Overview
The Abseil Module Assessment is a bolt-on for the Climbing Wall Instructor Assessment. Anyone who is booked on to our CWI Assessment can book this Abseil module with a £20 discount (see joining instructions for details).
The Abseil Module Assessment runs consecutively with the Climbing Wall Instructor Asssessment; the Abseil Module Assessment taking place in the afternoon immediately after the CWI Assessment has completed.
The Abseil Module Training covers the additional skills required of a Climbing Wall Instructor, to run abseiling activities safely on artificial structures and prevent and solve common problems.
Please note you must either be booked with us to attend a Climbing Wall Instructor Assessment course or have already completed a CWI Assessment, and have also completed the Abseil Module Training to book this assessment.
Syllabus
The Climbing Wall Instructor Abseil Module Assessment is a predominantly practical assessment covering the syllabus areas:
- Technical Competence – including equipment, belaying, abseiling.
- Management and Decision Making – including planning, magaging participants, managing other staff, decision making and knowledge and demonstration of techniques.
- Teaching and Learning Skills
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Course Details
Before you attend an Abseil Module assessment course, make sure you have done the following:
- You must have attended an Abseil Module training course
- You must have passed the Climbing Wall Instructor assessment* – details here
- You must have observed or assisted on a minimum of 5 abseil/top-rope sessions.
*If you’re booked on the CWI Assessment with us you’ll have completed the CWI Assessment course before we move on to the Abseil module.
All our course programs as ever are flexible to adapt to the specific needs of clients and individual experiences. Thankfully being an indoor award the Climbing Wall Instructor training is not as much at the mercy of the weather and so the rough itinerary below is a good idea of what we'll cover.
Day 1 (Afternoon)
Abseil Module Assessment
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This abseil module assessment will run after the associated Climbing Wall Instructor Assessment course running the same day is finished. Typically we'll finish the CWI Assessment around 15:30.
- Course Brief - after wrapping up the CWI Assessment course, we'll introduce the abseil module assessment and cover the additional homepaper questions.
- Assessment - the assessment is largely practical and typically take between 2 to 3 hours.
- Course Debrief - Typically we'll debrief at whichever climbing wall we are at.
- What Next? - your instructor will discuss a personal Action plan and we'll email you some post course resources to help you on your Climbing Wall Instructor Abseil Module journey.
- Course Finish - usually we’ll wrap up the course by around 18:30.
FAQs
General FAQs
For more generalised questions please visit our FAQs page or for questions specifically relating to the Climbing Wall Instructor Abseil Module Assessment course see below.
Climbing Wall Instructor Abseil Module Assessment FAQs
Whilst Mountain Training specify that candidates must be at least 17 years old to register for this award and can attend the training from age 17, you must be 18 years old to attend the assessment.
Climbing Wall Entrance Costs are not included in the price though often our clients will receive a discount entering the wall with us.
If you're only a little short, and are planning on gaining some more experience prior to the assessment we will be happy to take a booking if you can outline a plan to have the required experience by the start of the course. Having said that we would highly recommend waiting until you have all the prerequisites as they are bare minimums!
Mountain Training set their prerequisites for good reason, having a good base of experience and understanding on which to build the knowledge and skills is vital. Research has shown that candidates who arrive at Assessment courses with less experience are more likely to defer or fail assessment than candidates who have a greater depth of personal experience.
It is your responsibility to hold the necessary prerequisites by assessment, neglecting to do so will result in a technical deferral as a minimum. We want you to arrive at assessment feeling prepared and confident so you can enjoy the process and gain the successful result you want!
If you've done all the prerequisites but you still feel you're not quite ready for assessment, then consider booking on to one of our refresher courses or get some private coaching. Get in Touch.
Don't worry! In the prerequisites it states you must have already passed the Climbing Wall Instructor Assessment before starting the Abseil module assessment. We run these courses consecutively, so if you're booked with us for the Climbing Wall instructor Assessment course, after we finish the CWI assessment mid afternoon, you'll have hopefully passed that course, and then we'll move on to the abseil module assessment.
You do need to pass the CWI Assessment to progress on to the Abseil Module Assessment and succesfully pass it. The pass rate is quite high for the CWI award so this shouldn't be a problem, but if you didn't pass the CWI Assessment we can run the Abseil Module as a mock assessment and give you extra training and tips to develop you further.
