Tuesday May 21, 2013

Technical Skills Trainer (TST)

  • Fall Technical Skills Trainer Trip: TripStore Signup Deadline is Friday, September 28

  • Written Application Deadline is Saturday, September 29 by 5:00 PM

Technical Skills Trainer is a new role within OA. The idea is to develop a cadre of leaders who are super solid on all the outdoor techincal skills and who can become the new teaching team for the Leader Training Technical Skills Classes. We are now taking applications for people interested in becoming paid staff to teach these classes which take place over Fall Break, Spring Break and in April. You need to have lead one OA multi-day trip in order to apply to become a Technical Skills Trainer.

There will be a Technical Skills Trainer Trip over Fall Break tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 27 - Monday, October 29. The focus of the trip will be perfecting yout technical skills and learning how to teach those outdoor technical skills to others. Interested leaders should submit a brief application available at: Skils Trainer Written Application and sign up for the trip online at the OA TripStore Applications will be reviewed by the Leader Training Committee and applicants will be notified about their acceptance.