Quote Originally Posted by Tubber View Post
I don't think we're too far away from the same opinion. As with many things part of the answer is that "it depends". the law isn't clear, it depends if you need a license and so on. Ultimately you can do it with no qualifications informally. If the coach in question is taking people out on the tops year round it doesn't sound too good. If he's in a low lying field, well: it depends.
I think its fine if they advertise themselves as unqualified but experienced.. just listing the coaching quals as an OR to an MLT qualification seems misleading to me, and was my concern back when I first commented on these awards last year..

No I don't think we are either.. its good the law isn't too tight in many ways...

We should have it that an experienced runner can 'lead' club runners.. I just think we'll see more and more stipulations from UKA et al that club runners are 'qualified' to lead such runs yet these 'qualifications' won't be worth the paper they are written on.. and will actually end up with more issues.

But there is nothing wrong with experienced people guiding or leading groups.. if anything by bringing in courses, with a poorly defined remit, you increase the risk of inexperienced people leading people out..