Mountain Leader Training Association

Mountain Leader Training Association

The Association for climbing and walking leaders

MLTA aims to provide good communication between the leaders and the mountain training boards allowing members to keep up to date with current developments in mountain training. It also aims to provide appropriate training opportunities in the form of workshops and seminars.

Membership

Full Membership is open to leaders who have passed the assessment course of one of the national leadership awards of the UK’s Mountain Leader Training Boards.
The relevant awards are SPA, WGL, ML(S), ML(W), and higher awards.

Associate Membership is open to leaders who have registered for any of the above awards but have yet to pass an assessment course.

The Benefits

• Talk to other members, share ideas or concerns and have your say via the lively Forum
• Browse the Library of topical articles and features
• Receive regular informative e-newsletters
• Gain access to a program of Further Training workshops and related National Events
• Contact leaders looking for work, or offer your services, on the Notice Board
• Priority channel to get information from the Helpdesk
• Advice on and access to Insurance for member’s activities.
• Access to preferential rates on Clothing and Equipment

Additional Benefits

MLTA is run from the Mountain Leader Training UK offices. MLTA members have direct access to the highly experienced MLTUK staff members who are IFMGA mountain guides and Mountaineering Instructors with wide experience in not only mountain training but many other aspects of outdoor education.

Training events such as a winter seminars, GPS training and child protection will be arranged at venues around Britain. Other training events can be set up in response to member requests.

Future developments planned are in the provision of affordable and appropriate professional negligence insurance and extending the range of trade deals available.

How to join
Go to www.mlta.co.uk and join on-line.

The attached Power Point document is for anyone to download to see the benefits of MLTA membership. The presentation is also available in video format on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuXvwe4OHzg and on MLTA's Face Book page http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Mountain-Leader-Training-Association/145556422128553?ref=sgm