The Mountaineering Council of Scotland

MCofS Safety & Good Practice Seminar

for Scottish University:
Mountaineering, Climbing and Hillwalking Clubs

17th & 18th November 2007 - Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore

The seminar is aimed at University Club members who might expect to be in a position of responsibility by virtue of their experience, organisational remit or committee membership. The weekend will NOT focus on introducing new or inexperienced members to climbing or hill walking, or provide much in the way of purely personal skills training. Union or university employees are also invited if they have an overview of club organisation or safety issues.

The programme will cover a wide range of subjects including:-

SATURDAY

  1. Liability and Duty of Care

  2. Choice, care and maintenance of pooled equipment

  3. Incident Management

  4. Qualifications, Training Opportunities and Experience

  5. Novices and running a club

  6. Scrambling and Hazard Awareness

  7. Winter Check List
SUNDAY
  1. Mountain Navigation - introductory

  2. Mountain Navigation - advanced

  3. Skills for Rock Climbing - introductory

  4. Skills for Rock Climbing - advanced

Printable PDF Files:
Seminar Programme
Clothing and Equipment list
Booking Form
Non-Attendance Form

For further details please contact the MCofS Mountain Safety Adviser, Roger Wild. roger@mountaineering-scotland.org.uk


University Clubs Forum

COMMENTS

Safety and Good Practice Seminar 22 -23 November 2003

On behalf of Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club, I would like to thank you very much for organising such a useful and interesting weekend. We feel we came away with a lot of valuable information and really benefited from discussing our thoughts and issues with such experienced people and with members of other mountaineering clubs. We have learnt a lot from the weekend and have many new ideas for improving the running and safety of our club. We are now planning ways in which we can pass on this information to the rest of the Club and implement some changes. We all commented on how encouraging and enthusiastic the leaders were and how this really inspired us not only in the running of the Club but also in mountaineering in general. The weekend was not only informative but also very enjoyable and in an excellent location.

The amount of effort put into the weekend to help student clubs such as ourselves was very much appreciated and we look forward to further interaction with the MCofS in the future.

Many thanks indeed,

Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club

Just a small note to extend warmest thanks on behalf of Heriot Watt Mountaineering Club for all the work put in to the weekend. From the chat on the way home it was clear that all of us learnt a great deal and had a great time over the course of the weekend. We found the seminar extremely well organised, informative and most importantly all the organisers / instructors friendly, enthusiastic and so very helpful.

I hope all the good work is rewarded with more of us enjoying the mountains but with a corresponding reduction in the student accident figures.

Many thanks again,

Heriot Watt University Mountaineering Club
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