Nigel
Spencer Training

Duke of Edingburgh Award

I am involved with the DoE award scheme with Scouts
and Northamptonshire County Council Youth Services.

In the past years I have worked with young people doing DoE expeditions
on Bronze, Silver and Gold standard.
Using venues such as Long Myndd, The Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, and Glencoe
many of expeditions have pictures on this site

Nigel's
Duke of Edinburgh award page

walking & navigation on Kinder Scout more pictures of Southfield's School on Kinder Scout

rock climbing in The Peak district more pictures of Woolaston School climbing weekend

BELA

I tutor people for nationally recognised qualifications, this is mostly for the
Basic Expedition Leaders Award for the CCPR.
It involves assessing the suitability of youth leaders to lead their own mountain activities within the requirements of a nationally recognised qualifications.

The BELA has taken over from the BETA where "Training" became "Leader"
with more emphasis on the leadership skills needed to run a group safely.
I have tutored many subjects at BELA level over the years, including Planning and Preparation,
Safety & Emergency, conservation & Access, and Navigation.

I usually cover Navigation for Northamptonshire County Council ~ Youth Services
~ BELA courses run at Grendon Hall Centre, Northamptonshire

        

Again pictures from BELA training are amongst the training pictures on this site
including  night navigation pictures
on the Long Mynd in Shropshire, during a BELA Practical training week end.

Nigel's BELA page

Mountain Activity Training

As well as the training mentioned above, I also run independent activity training, in mountaineering and rock climbing.  I have not individually categorised these events but have included these with other pictures on this site.
I also run refresher training for students looking for a cheap weekend of practice before their summer MLTB assessment. The popular aspect of these seems to be "Security on Steep Ground"

A few pictures of Nigel's activity training
are to be found on line,
including climbing wall training

Birmingham climbing wall

 

another aspect of mountain training that I frequently get asked to complete is "security on steep ground" this is NOT rock climbing but how to use a rope safely in a mountain walking situation this picture was taken during a training day at Burbage in Derbyshire

Navigation

I have produced examples of training notes used for
Scouts, DoE, National Navigation Award, and BELA courses.
The pictures for the sites coming from actual training
navigation pages include
navigation
navigation equipment
distance & navigation
example of a pacing chart
Pictures of night nav excercises

What information would you put on a route card

and a route plan for the Dales Way

on the main navigation index, more training examples can be found
as well as more navigation information pages

do you know your map symbols ?

other nationally recognised training that  I provide include

The Scout Association

Nigel's
Northamptonshire Scouts page

Scouts Mountaineering badges

M L T B

In 1993, I did my MLTB ~
Winter Mountain Leader Training in the Cairngorms, at Glenmore lodge

My Mountaineering Qualifications

Mountaineering Qualifications
in the Uk are run by
the Mountain Leader
Training Board for the BMC

to find out more about mountaineering qualifications visit the
  web site

MLTB
Mountain Leader Training Board

  or for details of
my mountain qualifications 

pictures of my
summer ML training & assessment at Longtown

The afternoon was during early stages of preparation towards
a Special needs Expedition to Derbyshire
during August 2000

further pictures found at
SPECIAL NEEDS 2000

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