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Mountain Leader Assessment

The assessment takes place over five days and follows the Mountain Leader Award syllabus. This is mainly a practical assessment with some theory sessions in the evening. Our aim is to create an environment of assessment in which candidates can show their best. Candidates are advised to prepare fully and refer to the scheme “Guidance notes” so that they can gain most benefit from the week. A formal review and individual results are given on the final afternoon.

Pre-requisites for assessment
Assessment pays a lot of attention to the log book and cannot be made without a suitably informative record of your past experience.

Please make sure that you comply with all of the following:

Log book
• Record of ML training course or evidence of exemption
• Presentable and up to date record of experience
• A minimum 40 “quality mountain days” in the UK or Ireland
• A minimum of 8 nights camping, at least 4 of which are “wild camping”
• Personal profile page completed by a referee

First aid
• Check that your first aid certificate is current and acceptable to the MLTUK
• PLEASE BRING THIS WITH YOU TO THE ASSESSMENT

Home theory paper/Five Minute Talk
• Complete this in full and bring it with you to the start of the course
• Five minute talk - see start of home paper for more details

Syllabus
• Make sure that you are familiar with, and prepared for all aspects of the current Mountain Leader syllabus

Equipment
• You will be asked to demonstrate what you need to carry as a mountain leader.
• Candidates are expected to provide all of their own equipment including maps.
• Candidates are not expected to provide ropes.

Assessment content
The programme may be revised at short notice to take account of weather and other considerations, in such a way as to satisfy the spirit and detail of the Mountain Leader syllabus.

The five days are generally split into the following areas:

Navigational skills day
• An introductory day focusing on key skills of navigation

A mountain day
• Group management including steep ground
• Your ability to provide a safe and enjoyable day for a group
• Five minute talks as outlined in the home paper

Mountain tent based expedition, three days, two nights
• Further aspects of navigation, including night navigation
• Aspects of incident and accident procedure
• The emergency use of a rope
• Camp craft
• General supervision and further group movement as appropriate

Other sessions
• Route planning exercise
• Review of home theory paper

De-briefing and results make up the last afternoon.

The Venue
Bassenfell Moor – Moor Lakes.

The Accommodation
Accommodation is in a catered bunkhouse

Equipment
You will be asked to demonstrate what you need to carry as a mountain leader.

Candidates are expected to provide all of their own equipment.

You should bring all normal clothing and mountaineering footwear suited to operating in the British mountain region.