Camping Leader Handbook

This handbook has been designed to support candidates through Mountain Training’s Camping Leader qualification.

It contains useful information about the qualification as well as the syllabus and guidance notes. Mountain Training recognises that walking, climbing, and mountaineering are activities that have associated risks. Mountain Training provides training and assessment courses and guidance to help leaders develop the skills to manage the risks associated with the environment in which they operate and to enable new participants to have positive experiences. All leaders owe a heightened duty of care to the people they lead, their colleagues, and the wider public who may be impacted by the leader’s actions. Mountain Training qualified leaders will act in the best interests of their group, individual group members and others, and they will always act within their competence to prevent harm to them.