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The Climbing Wall Award (CWA) is a new qualification intended for those who wish to supervise groups climbing and abseiling at climbing walls or artificial structures in the UK.

The award consists of a training and assessment course run by Peak Mountain Training, and is approved by the National Governing Body: Mountain Leader Training UK and Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE).

In order to attend a CWA Training course you must meet certain requirements, as stipulated by Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE) and register with them at http://www.mlte.org

Climbing Wall Award Training (inc Abseil Module):

The Climbing Wall Award (CWA) training course is run over two days, with 12 hours training contact time. It covers a variety of essential skills, including both personal climbing, coaching and the techniques required to manage group climbing sessions.

As an addition, on our training course we also include the abseiling and top-roping module. This element is not compulsory, and taking this element is up to the individual candidate.

Duration: 2 days (inc 1 evening) Ratio: 1:4–1:6 (as per MLTUK guidelines) Location: Rockcity, Hull. Foundry, Sheffield Price: £140 per person

Climbing Wall Award Assessment (inc Abseil Module):

The CWA assessment course runs for 6 hours, and tests the candidate on a variety of syllabus related topics. Candidates who successfully pass the main assessment may then move on to be assessed for the abseiling and top roping
module. This 2 hour element will be included as standard but is again not ompulsory.

Duration: 1 day (inc 1 evening) Ratio: 1:2–1:4 (as per MLTUK guidelines) Location: Rockcity, Hull. Price: £120 per person

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