Pre-course tasks

You must be registered to Paddle UK to complete the paddle sports qualifications on the course.

You require the On the Water Membership.

You can find the link to the membership HERE

You need to register as a BMC member to complete your Rock Climbing Instructor Training course.

It also provides you with insurance when taking part in climbing activities.

You can find the link to the membership HERE

(Keep your membership number handy as you’ll need it when registering for your Rock Climbing Instructor Award)

The NCC Membership is required for Coasteering Guide Training you will complete.

You need to select the INDIVIDUAL/FREELANCE GUIDE membership level which is £10. 

You can find the link to the membership HERE

(You don’t receive membership number for the NCC)

What is it?

A Tahdah account is an essential part of an Outdoor Instructor’s toolkit.

It enables you to officially log your outdoor qualifications and accreditations from Mountain Training.

You cannot register for your Lowland Leader Award or Rock Climbing Instructor Awards without a Tahdah account. A Tahdah account links your Mountain Training, Paddlesports UK and RLSS accounts together, so all your qualifications are stored centrally in one place.

Create your Tahdah Account Now

Click this link to get started

https://mt.tahdah.me/account/registernew and watch this Walkthrough video  to guide you through the process.

After creating your Tahdah accounts please send Jonny your Mountain Training Number and your RLSS Society Number (I show you where these are in the walkthrough video).

Make sure you have created your TAHDAH account first before you complete this step for registrations.

1. Lowland Leader – £65, this is a one-off payment and is required to be able to attend the Lowland Leader Training course.

Register for the award HERE.

2. Rock Climbing Instructor Training (RCI) – £65, this is a one-off payment and is required to be able to attend the Rock Climbing Instructor Training course. You will require your BMC membership number to register for this award.

Register for the award HERE.

You log your Lowland Walks on your Mountain Training Tahdah account, which you should have already set up.

If you haven’t created a Tahdah account yet, follow this guide HERE.

Early on in November, we run the Lowland Leader Training, this is 2 days with a mixture of theory and practical content. To attend the training you MUST meet the prerequisites;
– You must be at least 17 years old
– You must be registered on the scheme
– You must have recorded a minimum of 10 varied walks in Lowland terrain where the use of a map is required (ideally these will be recorded on DLOG) which can have taken place at any point (pre- or post-registration)

Please record your 10 walks on DLOG, these walks need to meet most, if not all, of the criteria below;

• The individual takes part in the planning and leadership.
• Navigation skills are required
• Knowledge is increased and skills practised
• Attention is paid to safety
• Adverse weather and poor underfoot conditions may be encountered
• Four hours or more journey time

How to log a route

Please login into your Mountain Training Tahdah account and then watch the following video on how to log a Lowland Walk:

Walkthrough of how to log a Lowland walk

You need to have registered for the Lowland Leader award before being able to log a walk. If you haven’t done so, follow this guide HERE.

Walks can be backdated pre-registration, don’t worry if you can’t remember the exact day you did it on, just include as much detail as you can.

What details do I need to include?
– Date (a rough date is fine)
– Location
– Duration
– Weather (if you can remember)
– Start and Finish Point
– Who you were with
– Description of the route
– Any learning outcomes?

As part of our winter training course, we offer you the chance to gain the Royal Life Saving Society National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Qualification or NVBLQ for short. Read more HERE.

This is the most physically demanding qualification we deliver and requires a good level of swim fitness.

On day one of the course, we plan to go to the swimming pool to do some swim testing.

To be able to participate in the Beach Lifeguard training you are required to swim 200m in 5 minutes or less.

Training takes 5 days, with your assessment being on day 6.

To be put forward for assessment, you are required to swim 400m in 8 minutes or less. If you are unable to do this during the 5 days training, we can arrange an assessment for a future date when you are able to swim within the time parameters.

If you are unable to swim 200m in 5 minutes, you will be able to complete the Royal Life Saving Society Open Water Lifeguard qualification instead. This is a 3-day course (including assessment) and doesn’t require a timed swim. Read more HERE

Click here for some swimming essentials for front crawl, with some useful practice drills you can do in a pool.