CUI Certification Training

Level II Full Challenge Course Practitioner meets ACCT Certification Standards for Level 2 Full Certification

CUI’s certification system is accredited by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT). Participants will actively engage in an intensive experience that will challenge them cognitively, emotionally and physically. An interactive learning process involves participants contributing, developing and assessing areas of strength and learning. Participants complete a written and practical test and if successful, receive certification.

Course description & pre-requisites

  • Must be 18 years old to receive certification.


  • 5 days / 40 hrs curriculum plus testing


  • Valid for 3 years


  • Certified to be a Lead Instructor.


  • Must have 200 hrs of documented program experience on a challenge course.


  • Must have CUI Level 1 training or equivalent.


  • For those who will have responsibility for daily management of the challenge course


  • Focuses on use of initiatives, low and high challenge courses, and indoor & outdoor climbing walls


Technical skills

Consolidate CUI Level I skills plus prusik tie-off; operation of specialized belay systems: Participant Static Belay System, Aerial Trust Dive, Team Swing, Zip Line, Flying Squirrel; lost anchor retrieval; variety of knots; variety of belay devices; staff access climbing systems & skills


Rescue skills

Exposure to 2 rescue systems; will practice using one system; develop skills for lead role in a rescue.


Risk management skills

Will learn to how to develop a RMP; skills for daily management of course & program; pre-use & periodic inspection skills; risk management theory; focus on ACCT Standards.


Facilitation & Programming skills

Exposure to a variety of levels of facilitation; exposure to programming and change theories; will design and co-facilitate a low element, and receive detailed feedback on facilitation skills.


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