Canyoneering Guide certification
In order to gain your technical skills competency to add to your foundation guiding course, we offer preparation training courses and accredited assessment for various technical skills.
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Canyoneering Guide certification is an advanced level of certification requiring both previous Mountain Walking Guide and Abseil Guide certification, as these skills form the foundation of canyoneering guide certification.
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You will love the skills and our awesome way of presenting it. All our guide training courses are designed to equip you with a variety of skills and to lead you to completing successful certification.
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Training Course Duration
OurCanyoneering Guide training course runs over 5 full days. Public courses (open enrollment) usually starts on a Monday and ends on the following Friday, meaning you only have one week to take off work.
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We do occasionally run part-time courses, please enquire with us.
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We can schedule this course for groups and companies to suit your dates.
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Topics & Content
The course is a mixture of theory lectures and practical in-field training.
Topics include: equipment; mountain leadership; group dynamics; mountain hazards; self-defense for mountain guides; advanced navigation; safety-on-steep-ground and rope work; basic self-rescue; and much more.
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Assessment
You can be assessed for various levels of competency in canyoneering guiding.
This includes:
Non-technical Canyoneering
Single-pitch Technical Canyoneering
Multi-pitch Technical Canyoneering
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Please consult with us to better understand the options.
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Assessment includes written exams, and a practical in-field assessment.
Assessment can take 2 to 4 days depending on chosen scope.
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Costs
Training Course: Rxxx per person
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Assessment Course: Rxxx per person depending scope of practice.
