National Governing Body (NGB) Awards
If you're involved with climbing in any way shape or form, then it is likely you would have heard of National Governing Body (NGB) Awards, but you may not know what they actually are.
These are awards achieved through the national governing body for climbing and mountaineering, Mountain Training.
Climbing Qualifications/Awards
| Qualification/Award Name | Abbreviation | Previous Name | Previous Abbreviation | Remit |
| Indoor Climbing Asssistant | ICA | N/A | N/A | Assist qualified climbing instructors with climbing sessions on artificial structures. |
| Climbing Wall Instructor | CWI | Climbing Wall Award | CWA | Supervising climbers on purpose built artificial climbing walls and boulders, excluding abseil. |
| Climbing Wall Instructor (Abseil) | CWIA | Climbing Wall Award (Abseil) | CWAA | Supervising climbers on purpose built artificial climbing walls and boulders, including abseil. |
| Climbing Wall Development Instructor | CWDI | Climbing Wall Leading Award | CWLA | Teaching lead climbing skills on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection. |
| Rock Climbing Instructor | RCI | Single Pitch Award | SPA | Supervising safe climbing and abseiling sessions on single pitch crags and artificial structures. |
| Rock Climbing Development Instructor | RCDI | N/A | N/A | Developing climbers on single pitch crags, including teaching lead climbing. |
| Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor | MCI | Mountaineering Instructor Award | MIA | Instructing mountaineering, including all aspects of summer rock climbing, including the coaching of lead climbing, and scrambling. |
Winter Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor | WMCI | Mountaineering Instructor Certificate | MIC | Instructing mountaineering and climbing skills in the winter. |
