Paul Smith
New member
I was wondering if you lot can help me, I work in a school in Malvern and am the lucky person to be in charge of all of the outdoor education. I'm mainly a Mountaineer / Climber / Kayaker / Canoer, who has played around a few times in the past with a spot of mining and caving, mainly in North Wales, with a little in Derbyshire (Including an early Titan through trip!) but have no knowledge of what the Forest can offer.
I have a new member of staff, who holds his Level 1 cave/mine leader award for North Wales (I know that he needs to be re validated to use the forest) who says that he has loads of personal experience of the Forest of Dean and wants me to fund his re-validation so that he can take students out. The problem that I have is that this individual has already shown to me that they are ... likely to overstate(!) their abilities / experience.
As i don't personally have enough experience of the activity or the experience of the venues and whether they are appropriate for his qualification, I'm after a couple of recommendations for possible venues that would fall within this person's remit.
I have a new member of staff, who holds his Level 1 cave/mine leader award for North Wales (I know that he needs to be re validated to use the forest) who says that he has loads of personal experience of the Forest of Dean and wants me to fund his re-validation so that he can take students out. The problem that I have is that this individual has already shown to me that they are ... likely to overstate(!) their abilities / experience.
As i don't personally have enough experience of the activity or the experience of the venues and whether they are appropriate for his qualification, I'm after a couple of recommendations for possible venues that would fall within this person's remit.