Training offer

The certificate of federal initiator of speleology constitutes the first degree of teaching certificates of the French Federation of Speleology. The federal initiator of speleology is above all a club trainer, but is also empowered to supervise personal training internships, various teaching actions and specialized internships according to his skills and within the limits of his prerogatives within the FFS and within organizations outside the FFS in primary schools for class 2 cavities.

Minimum age 16 years old (with parental authorization, certificate issued at 18 years old)

Places :
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes/ Provence-Alpes-CôteD’azur/ Occitanie/ Nouvelle Aquitaine

Place : Ardèche

Duration: 140 hrs (common core + 1 specialty),
210h (core course + 2 specialties)
Core : 2 blocks of skills of 5 days each

Specialties : 2 skill blocks of 5 days each per specialty

Frequency : Annual. Launch of the training in 2021. Possibility of doing it over 2 years (especially with the aim of following the 2 specialties)

Objectives : complete your knowledge of underground environments and learn how to use them to improve conservation, management practices and methods of developing underground environments and heritage.

Core curriculum : appropriating knowledge of underground environments and their links with the outside (environment, uses, development), becoming familiar with the issues of heritage value assessment, management and development, mediation of underground environments and karst landscapes.

Specialties :

• « Tourism, mediation and interpretation of underground and karst landscapes ».
• « Conservation and management of underground environments and heritage ».

Targeted audience :
Agents of structures managing protected natural areas or touristic caves, supervisors and sports monitors, consultants and design offices dealing with underground environments.

Terms of Access :
Bac + 2 or equivalent and / or experience in the field of caves and underground environments – APEPL possible for candidates holding the bac (ALevel).