SNCS - Singapore National Climbing Standards
Overview
The sport of climbing
started in Singapore around the mid- to late-1980s, with self-taught
climbers exploring the cliffs of Dairy Farm Quarry. In 1989, the first
permanent artificial climbing wall was built at SAFRA Tampines. This
was followed by the introduction of the national climbing competition
series, Rock On, which is now a significant national climbing event in
our annual climbing calendar.
This sport is now
growing rapidly in Singapore, with increasingly more people taking up
climbing and many climbing walls being installed in schools and
premises of uniformed organisations. However, for the past decade, due
to the fact that the sport was relatively young both nationally and
internationally, we did not have in place a set of national climbing
standards or guidelines to help steer the sport.
For the sport to
develop and progress, safety and performance standards needed to be
maintained at the highest possible level. The Singapore Mountaineering
Federation initiated Project TOP OUT in 1996 to promulgate a set of
national standards and guidelines for the sport of climbing. The
Project TOP OUT Committee drew upon the skills and experience of both
SMF officials and experienced climbing instructors, viz. Alvin Yong
(Chairman), Anthony Seah, Mohd Amir Moostafa and Lim Kim Boon. The SMF
also engaged the services of Ms Anne Palmer, a NZ UIAGM mountain
guide/climbing instructor/assessor as its Specialist Technical
Consultant.
The fruit of the 2-year
Project TOP OUT effort was the Singapore National Climbing Standards
(SNCS), officially launched on 18 July 1998 by COL (ret) Kwan Yue
Yeong, the Executive Director of the Singapore Sports Council. This
signalled an important milestone in the development of climbing in
Singapore. The SNCS is fully endorsed by the Singapore Sports Council
and is administered and regulated by the Singapore Mountaineering
Federation.
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Course
Code
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SCC1
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SCC2
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RCC1
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ASC
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Course Title
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Sport Climbing Course Level 1
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Sport Climbing Course Level 2
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Rock Climbing Course Level 1
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Sport Climbing Activity
Supervisor Course
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Pre-requisite
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13 years old or above
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Sport Climbing Level 1 Certificate
or equivalent
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Sport Climbing Level 2 Certificate
or equivalent
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Sport Climbing Level 2 Certificate
or equivalent + a valid First Aid certificate + 18 years old or above
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Certification
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Sport Climbing Level 1 Certificate
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Sport Climbing Level 2 Certificate
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Rock Climbing Level 1 Certificate
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Sport Climbing Activity Supervisor
Certificate
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Instructor Qualification
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SNCS Sport Climbing Instructor Cat
1 or 2
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SNCS Sport Climbing Instructor Cat
1 or 2
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SNCS Rock Climbing Instructor Cat
1 or 2
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SNCS Sport Climbing Instructor Cat
2
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Ratio of Instructor : Trainee
Instructor : Trainee
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1 : 0 :
10
1 : 1 : 15
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1 : 0 :
8
1 : 1 : 12
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1 : 0 :
6
1 : 1 : 9
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1 : 0 :
8
1 : 1 : 12
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Min Course Duration
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2 sessions or 7 hours
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4 sessions or 14 hours
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4 sessions or 14 hours
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3 sessions or
21 hours
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Cost per Certificate *
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$5
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$10
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$8
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$10
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*Certificate cost payable to
"Singapore Mountaineering Federation"; amounts correct as on 22 Mar
2007
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Stage
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Action by Climbing Instructor
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Action by SMF
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1
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Enrolment of Climbing Courses
Climbing courses are offered to clients from the public,
schools or any organisation either directly from Climbing Instructors or
through Course Providers.
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2
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Instructor to inform the SMF on
the climbing course details (course code, date and names of instructor/asst
instructor) via phone, fax or email when any course is firmed up.
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SMF to update the SNCS Master
Course Schedule, which is centrally maintained for overall monitoring
purpose.
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3
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Conduct of Course
Instructor conducts the climbing course.
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SMF may send an official to
spot-check on the conduct of course, esp for newly qualified Cat 1
instructors.
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4
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End-Of-Course Processing
Upon completion of the course - Instructor to submit the
SNCS End-of-Course Report to the SMF; and if applying for certificates, to
also state so in the same report and submit the required payment.
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SMF to update SNCS Climbing System
Database Record, which keeps a record of all climbers with SNCS certification
as well as the instructor’s work history. SMF to also process the certificates
and payment.
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5
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Issuance Of Certificates
Instructor to collect certificates and receipt from SMF
and distribute them to the participants.
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SMF to issue certificate and
receipt to Instructor.
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Below are the details on the SNCS Syllabus, SNCS Instructor Climbing Scheme and our list of qualified SNCS Instructors.
SNCS Course Syllabus
SNCS Climbing Instructors Scheme
Qualified Instructor
