What is the TLIT Series?

The Trip Leader In Training Series (TLIT) is a program that our club runs to upskill the next generation of trip leaders. Over six workshops we will teach a range of technical skills to bring club members one step closer to being one of our club trip leaders and helping to bring the amazing the sports we do to more people.

Moreover, while some workshops are sport specific (such as the sport and trad workshops) we encourage members to attend all events as they teach valuable skills you can use across disciplines.

The workshops will follow the general format of:
-General Ropework
-Abseiling and Canyoning
-Lead Climbing
-Trad Climbing
-Hauling and Rescue
-Behind the scenes as a TL
-Rescue Scenario Day

Who is the TLIT Series for?

These workshops are for people who are interested in becoming trip leaders within UNWSOC and fall into one or more of the following categories:

• Have been participating in club weekend trips for a period of 6+ months
• Have done or doing a Cert III + Outdoor Ed course (TAFE)
• Are a current Trip Leader and want a refresher and/or expand knowledge base
• Have participated in Scouts NSW trips involving ropework and/or training events
• Are okay with pre-learning material before workshops, as there is large amounts of content to cover in one night.
• Have experience with rope sports from clubs or groups

Week Two – Abseiling and Canyoning Skills

• Inspect and assess the safety of anchors, including the replacement of anchors
  – Discolouration of tape, abrasion of tape, strength of mallions, cracking and fissures surrounding bolts, replacing tapes with wrap 3 pull 2.
• Demonstrate the rigging of double strand and releasable abseils with tape and bolt anchors, and the suitability of each in different situations
• MMO, Eight block, Biner Block
• Understand the importance of end knots, including appropriate knots and when to use them
• Inspect the rigging of other trip leaders, participants loading device to abseil, attaching to safety, ABCDE and weighing abseil strand checks.
• Understand the importance and demonstrate setting up of belays
  – Top, bottom and third hand belays
  – Demonstrate 3 third hand techniques: Vt prussik, klemheist, autoblock, traditional, and understand their applications and associated hazards (putting a bottom prussik too close to device, Vt above, others below device)
• Practice and inspect the loading up on three different descender categories
  – Eight and modified eights
  – Grigri or similar
  – Tubular devices
• Demonstrate trying off a variety of abseiling devices.
• Demonstrate adding friction to a variety of abseil and canyoning devices.
• Understand and practice whistle, verbal and hand signals for communication in abseiling and canyoning
• Demonstrate appropriate jumping techniques into water
  – Arms across chest, knees bend, L sits, Depth checks

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