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Rock Climbing Instructor – 2 Day Training

Rock Climbing Instructor Training Course

Rock Climbing Instructor (RCI) Training Course – 2 Day Course

Previously known as the Single Pitch Award (SPA) the Rock Climbing Instructor award got a facelift and re-naming in April 2018.

Learn to teach rock climbing and abseiling on real rock in the outdoor environment. Whether you’re an experienced outdoor instructor, sports coach or health and fitness professional this is the place to start.

What is the RCI?

The Rock Climbing Instructor (RCI) award is designed and administered by Mountain Training who is the National Governing Body for rock climbing, hill walking and mountaineering in the UK. They set the training syllabus and assessment standards. You can find out more here.

Before attending a training course, you must be an experienced climber and be able to lead climbs outdoors, on real rock and using traditionally placed protection.

You must have:

  • 15 led routes which must be graded rock climbs with traditional protection.
  • 15 led routes at a climbing wall.
  • 5 led routes which must be outdoor bolt protected sport climbs.
  • Registered for the award with one of the Mountain Training Home Nations.

For information about RCI training and assessments criteria please click here.

About Our Training Courses

We have teamed up with Keith Fleming (MIC) who has been running the RCI for over 20 years, and is a British Mountaineering Council approved expert witness for outdoor court cases. Des Barlow (MIA) is also a course director (10yrs+) and has extensive experience of rock leader training for the British armed forces. RCI training courses are assisted by Tom Hatt (SPA) who has over 18 years of outdoor industry experience and joined the British Stunt Register in 2015.

British Stunt Register Trainees

As well as aspirant instructors who want to work in the outdoor industry we specialise in training those that are training for the British Stunt Register, and where relevant we will include our experience of the stunt industry.

We also run Part 2 of the BSR Climbing criteria the British Stunt Register – Climbing Assessment.

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TRIP Information

Price info

£700.00 for up to 4 people.

Dates

Available all year round for groups of 4 or more

Duration

2 Days

Group size

4-8

Location

Peak District

Restrictions

Minimum age: 18
Max weight: 18 stone (115kg).

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Email: adventures@thehatt.co.uk

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Colin D
Colin D
2024-01-03
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Excellent Outdoor First Aid course I recently did the 2 day Outdoor First Aid course with Hatt. It was the 4th such course I have done for my MTA qualifications but the first with Hatt and it was by far the best one I have done. An experienced, informed and passionate instructor providing ample opportunities for questions and clarifications as well as realistic scenario based learning in the woods at Blacklands Farm. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a 2 day outdoor first aid course!
Dan H
Dan H
2023-10-24
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Rock climbing at Harrison's Rock Had a great time rock climbing with Hatt Adventures. Great instructors made sure we all got the best out of our experience. Special mention to Kyle who was a very enthusiastic guide and made sure everyone pushed themselves!
Jeanette C
Jeanette C
2023-10-05
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Abseil off Peacehaven Cliffs Hatt Adventures were brilliant! We were running a charity abseil event and Tom and Andy were so calm on the day and knew exactly what they were doing to help get our supporters abseiling down the cliffs. Some of our supporters were very nervous and the Hatt guys made them feel at ease. The event ran smoothly and we are delighted to have raised over £6,500 for our charity! Emma was also extremely helpful on the lead up to the abseil and helped us advertise our event on social media. A very positive experience- would highly recommend. Our supporters were keen to do future events for us and had nothing but good feedback for Hatt Adventures too!
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Traveler823483
2023-09-10
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Abseiling with Sam I am doing a charity abseil this month so last month thought I'd practise and booked into an abseil at Blacklands with Sam. From beginning to end he was supportive, encouraging and patient with all of our nerves, the others on the course were all fantastic and friendly, Sam created a real sense of camaraderie and I had an unforgettable day. Now I feel less terrified and am looking forward to abseiling down some cliffs in a few weeks time! Thank you Sam!
Thomas Rhys Fletcher
Thomas Rhys Fletcher
2023-08-26
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Kayak trip and shop visit Brilliant kayaking trip! Well organised, fun and professional. Highly recommended. Visited the shop/cafe recently in the Brighton marina which is cool place full of tasty loot!
Lucy C
Lucy C
2023-08-07
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Absolutely brilliant! Thanks Guys. This was such a fun adventure, Kyle was brilliant and a funny. I would recommend Hatt to anyone who is looking for a great experience with brilliant leaders. Looking forward to the next trip already! Thanks guys. 💖
Will Ford
Will Ford
2023-08-05
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Climbing tuition Great day of climbing tuition recently with Kyle. Lots of helpful points and ideas for the future. Would definitely recommend.
shorty36
shorty36
2023-07-25
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Climb and Abseiling Have been with HATT 3 times in last 2 months. Sandstone climbing and abseiling. Excellent instructors and set up. Will definitely be doing more.
Crulara Deville
Crulara Deville
2023-07-24
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Outdoor First Aid Level 3 - work courses have never been this fun! I attended the two-day Level 3 ITC Outdoor First Aid course at Blackland Farm delivered by Hatt as required my our new roles. It was EXCELLENT. A good mix of theory and practical learning, we were straight into it after a quick briefing. The cohort was just small (just 5 of us plus Dai, our teacher) which really helped the learning experience as it meant that we could work together closely and our instructor could spend a lot of time with each of us to support our understanding. The scenario learning with constructed participatory first aid situations was a brilliant way to put all of our learning into practice. Dai, our instructor was super enthusiastic and clearly very experienced, as well as an excellent listener and supportive in his feedback. The company I work for hadn't used Hatt before, but I will be recommending to my managers that staff are sent to them for future outdoor courses. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait to receive my qualification certificate!
Sabina A
Sabina A
2023-05-31
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Fantastic Experience Had a fab experience on Sunday 28th at the Spinnaker abseil with Anya and the team. Really well organised and I felt safe the whole time, views were stunning too. Unforgettable experience and would do it again.

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