Mountain Skills and Qualifications

Camping Leader Assessment

From £85 per person (1:6 ratio)

Duration: One (1) day (8 hours minimum)
Cost: £85 per person (1:6 ratio)
Terrain / location: UK-wide (usually Midlands and Peak District)
Dates: Please contact us
Award body: Mountain Training

About Camping Leader Assessment

The Camping Leader qualification enables campers to support and develop the camping proficiency of others.

A one (1) day assessment to measure your competency against the Camping Leader syllabus. On successful completion of the assessment, you’ll be qualified to supervise camping groups, teach campcraft activities and develop participants’ camping proficiency.

Led by our experienced trainers, you’ll be part of small groups of up to six people. This 1:6 teaching ratio allows us to personalise your experience and give you the best chance of successfully completing your assessment.

What’s covered?

Over the course of the day our qualified trainers will guide you through everything you need to know to successfully supervise camping groups, including:

Leadership and group management
Planning and supervision
Teaching and learning skills
Camping equipment
Camping food and cooking

Training is usually run across the Midlands and Peak District, or can be run local to you as a bespoke course.

Prerequisites for the Camping Leader Assessment

Be at least 18 years old.
Personally undertaken and logged an absolute minimum of five overnight camps, ideally in a variety of contexts.
Assisted with or overseen at least two group camps. If personal camping has only been undertaken when also supervising a group, then these two group camps can be part of the total submitted for personal camping i.e. some candidates may need to log only five overnight camps in total. Reflective comments must accompany the group supervision evidence.
Be familiar with the syllabus.
Be an experienced, self-sufficient camper.
Have experience of the supervision of camping groups.
Physically (i.e. not online) attended and completed a first aid course which involved at least one full day or eight hours of instruction and included an element of assessment.

If you have any questions about your suitability for assessment, please get in touch.

Book Your Assessment

The Camping Leader Assessment costs £85 per person (1:6 teaching ratio) and is held over one (1) day. We are also happy to run bespoke courses for groups at an agreed location – please get in touch to find out more.