Cost of CS40 and 41 ?

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Can anyone give me an idea of what it costs to be trained and assessed for CS40 and 41 please?

[screwie]

where abouts are you it costs £780 for the training and assesment with proclimber in s.wales

[apexarb]

your normally gonna pay a day rate for trianing cs40 2days for experienced climbers and 4 days cs41 it is possible to cut downt the number of days when courses are combined but in this case i wouldnt reccomend it

Edited July 8, 2011 by Steve Bullman

[Rich Rule]

Hi Terry,

 

I would have thought an experienced climber would not need 6 days training to prune and rig a tree. Maybe the rigging course, but again that would depend on the level of competency the climber has rigging a tree and understanding the forces involved.

 

why do not think it is a good idea to combine the courses? Most people I know have done both cs modules at the same time. Although, that may be only the assessment and not the training.

 

Cheers,

Rich.

[apexarb]

hi rich i think you can combine courses but not reduce the no of days,

reason for this is the training should far exeed the requirements of the assessment so therefore 2 days for cs 40 is normally about right if a person has read and fully understands the assessment criteria then they may pass the assessment but will probably miss out on vital training over and above basic assessment requirement

 

as for cs41 this is probably the biggest gap between assessment criteria and essential knowledge needed to rigg safely and efficiently therefore 4 days is normally about right but again it is always possible to pass the unit with less time on course if the ticket is the priority

 

terry

[benedmonds]

I did CS 41 a few months back, two days + assessment around £300. I am an experienced climber (over 10 years) and to be honest it was the big waste of three days and 300 quid. I'm not knocking the instructor who had good knowledge, but I learnt very little.. I was very disappointed.

 

At least I've been doing it right all these years.

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Does anyone know which NPTC units are for life and which ones yoou need to take refreshers for?

[apexarb]

at the moment your cs units are but probably not for long as they are likely to go the way of the ua units

 

terry