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The PCIA Single Pitch Climbing Instructor (SPCI) provides students with an in-depth and standardized understanding of the skills essential to teaching climbing in an outdoor setting, including based and top managed sites. The SPCI course prepares instructors to set-up and mange groups of climbers on technical terrain with non-technical access. Depending on the design of the course, students will have several outcomes to meet their goals. Please click the link below for more information.

The Sport Climbing instructor (SCI) course is designed to bridge the gap between indoor climbing instruction and outdoor climbing instruction. The purpose of this course is equip participants with the skills to instruct others in the discipline of Sport Climbing and provide professional gym-to-crag clinics. It is designed to provide supplemental knowledge and specialized skills that will allow the SCI to effectively operate at outdoor climbing sites. The scope of this course is limited to sites where there is access to bolted top anchors via non-technical means or sport leading.

The Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) course emphasizes the instruction of fundamental skills to climbing gym participants, the formation of risk assessment and risk management skills, and basic problem-solving skills. Participants are assessed on their knowledge and their ability to effectively teach related skills.

The Climbing Site Belayer (CSB) course provides a nationally standardized curriculum of instruction for individuals who supervise and belay at climbing sites. It is designed to train staff in the key skills required to safely operate a climbing tower or serve as a climbing site assistant under a higher-level practitioner. The course curriculum helps participants develop professional climbing habits from the very beginning of their climbing instructor development. It also resolves common climbing myths.