Hill and Moorland Leader

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Hill & Moorland Leader

The Hill & Moorland Leader award is for people who wish to lead groups in areas like the Brecon Beacons, Peak District & Dartmoor. You can read more about the course and its pre-requisites on the Mountain Training Website.

We run our courses in the beautiful Brecon Beacons, an area is blessed with a variety of terrain for us to explore including hills, mountain and moors, giving us an ideal location to help you learn the skills and knowledge required by a Hill & Moorland Leader.

There are four stages in the scheme:

Attend a 3 day training course
Complete a consolidation period to increase your experience and knowledge
Attend a 3 day assessment course
Continue to stay current and up to date

And 9 areas in the syllabus :

Walking and route finding
Navigation
Hazards and emergency procedures
Equipment
Responsibilities of the Leader
Group management
Environmental Awareness, Conservation, Access and Land Ownership
Weather
Background Knowledge

Detailed information on each of the above topics can be found in the Hill and Moorland Leader Handbook. We want to give you the best training available and support you through the whole process to assessment, that why we give you a Post Course Pack containing notes and handy tips to help you prepare for assessment.

The bonus to us is when you come on an assessment with us, you'll make our job easy by knowing what you need to know and doing what you need to do - its win-win all round!