Tutor Training Pre-Reading
Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership (DWL3)
Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership
(BEL3)
This is a full day (09:15 to 16:00) that focuses on giving
information to new tutors of the Level 3 Award in Day
Walk Leadership, and
the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition
Leadership. The information and ideas are disseminated
through various briefings and activities.
Who is the day for?
The training day is for new tutors of the
Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership, and
the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition
Leadership that have not received training for these
qualifications previously, and/or tutors that have no experience of
delivering these courses since they became Level 3 qualifications
in September 2010.
Please note that anybody can attend the training
but to be the main course Tutor/Assessor, you need
to be a summer-qualified Mountain Leader or Walking Group Leader.
Your learners must be aged 17 years or older to register for the
qualification, and aged 18 years or older before they can complete
the qualifications. (Tutors may have previously been trained at or
delivered courses for DWL/BEL at Level 2.)
Read more information on the Level 3 Award
in Day Walk Leadership.
Read more information on the Level 3
Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership.
What is the aim of this day?
The first part of the day offers to guide new tutors through the
remit of the two qualifications, giving guidance as to what terrain
the courses can operate within.
The second part of the day will cover the following:
- The Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
- You will look at exactly what must be covered in each unit of
both qualifications.
- Course outlines
- How to produce a course outline.
- Assessment procedures and demonstration of leadership
(consolidation)
- How to assess your learners and what paperwork is involved in
the process.
- Clarification of the Quality Assurance requirements.
- How and where learners can complete their demonstration of
leadership skills in a Day Walk Leader or Basic Expedition Leader
capacity.
- Bridging from the Level 3 Award in Day Walk
Leadership to the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition
Leadership
- How learners that have previously completed the Level 3 Award
in Day Walk Leadership can achieve the requirements for the Level 3
Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership.
- Upgrading from the Level 2 Award in Basic Expedition
Leadership (NQF) to the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition
Leadership (QCF)
- How learners that have previously completed the Level 2 Award
in Basic Expedition Leadership can achieve the requirements for the
Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership.
- Practical outdoor session
- Please come prepared to go outside.
What needs to be done before attending the day?
It is a good idea for you to have familiarised yourself with the
Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership and
Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition
Leadership Qualifications That Change Lives CD-ROM Tutor
Resource before you attend this session.
View a
video clip that shows a taster of some of the activities
covered on the Level 3 Award in Day Walk
Leadership and the Level 3 Certificate in Basic
Expedition Leadership Tutor Training.
Please ensure that you read the Operating Remit - Level 3 Award in Day
Walk Leadership & Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition
Leadership
