Climbing Wall Award
The CWA is the nationally accredited award for those interested in teaching & taking responsibility for novices climbing on artificial climbing walls, indoors or out.
Involves a 2 day training course, consolidation period, then a 1 day assessment.
The base module involves the tuition of Top (otherwise known as Bottom) Rope Climbing. additionally there are a further two modules covering 1. Abseiling 2. Lead Climbing
Outline of pre-requirements: *Have an interest in supervising novices. *A minimum of six months personal climbing experience. *Must register with the local Mountain leader training Board, who will issue a regitration number and log book. *Must have climbed on artificial walls a minimum of 15 times and at least three different venues and successfully lead climbs.

REGISTERING:you must register with your local Mountain Leader training Board, in Scotland this is: Mountain Leader Training Scotland at: www.mltuk.org/docs/mlts.html

At present the two most local providers are:
EICA at Ratho and
Stuart Johnston at Aberfeldy
contact details for both providers can be found on the mltuk website.