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Safety & Quality Assurance

The following information should assist you in establishing how I offer quality and safety within all the courses I deliver. This covers the range of qualifications and associated professional memberships that I follow and adhere too in ethical and safe practice.

My professional experience

My instructing, guiding, technical expertise and safety management experience spans 35 years across many disciplines. I held the post of mountaineering/climbing instructor for 5 years at Plas-Y-Brenin, The National Mountain Centre and I have worked in the capacity of freelance instructor for a vast array of outdoor adventure establishments such as Glenmore Lodge (The Scottish National Mountain Centre), Jagged Globe ( Scottish winter courses ) and range of Local Education Authority centres.   Currently, I manage Blue Peris Mountain Centre part time alongside guiding and coaching UK wide, and acting as technical expert and safety consultant for a wide range of establishments.  

I hold the Winter Mountain Clilmbing  Certificate (WMIC) which is the highest Mountain Leader Training Award within the UK for teaching and guiding in summer and winter. https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/climbing/winter-mountaineering-and-climbing-instructor

I also hold the Cave Instructor Certificate ( CIC ) which is the highest qualification within the UK for cave instructional and guiding. In addition to this the BCA – CIC Mines Module.

I am a trainer and assessor for the BCA North Wales local cave and mine leader award

https://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/doku.php?id=training:cic_scheme

Further qualifications are listed below

Professional memberships

I value keeping abreast of developments within my areas of expertise and feel its key to any professional organisation that offers its services. In order to achieve this, I actively became a member of the following ;

Full member of the MIC.org.

http://www.themic.org.uk

Full member of Mountain Training Association (MTA)

https://www.mountain-training.org/membership/mountain-training-association

Full member of Association of caving instructors ( ACI )

https://www.caveinstructor.org.uk

Full member of the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres ( AHOEC )

https://ahoec.org

Full member of Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI)

https://www.mountain-training.org/membership/ami/about-ami

Mountain Training Awards

I have over 25 years’ experience training and assessing on a range of Mountain Training National Governing Body Awards and I am a course director for all the awards listed and can deliver and run both training and assessment courses

  • Summer Mountain Leader            
  • Rock Climbing Instructor               
  • Hill and moorland award                
  • Climbing wall Instructor                 

British Caving Association  Award ( BCA )

  • I am a fully affiliated trainer and assessor with the BCA- Local Cave and Mine Leader Award ( LCLMA ) within the North Wales region.
  • In addition to this I am a member of the trainer and assessor panel for the LCMLA award within North Wales.

Representation at national level

British Caving Association

Mountain Training

Association of Mountaineering Instructors

  • Committee member for 4 years
  • Training rep for 2 years
  • Delivering MIA based training to their members for a period of 10 years
  • Represented the association on a major review of the MCI scheme

https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/climbing/mountaineering-and-climbing-instructor

British Mountaineering Wales (Cymru)

  • Secretary for 2 years
  • Access rep for 1 year
  • Mountain Training rep for 2 years

Outdoor Qualifications I hold

Mountaineering and Climbing

  • Winter Mountain and climbing Instructor ( WMCI )
  • Mountain and Climbing Instructor ( MCI)
  • Summer Mountain Leader
  • Rock Climbing Instructor

Caving

  • Cave Instructor Certificate ( CIC )

Underground Mine exploration

  • Mine leader Level 1 and 2
  • CIC Mines module

Paddlesports

  • Level 3 sea kayak coach
  • 5-star sea kayak
  • Coastal Navigation & Tidal Planning
  • Open Water Navigation Course
  • Level 2 canoe coach
  • 4-star canoe trained
  • Level 2 kayak coach
  • 4 star trained kayak

First Aid

Teaching

  • BSs QTS in Outdoor Education and Science secondary teaching degree at I.M.Marsh, Liverpool John Moores University

Other

  • Over 30 years’ experience of working in the outdoor activity / education and adventure industry
  • 14 years’ experience of managing an outdoor education / mountain centre which delivers high level activities to its customers many of who are young people.
  • 20 + years of writing risk assessments, operational guidance, delivering staff training, assessing staff.
  • Involved in 16 AALA inspections in my career
  • Held position of safeguarding officer for 14 years at the centre I manage
  • In charge of all aspects of HSE at Blue Peris

HSE

  • I am going through my training and probation to become an AALA inspector
  • CIEH Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
  • ERCA – PPE / Equipment inspection course
  • Delivering and Managing Service Excellence
  • COSSH
  • Manual Handling
  • Risk assessment
  • Legionella