Training Catalog

Training of the guides of caves fitted out for tourism
The ANECAT (National Association of Operators of Caves Developed for Tourism)
The aim of this training is to increase the scientific culture of guides and operators by providing them with the knowledge necessary to build a presentation that is both scientifically rigorous and perfectly assimilated by visitors who will make them aware of prevention and conservation of underground heritage, whether natural or cultural. It also provides participants with means and techniques for group management, through work on group / content / space interactions.
Contact
A.N.E.C.A.T. – Maison de la Lozère – 4 rue Hautefeuille – 75006 Paris
Phone: 0033/(0)6 30 94 01 72
E-mail: contactanecat@gmail.com

State Diploma « Sports performance with caving option »
CREPS
Training in the teaching of speleology and in the expertise of the underground world both on sporting and scientific aspects. The professional field includes the sector of training, education, leisure, tourism, environment, research and expertise, local authorities (educators, advisers of APS). The holder of the DEJEPS specialization speleology can supervise speleology independently or within any professional or federal structure.
You need to take compulsory test prior to the training. APEL (excepted UC4)



Progress on rope level 2 (Module under development)
CREPS
Under the responsibility of a competent person, you can explore a cavity or a cliff on simple obstacles.
Targeted skills :
Name, position and adjust the individual equipment necessary to progress underground. Progress on varied situation (climbing, de-climbing). Identify a handrail and know how to move safely on it. Move on ropes when climbing and descending : identify a wellhead, put my descender and descend a small vertical, stop on a rope with a descender, cross a deviation on both the descent and the climb, cross a simple splitting on the descent as on the ascent. Manage my emotions related to progression techniques. Respect the environment in which I progress.
Targeted audience :
Agents of structures managing protected natural areas or touristic caves, students, higher education teachers, researchers, technicians from design offices.
Terms of Access :
Be able to justify an experience in progress on ropes in the last two years : level 3rd bat delivered by the FFS or the SNPSC or to have followed level 1. Regular sports practice.
Contacts :
Judicaël Arnaud – Ardèche Speleology Departmental Commitee : cds07@wanadoo.fr – 0033/(0)6.37.12.85.40
Vincent Rouyer – CREPS Auvergne Rhône-Alpes: vincent.rouyer@creps-rhonealpes.sports.gouv.fr – 0033/(0)4.75.88.45.50

Professional BA Degree “Protection and enhancement of the historical and cultural heritage specialty Designer of Heritage Touristic Products »
Grenoble Alps University (CERMOSEM)
Training to learn to inventory the heritage, natural and cultural capital of a territory in order to define touristic products adapted to the requirements of the territory, the economy and customers. Thus, it allows holders to collaborate in the creation, evaluation, development and promotion of complete touristic packages.

Master Geography (M1, M2) – M2 – Tourism, mountains, territories (TMT)
Savoie Mont Blanc University
The master offers tools for reflection and analysis on the methods of tourism in mountain areas and remarkable natural areas. Through questions relating to the environment, spatial planning and the tourism space, the master mobilizes innovative research while offering applied dimensions.
Access conditions : The M2 is open to candidates who have validated a 1st year of a national diploma conferring the master’s degree or a 1st year of a second cycle diploma approved by the State if it corresponds to the level of required studies as well as to candidates who benefit from a validation of acquired knowledge.

Scientific and Environment Training
Speleology French Federation
These courses are modules which aim to complete the technical training of the speleologist. Many scientific themes, documentation techniques can be proposed among which we can find : Photography/ Karstology/ Hydrogeology/ Biospeleology/ Topography/ Underground markup/ Archeology.
These modules are open to all curious speleologists and do not require any particular physical or technical commitment.
Location : Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes/ Provence-AlpesCôte-D’azur/ Occitanie/ Nouvelle Aquitaine
Access conditions : FSF Member



Inter-university Diploma (under development) Management and valorization of underground environments and natural cavities
Savoie Mont Blanc University
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).

Master 2EM – Mining Exploitation and Environment
IMT Mines Alès
The specialized Masters in Mining Exploitation and Environment for professional purposes aims to meet the growing demand for executives specialized in mining mainly in French-speaking countries producing raw materials. The ambition is to respond more specifically to the phases of the mining process “Mining Studies, Mining Projects and Extraction“. The proposed program highlights, in a very pragmatic way, the environmental, societal and economic challenges of a farm, from the discovery of a deposit, to the abandonment of the site.
Access conditions : a title of engineer (generalist or specialized) or a technical or scientific Master 2 or a technical or scientific Master 1 coupled with 3 years of professional experience in the field of Extractive Industry