Basic Wilderness Safety Awareness Training
• no pre-requisite necessary
This course is a basic level course designed to be taught to the field technician. All course material is geared towards hazard identification, elimination and accident prevention. The course is presented using new media audio visual training aids including digital video, digital still photos, Power Point, slide show presentations and a training manual that is industry specific. Training places emphases on leadership skills and responsibilities for the Line Boss and Coordinators. Instructors deliver the theory portion of the course during 10 to 15 minute safety meetings in the morning and then go out into the field with students to capture teachable moments, observing, correcting and assisting students with the subject matter.
Topics include:
• Need for Training The Outdoor Professional
• Responsibility of the Worker/Employer
• Researching the Environment
• Accident Prevention
• Equipment and Clothing and Footware
• Blister Management and Prevention
• Ankle and Knee injury Prevention
• Food and Diet
• Mountain Hazard Identification
• Leadership Skills
• Terrain Management (steep terrain, cliff edges, broken ground, boulder fields, scree slopes, water crossings, ice crossings)
• Mountain Weather: Heat Stress Injuries, Hypothermia
• Survival Tips and Checklist
1-Day Wilderness Rescue and Evacuation Awareness Training
• no pre-requisite necessary
This course is designed for safety professionals and managers whose job it is to stay current with the latest mountain rescue and evacuation techniques.
Topics include:
• Emergency pre-hospital care
• Helicopter long line rescue techniques
• Current evacuation equipment including stretchers
• Improvised Rescue Techniques
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• Wilderness Survival Techniques and Systems
Guest speakers will include: Alpine Specialists Mountain Guides
1-Day Rope Access Awareness Training
• no pre-requisite necessary
This is an awareness level course designed for safety professionals and operations managers. This course takes the student and introduces them to the vertical world of rope access work. Students will attend a half day of theory and a half day of field work where they will get an opportunity to don a harness, build anchors and rappel down the side of the mountain. The course offers participants to become updated with the latest international standards pertaining to Industrial fall protection and rope access work. This course is an excellent opportunity to do teambuilding.
Topics include:
• Basic Industrial Fall Protection Systems (Awareness Level Training)
• Anchors, Connectors, Harnesses, Rescue
• Basic Rope Access Techniques (Awareness Level Training)
• Regulations/Standards
• Terrain Management
• Hazard Assessment and Elimination
Advanced Alpine Safety Training
• no pre-requisite necessary
This course is designed to teach the line boss, coordinator or crew member Wilderness leadership skills such as to be able to manage an accidental overnight situation and coordinate an emergency evacuation of a person with a minor injury. Emphasis is placed on outdoor leadership skills, both hard skills and soft skills, managing subjective and objective hazards in stressful situations.
Topics include:
• Building an Emergency Shelter
• Compass and Map Work
• Terrain Assessment
• Hazard Management Equipment Selection and Use
• Evolution Techniques
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