Boulder Wall Instructor

We are an approved provider of Mountain Training’s Bouldering Wall Instructor qualification, designed for Bouldering wall staff, young people who’ve completed NICAS Bouldering Level 4 or 5, and people who want to run bouldering sessions on artificial walls. The course covers group management and bouldering skills.

Training Course Prerequisites

• Minimum age: 16 (18 for assessment)
• You should have an interest in bouldering and supervising groups bouldering.
• You must be a member (club or individual) of a mountaineering council (BMC, Mountaineering Ireland, Mountaineering Scotland). Find out why this is required.
• You must be registered on the MT Bouldering Wall Instructor qualification
• You must have recorded (ideally on MT DLOG*):
  • Visits to three different indoor/artificial bouldering walls on at least 15 different occasions; this must include at least one major public bouldering centre.
  • Personal bouldering at V2 or above

Course Details

• Duration: 1 day or multiple sessions.
• Max Ratio: 1:6
• Venue: The Mothership, Bristol

Assessment Course Prerequisites

• You must be at least 18 years old.
• You must have attended a Bouldering Wall Instructor training course or have been granted exemption from training.
• You must be familiar with the syllabus.
• You must boulder proficiently at V2.
• You must have assisted in the supervision of at least 15 instructed sessions on at least two different indoor/artificial bouldering venues, including a large public facility. A session is a minimum of an hour. At least five of these sessions must have personal reflective comments** recorded on DLOG.
• You must have physically attended and completed (i.e. not online) a first aid course which involved at least one full day or eight hours of instruction and included an element of assessment.

Course details

• Duration: 3 hours
• Venue: The Mothership, Bristol

Course dates

To view dates for all forthcoming courses delivered by TCA Southwest, visit:

Mountain Training

For any further enquiries, email thechurchoffice@theclimbingacademy.com.
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Please note: Mountain Training course/assessments are booked via the Mountain Training website.