Grahame Robb Associates (GRA), who own and operate the St. George's Park Outdoor Leadership Centre, have been awarded accreditation as an official European Ropes Course Association training body.
This prestigious accreditation enables GRA to deliver instructor, rescuer, facilitator & manager training as well as assessment courses at the Outdoor Leadership Centre and issue European Ropes Course Association (ERCA) certificates to those undertaking the training.
GRA, now one of just six ERCA training bodies in the UK, have launched a series of programmes taking place at St. George’s Park, Burton-upon-Trent, for 2016 and 2017, including Traditional Low Ropes, Combined High and Low Ropes, Instructor Conversion and Generic Rescuer courses. Click here for further details.
Andrew Norton, Project Leader and Operations Manager for the GRA Outdoor Leadership Centre, said "To achieve our new status as an ERCA certified training body is a fantastic end to eighteen months of hard work and I'm proud of everyone involved.
The project has brought together expertise from across the business and as a result we now have a fantastic opportunity to help outdoor instructors acquire new skills, develop further and achieve new accreditations. We believe this achievement underlines our strengths as the UK's leading learning and development organisation.
The ERCA training courses are designed for individuals who own, operate or instruct on traditional high and low ropes courses; either for developmental training or recreational use.
Attendees of the programmes at the centre will develop their own facilitation style and group management skills and be instructed on the best techniques for ensuring that they operate safely at all times. To become an ERCA training body, GRA has undertaken an 18-month process and audited for quality and competence to be authorised to issue ERCA-instructor certificates.
Created in 2003, the European Ropes Course Association and its training bodies support European trainers, builders and instructors of ropes courses. The organisation has become the driving force of the ropes course industry within Europe as it consistently updates and optimises standards concerning the construction, inspection and operation of ropes courses and acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas and research regarding best practice.
