Cs39 training and assessment

[Tom_s]

Hey guys, I’ve got my cs39 training and assessment soon approaching. If anybody recently done this course, how did you find it? I’m one of life’s worriers and getting myself worked up 🙈.

[5 shires]

No point in worrying,you will either pass or you won’t it’s not the end of the world,but if you have got something about you and you show good skills and the trainer/Assessor sees that you are a competent climber etc you will have nothing to worry about,they are there to help you pass and not to rip the piss out of you and do you down,so just be confident and like I said as long as you show good techniques along with enthusiasm you will be ok.

Edited January 22, 2021 by 5 shires

[Dan Maynard]

Spot on there, if you've already got CS38 then you have the climbing skills you need.

Also, you can download the NPTC workbook and course schedule online, but the first section on legal bits, risk assessment etc is pretty much the same all tickets. If you can read up and get all the answers down pat then you're well set up on the assessment day, and not trying to cram learn them all at once just before the test.

You'll find the best way for yourself but I try and take it in chunks like one question a day or something. Otherwise I find reading all the sections at once my brain blurs.