Training for Underground Explorers

Here you can find details on how to arrange a variety of underground exploration courses, from guided adventures, personal tuition in SRT (Single Rope Technique), or nationally recognised governing body award (Local Cave & Mine Leader) training or assessments.

Up and coming courses are listed above, just click on the photo, or book a place directly on the form below.

Corona Virus...
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic all face to face courses are currently on hold. Although technically it could be argued these are work courses, and so a reasonable excuse to travel and gather, it would seem more appropriate to hold back on courses until things settle.

This website has also been set up to provide candidates working through their Local Cave & Mine Leader award, providing  resources that should help candidates prepare for assessment. The resources pages are for course participants only, so are password protected. Get in touch if you’d like the password!

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Radon Underground: Radiation Protection Adviser role for managers

Note part of this course includes access to a excel spreadsheet created for use with the detailed exposure scheme. Your spreadsheet will include your Centre/Providers name as written here (or if left blank your name). Please do not share these spreadsheets with third parties.

Course Cost: £80

Online 1pm-5pm

The following training course is aimed at those who may be required to work as a Radiation Protection Supervisor for an Outdoor Education
Centre or business running cave or mine exploration activities.

The course will cover the two exposure schemes outline within the BCAs Radon Underground guidance, including guidance on selecting an appropriate scheme based on the venues used. In addition, course members will be provided a
working template spreadsheet (in excel) which can be used to work within the Detailed Exposure Scheme mapped out within Radon Underground.

Included within the cost of the course is 12 months support in the use of the schemes.

There will be opportunities to ask questions relating to the BCAs guidance document Radon Underground during the session, however the
expectation is that participants have a good working knowledge of the BCAs guidance. Course participants must have successfully completed the BCAs Radon Underground
training module (https://classroom.google.com/c/MTc2MzIxMDI1ODYz?cjc=7odn7no)

The training course will take place on-line using Google Meets, for this participants will need to have registered an email address with Google. Participants will need to attend the course with a laptop or desktop computer, reliable internet connection, a functioning webcam and have access to Microsoft Excel.

Course run time approx. 4hrs on-line with supplementary support on request (max 4hrs over 12 months)

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Prior to attending this course you must be registered with the BCAs Qualification Management System. You can do this by clicking here: https://britishcaving.azolve.com/
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COVID-19

Please confirm, by ticking the boxes below, that you will not attend this course should you develop any of the symptoms outlined below.

Please also confirm you understand the measures we will need to take to ensure we are as safe as reasonably practicable prior to attending and during the course

Note should you not be able to attend this course due to COVID you will be offered a full refund or a place on the next course

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