The training course, which lasts a minimum of thirty-five hours, is structured around the following five themes:
1° Theme 1: regulatory framework for teaching, supervising and training in mountain sports;
2° Theme 2: approach to the economic and tourist activity of mountain sports;
3° Theme 3: knowledge of the natural mountain environment;
4° Theme 4: welcoming different publics, including schoolchildren, to mountain environments;
5° Theme 5: exercise physiology adapted to mountain sports.
The training is coordinated by an educational manager appointed by the National Mountain Sports School.