ABOUT AMI
The Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) is the representative body for professionally qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors in the UK and Ireland.
AMI was formed in 1990 to represent the interests of the highly experienced mountaineers who have undergone rigorous training and assessment to qualify under the Mountain Training UK (MTUK) Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Scheme.
All full members of the Association are qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors or Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors.
Trainee membership is open to those who have completed a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor training course. In this way, we aim to help and assist those instructors who are at the beginning of their outdoor career by offering support, workshops and access to the AMI civil liability insurance scheme.
AMI is committed to ensuring the continuing high standards of climbing and mountaineering instruction in the future.
A Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor will aim to enable you to become self-reliant in the hills.
AMI members will discuss your needs with you and design your day to develop, extend and consolidate existing skills and give you the best possible learning experience. What is more, they will be there to guide that experience, to teach you new techniques and to ensure that your learning takes place in a safe and relaxed setting.
Whatever your age or level of skill, you can benefit from a day out with a member of AMI. If you want a course that gives you experience and technique, as well as challenge and enjoyment, choose an AMI member to take you to the mountains.
Look for the AMI logo as an assurance of high-quality instruction. The AMI logo is used widely by sole traders and companies who are, or employ, AMI members as a guarantee that those Instructors are qualified to teach climbing and mountaineering activities professionally within the remit of their award(s).
They will also be working in line with the national guidelines of MTUKI. If you go into the hills with an AMI member you can be sure that you will be in the very best of hands.
Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors are qualified to instruct mountaineering in non-winter conditions including all aspects of rock climbing, both single and multi-pitch, plus hill walking and scrambling.
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The WMCI is the highest MTUKI award and Members must first hold the MCI. Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors are qualified to instruct and guide in all aspects of winter climbing and mountaineering activities along with winter hill walking.
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AMI has a rigorous child protection and vulnerable adults policy.
AMI members work to a Code of Professional Practice which ensures that all maintain the same high standards of operation.
To create a sustainable operating environment the Association is split into a Charity and a Limited Company. The charitable nature of the association is achieved through the following charitable aim for the public benefit:
In furthering these charitable purposes the Trustees undertake to:
The maintenance of the Association’s charitable status is maintained by Trustees who are represented on the AMI Committee.
