I think the only thing to do would be to get in contact with a training provider who might just be able to train and assess you on the competencies that you require rather than doing the whole suite of competencies for a single pitch guide course for example. maybe contact the ACIA http://www.acia.com.au/ and they might be able to help you.

- dan

Hey Sam
I reckon you should talk to Hardrock Climbing Gym in Melbourne - more specifically to Sue or Brodie Floyed - they run really, really good courses for indoor staff. Phone them on(03) 9894 4183.

Cheers and Good luck

Hi Sam and all others who have commented.
Yes there is quite a lot of overkill in the competencies for someone who "just teaches belay".
We at Adventure Resources And Promotion Services (ARAPS), know, as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that there is a great impost of time and resources to aquire and mailtain certified staff. Having a full Cert. III or Cert. IV, Diploma, etc, is nice but in many instances way over the top for the daily operations within a climbing facility - DEPENDING UPON THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE. The need to have certified staff with identifiable skills has been landed upon our industry because of poor practices that have resulted in severe accidents throughout Australia. Most accidents have been as a result of poor staff input to training, assessment and supervision of clients and their capacity to belay, connect to the rope / equipment and safely operate within a specific environment.
Having said all that the opportunity to have a basic belay course delivered to staff has been negated by the benchmark of the National Training Package SRO03 (formally SRO99 now superseeded). For someone to be certified at Cert III for "Climbing - Artificial Surface" there are pre & co requsites of competencies that MUST accompany any formal workplace assessment. Currently, in Australia, only a RTO such as TAFE, a public institution or a private RTO may issue Nationally Recognised Certification against the endorsed training package. So my thought is that the person teaching belay need not be the "master" of all things climbing but MUST work under the supervision of someone who has those formal qualifications based upon SRO03 or mapped against SRO03 for those aquiring their skills through university. This would be one of the steps to building barriers against those who choose to use the legal system for monetary gain. Get your senior staff formally certified and ensure that all other staff are, as a minimum, trained and assessed inhouse and that your risk management reflects that training for your specific environment. Contact ARAPS for any further info or to discuss.
Cheers,
John Norman