CHMAS Training

19/12/2025

Well That's A Wrap for 2025
CHMAS Training would like to thank all of our clients for making this year so special 🙏. We are now on our Christmas shut down so we'll see you all in the New Year.

Merry Christmas everyone and stay safe on your adventures.

Chris & The CHMAS Team

19/12/2025

End of year party with my fellow Arthog Instructors.

16/12/2025

What’s Occurred and What’s Occurring in 2025 and 2026

Here art CHMAS Training, we are extremely pleased to say we have had another good year and are extremely grateful to all our Clients and Participants who have chosen us for their outdoor training.

What’s Occurred in 2025 for CHMAS Training!
CHMAS Training has very much enjoyed being part of the delivery team for:

32 first aid courses (EFAW, FAW, Paediatric & Outdoor)

2 DofE Expeditions (Bronze Expeditions)

14 Mountain Training Courses
(Mountain Leader, Lowland Leader & Camping Leader)

11 Activity Residentials

Once again, we have extended our Client Base, and we are extremely pleased with how our first aid course provision is developing. For personal development, I updated my ILS Course to maintain my FREC4 first aid qualification, attended multiple CPD events and successful completed a NEBOSH Health & Safety Course. I also managed to squeeze in a personal trip to Morocco to ascend Toubkal.

What’s Occurring in 2026
The 2026 order book already includes thirty first aid courses, nine activity residentials, and several confirmed Mountain Training courses. I will also be allocating time to go trekking in Nepal.

A new addition for CHMAS Training will be Mental Health First Aid Courses as I passionately believe in the restorative power of the outdoors.

Thank you to everyone who as used our services, you have all been amazing and I hope 2026 brings you lots of adventures, memories, friendships

16/12/2025

A visit to Cannock Chase today for the final day of a Lowland Leader assessment for Entrust.

15/12/2025

Out today Course Directing a Lowland Leader course for Entrust. A rather wet but action packed day being expertly led, looked after by 4 exceptionally well prepared candidates.

14/12/2025

What's Happening at CHMAS Training this week.

Mon - Course Directing a Lowland Leader Assessment
Tue - Course Directing a Lowland Leader Assessment

A rather relaxed week to end the activity year at CHMAS Training.

13/12/2025

A rare map moment is moving on. 🧭

This Saturday, 13 December, England says goodbye to a phenomenon centuries in the making. The rare alignment of the three norths - true north, magnetic north and grid north - leaves England at Berwick-upon-Tweed after three historic years together.

Events like this haven’t been recorded since the 1600s - and once it departs, the alignment won’t return for hundreds of years. Next stop? Scotland in 2026, before disappearing back into the North Sea.

Will this change how you navigate? No. Good map and compass users already account for the differences between magnetic and grid north.

But as rare moments go, this one’s worth marking on the map.

Where will you be following the three norths from? 📍

https://ow.ly/yib750XIlmp

12/12/2025

Continued Professional Development (CPD)

I'm getting a bit too long in the tooth to do further advanced qualifications but I do like to keep the ones I have current and up to date by attending regular CPD events. Just recently, I have attended some corkers!

Nature Connection and Mental Health for Outdoor Practitioners by Leading in Nature. Both expertly delivered by Mia Walker and gave me some great hints and tips to include in my own sessions.

Mountain Training Course Provider and Course Director by Simon Patton of MTC. Lots of think to think about and looking forward to receiving a few updates in January.

I have also booked myself and Senior Management on the History in the Hills and Welsh Plant Names and Stories being run by Mike Raine: Notes from the Hill which I know will really be informative.

I have also booked onto Dr Hannah Lock's online Cold Injuries course too.

What are you doing in terms of CPD or what have you done that you thought was really useful?

10/12/2025

What's Happening At CHMAS Training this week.

Friday - MTC Provider Workshop

A rather relaxed week to recharge the batteries.

09/12/2025

That's my NEBOSH NG2 Assignment submitted and I should hear back in February 2026 when if I have passed the course.

I chose to study online with Astutis and it has proven to be a very worthwhile experience.

https://www.astutis.com

Flexible Accredited Health Safety Courses & Environmental Training for Individuals and Companies. Astutis Offers Online, Virtual and Classroom Learning.

08/12/2025

Just received a lovely email about my first aid course delivery. Really chuffed to receive this 😁

"Hi Chris

Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks again for the REC outdoor first aid course you ran for us at Yr Hafod over the weekend.

Talking to other candidates we all agreed it was a fantastic and very professionally run course and we would all be happy to recommend you to others needing outdoor NGB first aid training. The balance between ‘class and grass’ was perfect and reinforced the difficulties of doing first aid outdoors away from civilisation!

Once again thank and look forward to the next one".

07/12/2025

That's a wrap for my final first aid course in 2025. An absolute pleasure to be working with some of the dedicated team at Scout Adventures - Yr Hafod.