Climbing Instructor Seminar

This seminar is designed to instruct climbing instructors on technical skills necessary for institutional rock climbing in a single pitch setting.  This Climbing Instructor training focuses on the technical skills need to operate top roping and rappelling sites for camps, colleges or organizations.  Participants will learn fundamental skills such as site selection, group management, climbing anchor setup, belaying, rescue skills, knots and rope management.  The skills focus on mastery and are taught from concept to application, so one learns the why and how behind the skills

Technical Skills

• Climbing gear
• Site selection
• Rock Climbing Anchors
• Site set up
• Belaying options
• Group management
• Rappelling
• Rope skills
• Rescue skills

Judgment

AMI recognizes that technical skills are not enough for a program to have effective risk management.  Risk management requires a blending of protocols with a dose of judgment behind the decision making process.  The Climbing Instructor Seminars also explores the process by which experts have been making decisions using heuristics or general principles, and creates a model for better understanding and utilization of the decision making process.  All decisions require judgment and this seminar provides you with the knowledge, skills, and a program to develop better judgment in your staff. Risk management is more than protocols; it is also about good judgment.

Risk Management Topics

• Judgment model
• Risk analysis system
• Leadership hierarchy
• Decision making
• Heuristic Traps

Logistics

• 2 day course
• Taught in Brevard NC, Red River Gorge KY or by arrangement at your site.
• Participants receive AMI Climbing Instructor Manual
• Performance evaluation geared toward making improvements on your skills

Cost

• $190 per person
• Call for group rates

Dates

March 18^st and 19th Brevard NC

May 19th and 20th Brevard NC

Also by arrangement

This course was designed and developed by Patrick Weaver an American Mountain Guides Certified Rock instructor and holds a MA in Risk Management from Prescott College.  Patrick Weaver also serves on the AMGA Accreditation Committee and works with other organizations on accreditation for AEE.  Course material represents current standard for operation in single pitch settings.

Risk Management Consulting

Risk management is an issue for all organization and AMI has assisted organization in reviewing and developing operational plans for climbing operations.  Additionally Patrick Weaver has presented Judgment seminars for conferences and organization seeking to develop and train staff on decision making.  Please contact AMI for more information.