Coasteering Guide Award

The NCC has developed a Coasteering Guide Qualification for those who lead coasteering activities and wish to align with a national standard for training and assessment of coasteering guides.

On this page you will find information and documents pertinent to the award

Attending a training course…

If you are interested in attending a training course then you will find all of the relevant information regarding minimum experience and requisite’s in the ‘Download’ side bar. Courses are often advertised online and a list of providers can also be found in the ‘Download’ side bar. The live course calendar is found below.

Once you are ready to book onto a course, please ensure you have joined the NCC as an individual member and made the ‘one time’ registration fee which will cover you for both training and assessment.

Current Course Availability

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Registration

To register you must join as an individual member and also register for the award scheme: Join Now

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Booking

To find a course / provider please use the Course Availability Calendar found on the bottom of this page. You may also want to contact a provider directly to arrange a course or training for your organisation.

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Evidence

As part of the booking process you will be asked to provide evidence of how you meet the pre-requisites for training. Training pre-requisites can be found in the Candidate Guide. You may also be asked to complete a short research paper.

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Attend Training

Attend your training and create an action plan

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Consolidation

Consider your next steps and complete the agreed period of consolidation and experience

Booking an Assessment…

If you have meet all of the assessment pre-requisites you can book an assessment. The best way to do this is to contact a Guide Award Provider in the area you are arranging your assessment and book directly with the Assessor. You can find information about Providers and access all of the guidance and syllabus notes in the ‘downloads’ sidebar on this page.

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Consolidation

Complete your consolidation period and are ready to attend your assessment. Or have the relevant experience to APL for assessment. Assessment pre-requisites and details on APL can be found in the Candidate Guide.

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Booking

Assessment Courses can be arranged to meet the needs of candidates and booked by contacting the current providers.

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Evidence

As part of the booking process you will be asked to provide evidence of your meeting the pre-requisites for assessment. Assessment pre-requisites can be found in the Candidate Guide. You may also be asked to complete a short assessment paper

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