Public Release of the New ERCA Training Syllabus
We would like to raise everybody’s awareness to the public release of the revised version (July 2022) of the ERCA training syllabus. The full document is now publicly available. This syllabus provides information for training on permanent and temporary ropes courses. The syllabus describes course aims and objectives, content, methods of teaching, course duration, as well as assessment criteria. Mobile ropes courses are not covered within the current syllabus.
Fantastic collaborative Contributions by Volunteers in the Training Sector
Meeting of the ERCA Mastertrainer Team This year, the Mastertrainer team decided to meet for an extra day to work on the train-the-trainer programs. After an intensive exchange, various presentation methods were discussed in order to create a balanced…
Great open exchange & appreciative networking
The working group for “Adventure Therapy” and the working group for ”People with Disabilities in Ropes Courses” together in Sauerland Over the course of three days, the working group for “Adventure Therapy” of the German Association of Individual and…
Inspector Training starts from January 2025
We would like to inform you about the inspector qualifications on offer. You can find both, pre-requisite courses to complete the participation requirements, as well as a 5-day inspector training course which are necessary to qualify as an ERCA-certified…
Inspection Quiz: The Solution!
Thank you to everybody who took the inspection quiz. On this occasion, collective wisdom did not fully provide the correct answer: 12 out of 23 responses correctly identified the cause of the damage as eating or chewing animals. Specifically Squirrels (view…
Congrats to four new ERCA-Certified Adventure Park Trainers
For the very first time a Train-the-Trainer assessment took place outside of continental Europe. The desert surrounding in the United Arab Emirates with its climate was a new thing to cope with for running an assessment. However, all candidates, Jim as master…
High Season for Train-the-Trainer Courses
It is a pleasure for us to see a great example of community exchange whilst the 'Module 1' courses. Last week 7 trainer candidates from 7 different companies attended in the United Kingdom for the field of traditional ropes courses. Later this week another…