guide you
through the UKSS Level 1 Ski Foundation Instructor which focuses on refining
your personal skiing and how to manage and teach groups. 


After completing this training you will need to log shadowing and coaching hours
before completing the UKSS Level 1 Ski Foundation Instructor Assessment. We will
support you by providing opportunities to shadow lessons that run during
evenings and weekends.


Snow sports


CAVING

The British Caving Association Local Cave Leader Award Level 1 is the industry
standard for leading groups in caves.


The first step to gaining this award is to become a proficient and experienced
caver. There is no better place in the world to do this. The Mendip Hills
conceals the largest underground cave network in the UK and is the birth place
of cave diving. You will explore some beginner caves and our experienced team
will guide you through more adventurous systems and underground sumps on the
Mendip Hills, South Wales and the Peak District.

 

Once you have the required personal experience you will complete the British
Caving Association Local Cave Leader Award training. This will further improve
your personal skills and teach you to confidently manage groups within a cave.

 

We don't include the Assessment within the course, but we'll help guide and
support those who want to proceed onto this. The qualification allows you to
lead groups in specific caves and you can add additional caves to your award
once you are familiar with them – making this qualification useful in many areas
in the UK. 

Caving


TARGET SPORTS

The more coaching awards you have the more diverse and fulfilling your career
can be. The industry is always looking for flexible, multi-qualified
instructors.

 

You'll learn how to shoot a bow and arrow and use a variety of air rifles.
You'll then undertake the Archery GB Leader qualification and the National Small
Bore Rifle Association (NSRA) Youth Proficiency Scheme Diploma.



These will enable you to deliver entry level introductory sessions in Archery
and Air Rifle. There's no governing body for Axe Throwing, but we'll ensure you
have the opportunity to try your hand at Axe Throwing.




NAVIGATION & DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD


BUSHCRAFT &
FOREST SCHOOL 


TEAM BUILDING & FACILITATION SKILLS

Outdoor pursuits


ALPINE SKI TRIP

Includes a week skiing in the Alps

Training in several National Parks


NATIONWIDE EXPEDITIONS


INDOOR POOL SESSIONS

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OTHER QUALIFICATIONS 

The Mendip Instructor Training Academy will ensure you have everything you need
to be in constant demand as a professional outdoor instructor.



The course includes a comprehensive, two-day ITC Level 3 Award in Outdoor First
Aid and a UK Coaching Safeguarding and Protecting Children Course. You’ll also
complete a Food Hygiene Level 2 certificate which will be useful in most
residential outdoor centres and for leading bushcraft sessions.


These essential extras will give employers the confidence to offer you longer
contracts with immediate starts. 


EXPEDITIONS

During the course, you will visit various National Parks and Areas of
Outstanding Natural Beauty so you can canoe, climb, walk and cave in some of the
best areas of the country.


The course includes at least two weeks residential training in National Parks
like the Peak District and the Lake District. We will also regularly spend the
day out training on Exmoor, the Quantocks, South Wales and Dartmoor.


The costs of all trips, transport and accommodation are included in your course
fees. 


WORKSHOPS

We’ll host regular workshops, presentations and seminars from industry
professionals which will give you invaluable insight into life as an outdoor
instructor. Examples include workshops on preparing for assessments, writing CVs
and talks on the environmental, mental health and adventure.

 

Our busy, outdoor activity centre will be open throughout your course. This
provides an unparalleled opportunity to shadow sessions and observe the
different instructional styles first hand. You’ll also use this time to start
preparing for your new career.




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QUALIFICATIONS

16 National Governing Body Qualifications. All qualification costs are included
in your course fees. You will be trained by the industry’s best coaches in the
qualifications required to ensure year-round employment opportunities as an
outdoor professional.
 

Mountain Training (MT)
Rock Climbing Instructor Training
Rock Climbing Instructor Assessment

 

British Caving Association (BCA)
Cave Leader Training 

 

British Canoeing (BC)
Paddlesport Instructor

Paddlesport Leader

Paddle Explore Award

Foundation Safety and Rescue 



Duke Of Edinburgh (DofE)
DofE Supervisor & Assessor



Snowsports (SSE)

UKSS Level 1 Ski Foundation Instructor Training 

UKSS Level 1 Ski Foundation Instructor Assessment



Archery GB (AGB)
Archery Leader Training & Assessment 

 

National Small-Bore Rifle Association (NRSA) 

Rifle Instructor Training & Assessment



Essential

ITC Level 3 Outdoor First Aid Award

UK Coaching Safeguarding and Protecting Children 

Food Hygiene Level 2 Certificate
UK Government Enhanced DBS

 

Additional Training

Hill Walking, Expedition and Navigation Skills

Learn to Ski 

Learn to Snowboard
Bushcraft & Forest School

Team Building Facilitation 


COURSE SUMMARY

COURSE DATES: 29th October 2023 to 3rd March 2024.  16 weeks of intensive
training plus a two week break over Christmas. (You must be 18 by 29th October
2023)



COURSE LOCATION: Fully catered accommodation in a country lodge at Mendip
Activity Centre, Churchill, BS25 5PQ. Training and trips take place locally and
nationally.



QUALIFICATIONS: 16 National governing body qualifications, and a wide range of
new skills and experiences.



JOB PROSPECTS: Summer and winter qualifications to ensure year-round employment
opportunities.  Unlimited shadowing opportunities and job interviews are
available upon completion of the course.



COST: Secure your space for £500 (refundable security deposit- returnable at the
end of the course). The remaining cost is £9,900. An optional equipment package
(worth £1,800) is available for £900. 




CAREER PROGRESSION

You'll finish the course ready to start, or develop, your career in the
outdoors.

 

Mendip Activity Centre are always looking for seasonal instructors - so this
will be a great opportunity to get an interview under your belt.



Many choose to relocate after graduating; we will introduce you to other outdoor
centres, help you put together a CV and supply references so you can work where
you want.  Or, you could opt to become a freelancer and pick and choose where
you work and what you do. 



Whatever you decide to do on graduation, this course is well respected in the
industry and we have designed it so you will finish with great career
prospects.  



Working as an outdoor instructor is the best job in the world!



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