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The International Mountain Leader Award - 2007 Scheme |
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The International Mountain Leader Award is the professional qualification for individuals who wish to lead trekking parties to all mountain areas except on glaciers, and where the techniques or equipment of alpinism are required. The International Mountain Leader (IML) can also operate on easy snow-covered terrain, providing it is of a gentle, Nordic type in the “middle” mountains. On successful completion of the full training and assessment programme, and by belonging to their recognised National Body (in the UK, BAIML), the individual will gain the full IML Award, a professional Carnet and Internationally recognised badge, giving them comparability with other IMLs world-wide.
A new IML training scheme will be implemented in 2007.
The main changes to the scheme involve replacing the requirement for Mountain Leader Winter (ML(W)) training at registration with a separate IML Europe-based Winter Training Course, removing the one-day navigation test for non ML(W) Award holders and adding a Europe-based Winter Assessment.
Note: The remit of the award and the qualification itself have not changed. The changes which are being implemented in 2007 are changes to the training scheme which leads to the qualification.
IML candidates who have already attended an IML training course but not an assessment course by the end of 2006
These candidates will have two years to complete what will now be referred to as the old-style training scheme. During 2007 and 2008 the ‘old-style’ IML courses i.e. the Europe-based IML assessment and one-day navigation test will run alongside the ‘new- style’ IML training scheme courses. Those candidates who do not complete the ‘old- scheme’ by 2008 will have an opportunity to complete the new-style courses as appropriate to obtain the IML award.
(Source: MLTUK, 2007)
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 November 2006 )
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