Instructor Training
Primarily designed around upskilling school teachers who want to provide the best experience for their mountain biking students by offering a mountain bike coaching industry placement, our internship and mentoring programs apply to anyone who is interested in sharing the knowledge of how to ride a mountain bike. Either in formal training, or informal family/friends environments.
Mentoring
Personalised answers to the questions you have about instructing.
Join monthly Black Ram MTB team coach development sessions.
Review of lesson plans / risk management procedures / terrain selection.
Feedback on your riding demonstrations.
$125 / month [3 month minimum]
Internships
All the benefits of our mentorship program.
Learn the "Black Ram MTB approach" to coaching and why our clinics are structured as they are.
Tail a professional skills instructor at group clinics and/or private sessions (x2).
Deliver part of a coaching clinic, with feedback.
$650 / 3 months
Job Offers
The best way to learn is to do. If, after completing our internship program, you would like more chances to coach and run entire clinics (under supervision and then alone):
Join us as a casual coach!
Certification Prep
Get prepared for a coaching certification such as PMBIA, BICP & AusCycling.
Practice what will be covered in the course.
Insights on the important focus points.
Feedback on work needed to pass.
@ Private Coaching rates
At Black Ram MTB, our core mission is to increase the number of skilled MTB instructors in WA. While coaching riders keeps us busy, it also creates the perfect environment for instructor development. By embracing a hands-on learning approach, we help you identify effective techniques, gain valuable experience, and provide a dynamic proving ground to assess and refine your skills.
We’re not here to replace instructor certifications, but we recognise that many of them offer limited opportunities for growth. Often, these certifications focus on checkbox-driven requirements for insurance (important, but not the full picture!) or narrow down the field to only the highest-performing riders (rather than nurturing high-performing coaches!). Our programs stand out by providing real-world learning experiences, practical application, and continuous feedback to help coaches truly grow and support a riding community —not just collect a certificate.
Rohan, Founder & Head Coach
To be eligible you must have completed our 102 A Solid Base clinic and at least 1 of our 200 level clinics (recommended is to have also completed at least 1 of our 300 level clinics, however this is less applicable if you are only instructing novice riders).
Internships require at least an AusCycling Community Instructor level certification ($50 online, plus their requirements). While our aim is to improve the number and quality of active MTB instructors, we require that you do not provide other public MTB instruction services in WA while undertaking an internship. This is purely to prevent confusion with customers on what they are receiving, and you are encouraged to be actively coaching however that works best for you outside of the internship. Mentoring does not have these requirements as you do not need to be present at our clinics.
If you have a specific requirements or availability, reach out to discuss how we can customise to what works best for you.
