Challenge Course Facilitator Training

Entry Level Training in Facilitation and Saftey

Trainer: Tom Leahy

A facilitator's first training experience should provide a balance between solid technical skills and effective facilitation tools.

CCFT is a balanced workshop of skills and facilitation models. It is appropriate for people with no previous formal training. Participants in this training will be involved in a group process experience modeling a finely facilitated program. The workshop will sequence the participants through a full challenge course progression of low and high elements and will demonstrate the basics of building a program.

Skill development is taught through a process of experience, reflection and repetition, with a focus on mastery. The experience of participants is used to demonstrate learning styles, the struggles of team development and the complexity of challenge education.

Technical & Safety Skills include information on:

Medical screening for the layman
The safety system
Basic safety training and spotting techniques
High element belay school and applied physics
Self-belay systems and high element set up
Belay system equipment care and inspection

Facilitation Skills include:

Tools for team process and group decision making
Developing the voices of team members
A problem solving model that creates innovative solutions
A model that opens communication between team members
A powerful model for goal setting and developing confidence
Program sequence and flow for learning
Creating emotionally safe environments

"This training went above and beyond my expectations." —JW

"I have confidence in the things I learned and feel capable of facilitating and employing all elements of our challenge course safely." —JS

"Your philosophy of 'choice' enriched my entire experience." —EW

"I really enjoyed how you built on each section and allowed the group to learn and practice the new skills." —JG

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