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| | Staff Cadet Training Syllabus
Objectives
to provide aspirant staff cadets with guidelines for their development as
useful members of group staff and, ultimately, as qualified mountain leaders
to encourage course leaders to provide opportunities for aspirant staff
cadets to gain relevant, practical training and experience under supervision.
Personal Qualities
The typical staff cadet:
 | will have attended several Wing adventure training courses as a cadet |
| will be 16 or older |
| will aspire to gaining personal MLTB and/or SPA qualifications, and be
registered for the scheme |
| will be available for at least four courses a year (including the winter
and/or summer expedition) |
| will have a personality that allows them to establish correct working
relationships with staff and cadets |
| will demonstrate leadership potential both on the hill and in the centre |
| will have an above-average level of fitness and the capacity to work
harder than the average cadet |
Mountaineering
| navigation |
| ropes, knots, security on steep ground |
| clothing, equipment and "rucsac management" |
| route selection and planning factors |
| first aid, including identification and treatment of hypothermia |
| practical experience of navigation and group management |
Climbing
| selection, use and care of equipment |
| crag etiquette |
| principles of climbing; setting up and using belays |
| practical experience of rock climbing and abseiling |
General skills
| group management |
| maintaining control |
| maintaining morale |
| authorisation and approvals - what the approval allows us to do |
| risk assessment |
| staff-cadet ratios |
| knowing our limits |
| centre routine |
| inventory control |
| food preparation |
| housekeeping |
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