Section 1: Obligation to qualify

The examination panel is chaired by the Minister for Sports or his/her representative, a category A civil servant belonging to a body reporting to the Ministry for Sports. In addition to the person in charge of teaching mentioned in article A. 212-171, it includes a representative of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne, State employees and a representative of each national professional organisation most representative of mountain sports teaching,…

The general training common to the teaching, supervision and training professions in mountain sports may be obtained by validating the experience acquired. Candidates wishing to apply for validation of prior experience must hold the certificate of achievement mentioned in 1° of article A. 212-70 and one of the certificates of achievement mentioned in 2° of the same article.

Candidates holding a certificate of successful completion of the examination for the common general training course for mountain sports professions or a certificate of successful completion of the examination for the common part of the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif are exempt from the common general training course for mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions. Candidates holding a certificate of successful completion of the general training course common to teaching,…