Services, course details and safety

Fieldwork in the Curriculum

Field study course details

More detailed descriptions of courses are available on request. Either telephone, mail or e-mail your request and remember to give your name, address and the title and number of the course that you are interested in. In most cases these descriptions can be sent to you electronically as Word documents if you have provided an e-mail address. Course descriptions and joining instructions will automatically be sent to anyone who makes a confirmed booking (including course fee) by mail. You can click here to e-mail us. Some brief descriptions can be found on the Course Examples page. Risk assessments are also available if required.

Special SAGT Conference Field Study. On Friday 24th October, day before the 2008 conference, you can enrol on a Coastal Landforms course in East Lothian at a preferential rate for SAGT delegates. Details of this course are available on this website. Click here for details.

Field study tuition for school pupils

Chris Dickinson is available at times to assist in the provision of field excursions to school pupils. This is on the basis of discussion with the interested school or teacher and may involve site visits and/or design of specified field study materials and risk assessment. Fees for this kind of work are negotiable. The normal daily rate for 2008 is £260 for tuition. However, work at new sites with additional preparation is extra. Most of the courses provided as teacher training are also possible with pupils (See course calendar). Courses can be designed and delivered for any age group from Primary to Secondary. Other field studies are possible including overseas programmes in, Northern Ireland, Norway, the Pyrenees, the USA, Canada.

Safety

Chris Dickinson is holder of the Mountaineering Instructor Certificate, the European Mountain Leader Award, Level 5 Kayak Coach, is First Aid trained and holds a PCV Licence for Minibus.

Risk assessments are available for courses on request. We can assist schools in risk assessments of their own.

Equipment and field study materials

Field study equipment for all CPD courses is provided. For school courses, depending on numbers, most equipment can be provided. It is a feature of Fieldwork in the Curriculum courses, that all field study materials are produced to a high standard and teachers and schools will be given master copies of such resources that they may copy for their own use in their own schools. All CPD course participants will also receive a CD Rom with a photographic presentation of the course. This can be used for reference or it can also be used with pupils as a class, virtual, field study exercise.

Other Services

Chris is available to lead and coach a number of outdoor activities, including mountaineering and rock climbing, orienteering, skiing, kayaking and expeditions. This is in additon to the programmes on offer under Mountain Activities and Kayak Tours.