====== Qualifications Management Committee ======
The working group's page on the BCA Website with its documents and minutes can be found [[https://british-caving.org.uk/about-bca/committees-groups/qualifications-management-committee/|here]].

**Convenor:** George Plant

**Convenor Email Address:** chair.qmc@british-caving.org.uk

**Membership:** QMC Panel Area Liason officers and representatives from: the CIC Panel, Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres, the voluntary sector, the [[council:start|BCA Council]]/[[executive:start|Executive]], and the Training Administrator.

**Meetings:** Meetings as required, usually prior to Council Meetings, arranged by the Chair.

**Reports to:** the [[council:start|BCA Council]] at [[council:meetings|Council Meetings]], and annually at [[general_meetings:agm|Annual General Meetings]].

The manages the BCA's award scheme for professional qualifications for outdoor instructors. These include the [[https://british-caving.org.uk/our-work/training/leadership-awards/lcmla/|LCMLA]] and [[https://british-caving.org.uk/our-work/training/leadership-awards/cic/|CIC]] schemes.

**Terms of Reference:**
  - The management of current BCA awards and qualifications including the updating and re-writing of the syllabus, updating training methods and ensuring that the awards reflect to needs of users.
  - Liaising with the Training Committee on matters of mutual interest.
  - Liaising with the BCA National Council and Training Committee on matters related to BCA Training Policy.
  - Representing, within established protocols, matters of training and training process raised by any major incident involving cavers and award holders in association with the Training Officer.
  - The QMC operates on the basis agreed by the BCA AGM and National Council.

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Updated: 26/12/2024 by Aidan Kuhlmann (Secretary)