British Cycling Level 2 MTB Leadership

Glentress / Innerleithen, Tweed Valley
We can travel to your location to run closed courses. Contact us to discuss options available.

ASSESSMENT 28 June 2019, TRAINING 29 – 30 June 2019, ASSESSMENT 30 August 2019, TRAINING 31 August – 1 September 2019, ASSESSMENT 11 October 2019, TRAINING 12 – 13 October 2019, ASSESSMENT 22 November 2019, TRAINING 23 – 24 November 2019

Course content
The course covers a wide variety of topics including:
• planning and delivery of appropriate rides or your group
• leading techniques for effective group management
• map reading and navigation for a flowing journey
• management of accidents and emergency situations
• equipment set-up and trailside repairs
• core mountain bike techniques.
• Managing risk
• GB wide Access legislation

See listed course dates or get in touch to arrange a closed course or assessment for your group.

Basics: Suitable MTB in good working condition, Helmet, Gloves, Rucksack, Refreshments & food, spare clothes / layers, Waterproof jacket. Check your Level 2 MTB Leadrship handbook for full kit list required for leadership awards.

British Cycling Level 2 – Training: £220
British Cycling Level 2 – Assessment: £120

To attend the training you will need to:
• Be 18 years old or over.
• Have mountain biking experience in a variety of terrain and weather conditions.
• Be competent in the techniques and skills required to safely negotiate the typical trail features encountered in the Level 2 environment. As a general guide this is comparable to red-graded purpose-built trails.
• Hold a current two-day outdoor First Aid certificate (this can be undertaken at a later date, but ideally is submitted shortly after assessment). For further details on context and outdoor industry best practice guidelines please see the Institute of Outdoor Learning’s Outdoor First Aid Training Framework
• You will need to provide your tutor with a logbook of evidence of your recent rides in appropriate terrain (we recommend a minimum of 15 quality rides in the 12 months prior to assessment, four of which should be 4 hours or more in duration). A logbook will be sent to you upon registering for the awards (discuss alternative methods for logging the information required with your tutor). The logbook should provide evidence not only of the location, duration and route of the rides but also demonstrate to the tutor your ability to self-reflect on each ride, for example, how you performed, how the conditions impacted the experience, if you had been leading a group what might you have had to consider? We strongly encourage learners to conduct as much riding and navigation as possible outside of a trail centre environment in preparation for training and assessment.

Glentress, Innerleithen, Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders. Our courses run from the Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland based at Glentress Forest Peel Offices.

Sessions generally run from Glentress Peel Centre. Training and assessments are undertaken on a variety of natural terrain in and around the Tweed Valley. Classroom location and course details will be provided on booking. Max group for training is 6. Max group for assessment is 4. Riding takes place around Glentress, Peebles, Innerleithen or hand picked trail in the Tweed Valley. Training and Assessments start around 8:30am and run until around 6:00pm each day.

The practical assessment consists of a full day mountain bike journey of 5-6 hours, shared with other candidates and the tutor. During the ride, each candidate will be assigned to lead individual sections of the route. The assessment route is pre-planned by the us and is designed to enable you to demonstrate your competence at the limits of the remit of a Level 2 Mountain Bike Leader. You will be expected to fulfil all the assessment criteria of the award including tracking the progress of the group at all times whether leading at that moment or not and could be asked to respond to questions or perform the role of a leader at any time.
You will be expected to provide a flowing journey whilst demonstrating good leadership and navigational skills, using a map as your primary navigation tool. Your group management, leadership and trailside repairs skills will be verified out on the trail by the tutor using a combination of real situations and simulation based questioning and practical sessions.
The assessment is designed to put learners under a proportionate level of pressure that reflects the role of a Level 2 Mountain Bike Leader. The tutor will facilitate your assessment throughout the day to also encourage an environment of continuous learning. They will support all learners to understand where their personal skill set meets the qualification requirements including explaining where and why, if it is not yet at the required standard. All learners will be provided with personal action plans for future development after the assessment.