Requirements for venues
Requirements for venues
What are bespoke courses?
Open courses are all listed on the calendar. CTC provides bespoke courses for all sorts of groups from one-off clubs through schools and outdoor centres to major organisations such as the Forestry Commission, PGL Holidays, and Thomas Cook. For information on setting up bespoke courses, see the venue requirements below and contact us about how we can meet your groups needs.
Bespoke courses all operate within CTC's high quality framework and meet our stringent standards required of learning, delivery and assessment fulfilment. They can however, be co-ordinated around your group's locale, availability and working environments.
What do course venues need to provide?
There are two key facility elements to enable a course to run effectively, the teaching base and the riding environment. Both of these need to reflect the requirements of the qualification level: often the teaching requirements are easier to fulfil than the riding needs.
Teaching base
The teaching base requirements apply to course at all levels, and should provide:
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Classroom |
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AV facilities |
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Food and drink |
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Services |
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Base contact support |
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Riding requirements for the Trail Leader Award and Young Leader Award
These course routes are critical to the effective learning and development of course delegates. As the qualifications are UK-wide (and further afield), the environment needs to reflect conditions which may be found beyond the region of the course itself.
The riding area should comprise:
Area | Requirement |
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Route overview |
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Access |
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Terrain technicality |
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Topography |
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Land types |
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Highway requirements |
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Riding requirements for the Technical Leader Award
The routes used as part of the Technical Leader Award course remain even more critical to qualification delivery at this level. As the qualification is UK-wide (and further afield), the environment needs to reflect conditions which may be found beyond the region of the course itself.
The riding area should comprise:
Area | Requirement |
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Route overview |
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Access |
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Terrain technicality |
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Topography |
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Land types |
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Highway requirements |
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Riding requirements for other CTC qualifications
The demands of other CTC off road qualifications, such as the Skill Instructor and Advanced Leader Awards are highly specific and require significant knowledge of the area. This can only be gained through site visits. For more on the requirements of these courses, please contact us.