Mountain Training England and the National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) agree to closer working ties
As leading training organisations in the outdoors, both Mountain Training England and the
NNAS share many key aims, most notably in enabling people to become more confident in hill and navigation skills. Recognising this, Mountain Training England and the NNAS have agreed to enter a partnership to promote each other’s schemes and enable their accredited tutors to be able to deliver their complimentary schemes.
The partnership will focus on Mountain Training England’s
Hill Skills course and the NNAS’
Bronze Navigator Award, enabling providers of each scheme to apply for and deliver the other scheme, meaning NNAS Bronze Navigator Tutors will be able to apply to provide Mountain Training England Hill Skills courses, and Mountain Training England’s Tutors will, in turn, be able to apply to NNAS to deliver the NNAS Bronze Navigator Award. In addition, the NNAS will offer Mountain Training England Hill Skills providers and Tutors free NNAS Tutor Award training at specific regional events, which may also serve as useful CPD for their Mountain Training England and wider work.
Current tutors in both schemes can apply for the 2023 season onwards. The existing criteria, screening process, quality assurance and administration for each scheme will remain and be run by the respective organisation. The cost of registration for the provider is 50% of the usual fee.
The new working arrangement will be reviewed after one year.
Guy Jarvis, Mountain Training England’s Executive Officer, said of the new arrangement, “Our mission is to help people gain both competence and confidence in the outdoors by developing their personal and leadership skills. By working more closely with NNAS we hope that more people will be able to access skills training through both of our schemes.”
Pete Hawkins, chair of the NNAS, said “We are delighted to be working more closely with Mountain Training England. Effective and confident navigation skills are at the heart of any successful day in the outdoors and by bringing our Navigator and Tutor Awards to a wider audience we’re sure that more people will be able to access the outdoors more confidently.”
The process to apply for NNAS Providers and Tutors is described here:
https://nnas.org.uk/course-provider/become-a-nnas-navigator-award-provider/. Application forms to apply for Provider and Tutor status for Mountain Training England can be found here:
https://www.mountain-training.org/mte-skills-schemes-provider-and-tutor-approval-.
The NNAS is the only UK-wide provider of accredited non-competitive navigation skills. Established in 1994, the Navigator Award has delivered effective navigation training to thousands of outdoor enthusiasts. All NNAS Navigator Award providers are trained in the skills of navigation teaching through the NNAS Tutor Award. More information about all the NNAS awards at
National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS)
Mountain Training England is the national awarding body for walking and climbing leadership qualifications in England. was set up in 1964 by the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) and the Central Council for Physical Recreation (CCPR) to provide nationally recognised schemes of training and assessment for leaders of groups participating in mountain and hill walking and rock climbing.