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Certified Courses with the Mountain Training Standards

(Used also to train skills for NQF guides)

You can be trained to lead or guide.

From guided hiking trips to rock and ice climbs.

Mountain Training Standards Courses (MTS)  are the industry standard in mountain training in South Africa. We teach you precise navigation, emergency drills, river-crossing, abseiling, mountain rescue, multi-pitch climbing, ice-climbing, sport- climbing and much more.  Peak High Mountaineering is a MTS provider and we have trained more mountain leaders,  and rock climbers than any other company. Those courses are used for training aspirant NQF mountain guides. 

MTS MOUNTAIN LEADER AWARD  /( NQF Mountain Walking Guide Training)

The Mountain Leader Award is for leading groups in high mountains off trail, in any weather. Used to train both MTS and aspirant SAQA guides. The highest hiking leader award available in South Africa with an extension of scope to all of Africa. A 5-6 day course followed later by assessment. It covers all aspects of leading a group in serious terrain including emergency skills. You will learn everything from how to get a group up a dangerous scramble with a rope to how to recognise and treat altitude sickness.

MTS WALKING GROUP LEADER AWARD/ (NQF Mountain Walking Guide in Limited Geographical Area)

The Walking Group Leader Award is for leading groups of hikers in easy on trail mountain terrain. You will gain the correct skills for both MTS awards and aspirant SAQA guides.. With a strong focus on navigation, the award provides the leadership skills required to feel confident about taking people out walking.

MTS ABSEIL SUPERVISOR AWARD COURSE/ (NQF Abseil Guide)

You can gain these vital skills in supervising abseils, for both recreational and commercial operations. SAQA Unit Standard TG 20 & 21. You will do releasable abseils, pickoffs, 3:1 haul systems and lots more, all in a 4 day course followed by an assessment later.

MTS WALL CLIMBING SUPERVISOR COURSE

A simple 2 day course and assessment to get you on a safe footing. For school teachers and indoor wall coaches  who need to safely manage groups of young climbers. Learn the skills and safety for indoors and easy outdoor climbing.

SINGLE PITCH SUPERVISOR AWARD COURSE

This is the course for you to advance from sport-climbing to leading and supervising single pitch trad (placing cams, nuts etc.) It’s 4 days of climbing and skills, followed by an assessment. You must have prior trad experience or take an extra day or trad prior to the course.

MTS MULTI-PITCH SUPERVISOR AWARD/ (NQF Rock Climbing Guide)

A popular 3 day course taken by recreational climbers or aspirant rock climbing guides. (NQF Unit Standard TG 23). You will feel confident to climb big, trad and sport routes after this course. Plus, how to get down a big mountains and to retreat off climbs.  It is a high level course for climbers with prior trad and sport experience, wanting to go to the next level.  

MTS MOUNTAINEERING INSTRUCTOR AWARD/ (NQF Mountaineering Guide)

For teaching all the MTS rock-climbing, snow, ice, hiking and abseil courses and assessments of the MTS.

The MTS Instructor Awards provide comprehensive assessment for individuals working as instructors privately or at mountaineering centres. The awards are primarily concerned with candidates’ ability to run MTS courses and assessments in-line with the organisation’s requirements.

Two assessors must examine the candidate’s levels of skill and experience. Due to assessors being geographically distant at times, the assessors may take several sessions to examine the candidate and in different locations. Both assessors must find the candidate competent. The assessors must write a report on how the candidate was found competent and any weaknesses they may have found. A copy of this report must be lodged with the MTS administrator.

Requirements prior to assessment:

• Must hold or will be assessed against the Mountain Leader Award or International Mountain Leader Award
• Must hold the ML award prior to assessment
• Must be in possession of a valid Level II First Aid certificate and show understanding of wilderness first aid (e.g. attended a wilderness first aid course, show past experience of wilderness first aid or mountain rescue)
• Have a minimum of 40 quality summer mountain days, and at least 20 quality winter days
• Have assisted a qualified instructor during at least 1 Leadership courses
• Have assisted a qualified instructor during at least 1 recreational courses