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We employ a
great mix of people to be raft guides including high school and college
students, teachers, cabinet makers, scientists, ski resort workers, and a host
of others. River Guides are an integral
part of our staff and the main reason our customers come back again and again.
For this reason good people skills are very important. No prior river
experience is necessary, only the willingness to learn.
*Most of
our river staff begins by training in our rafting program, and then may train
for tube guiding. The more jobs you can do at River & Trail, the more
opportunities to work.
Criteria for Raft Guides:
-Must be 16 years and older to begin training
-Complete 12
training trips on the Shenandoah River and 1 check out trip.
-Pass Red
Cross Standard First Aid or its equivalent (offered on-site)
-Pass Red
Cross Professional Rescuer CPR or its equivalent (offered on-site)
River &
Trail will also provide training in customer service skills, safety, civil war
and natural history, and low water training.
Criteria for Tube Guides:
*many first come through raft training
-Must be 15 years and older to begin training
-Attend 1-day canoe handling
course (on-site)
-1 Training trip on an actual tube trip
-Pass Red
Cross Standard First Aid or its equivalent (offered on-site)
-Pass Red
Cross Professional Rescuer CPR or its equivalent (offered on-site)
Full-Time, Part-Time, or Occasional
Guides
Full-time
guides must be available a minimum of 5 days/week from April thru October
unless in school. At times, full-time folks must be willing to work
various jobs in addition to raft guiding such as tubing, climbing wall,
festivals, etc… as needed. A week's vacation may be taken before June
16th, or during the last two weeks of August if pre-approved at time of hire.
Full-time guides are eligible to go on a river/camping trip in Pennsylvania or
southern West Virginia.
Part-time
guides are the largest portion of the staff at R&T. Many part-time
guides work both weekdays and weekends, although some are "weekend warriors"
who come down for some river fun during time off from other jobs. PT guides
must provide dates that they are available to work throughout the season. It is
still possible to get a lot of work as a part-time guide and cross-train to do
other jobs at R&T. Part-time guides may also be eligible to go on a
river/camping trip in Pennsylvania or southern West Virginia.
Occasional guides work just that, occasionally. Many of these
guides are folks that have been with us in the past and continue to work when
we are in need. We are grateful for their willingness to help out and for their
expertise. Occasional guides will have the opportunity to get re-certified in
First Aid and CPR with us.
Raft
Guide Training Sessions:
The earlier
you can train, the better. Two trips per day is the general rule. Training
dates will be consecutive weekends for the first session and consecutive days
for the others. Dates can be arranged with prior notice. We will need to know
your schedule for training availability upon being hired.
First
Session (Weekends)
Begins April 12th
Saturday 8am
Second
Session (Weekends and some weekdays)
Begins May
3rd, Saturday 8am
Third
Session (Weekends and some weekdays)
Begins May 19th, Monday time TBA
Fourth
Session (Daily)
TBA - Around 2nd week of June
*Full-time
Staff need to attend Tubing and Festival/Climbing Wall Training as well as
anyone else wanting to optimize their training and options for
working.
Tube Trip Training:
Our guided
Antietam Creek Tube Trips take place from June- mid September, on weekends and
two to four days per week.
Day long
canoe handling instruction: June 8th, Sunday 9am -
All Day
Climbing Wall/Festival Training:
May 18th,
Sunday 1pm-4pm |
