Camping Leader Assessment
Location: Dublin/ Wicklow Mountains
This assessment covers:
- Leadership and Group Management
- Planning and Supervision
- Teaching and Learning Skills
- Camping Food and Cooking
Lowland Leader Assessment Preparation
Location: Dublin Mountains
This assessment preparation covers:
Leadership skills and group management
Navigation
Walking skills
Planning walks, route finding and choices
Map and compass work
Personal and group equipment
Hazards and emergency procedures
Environmental awareness, conservation, hillside access and land ownership
Sourcing local information and maps
Scope of the award
Lowland Leader Award Assessment
Location: Wicklow Mountains National Park
This assessment tests:
Lowland Leader Award Training
Location: Wicklow Mountains National Park
This training covers:
Leadership skills and group management
Walking skills
Planning walks
Map work and route finding skills
Personal and group equipment
Hazards and emergency procedures
Environmental awareness and conservation
Hillside access and land ownership
Sourcing local Information and maps
Mountain Skills 1
Wicklow Mountains National Park
This course teaches:
- Map reading and understanding
- Navigational techniques, using map and compass
- How to recognise natural features
- Mountain hazards and dangers
- Measuring distance and time of hikes
- Safety and emergency procedures
- Personal and safety equipment
Mountain Skills 2
Wicklow Mountains National Park
This course teaches:
- Advanced map reading and understanding
- Navigational techniques, map and compass
- Mountain hazards and dangers
- Indoor and outdoor practical sessions
- Further use of a compass
- Route planning
- Navigation day into night
- Nighttime navigation
- Safe travel on uneven and steep ground
- Emergency procedures
Mountain Skills Assessment
Wicklow Mountains National Park
This Assessment involves:
Map-reading
Navigation techniques, day and night
Compass techniques
Route planning
Managing hazards
Emergency equipment and procedures