Safe Working Practice: Technical Areas
Extending your existing skills and employing best practice in working and using more technically demanding terrain and locations, this
course covers the hard skills of mountain biking whilst reinforcing the elements developed in the Fundamentals
course.
This course covers:
- Riding skills in technical environments, competencies and identifying your own limitations
- Additional equipment requirements and use
- Weather factors in remote environments
- Extended detail navigation skills using map, compass and bike speedo
- Advanced trailside repairs
- Accident prevention and management; considering the environment in making judgements
- Communication techniques in remoter locations
Technical Areas course details
| Duration: | 8 hours over one day |
| Course type: | Combined training and assessment. more>>>> |
| Terrain: | Technical riding which means more demanding tracks and trails. more>>>> |
| Course options: | Available as special courses for your group at your venue. more>>>> |
Entry requirements
Prior to attending this course, you will:
- Have successfully completed the Fundamentals course.
- Have one years (minimum 30 rides) experience in riding in Technical terrain.
- Have practised using maps and speedos for base contact procedures and route finding.
- Have attempted (under guidance where neccesary) additional maintenance skills including gear indexing and brake adjustment.
Progression routes
This course leads directly to the Trail Checking course (it is a pre-requiste for trail checking in Technical Terrain. It also can be used as supporting evidence and training towards the Trail Leader Award and the Technical Leader Award.