Operations Refresher
From TBSPedia
The Operations Refresher is the classroom component to the outdoors On The Hill refresher. Unlike the OTH, which is designed to work patrollers' skills in a patrol-like environment, the Operations refresher is intended for lectures and for hands-on practice.
TBSP Patroller Skills
- Mountain Sense and Risk Management
- Leaderhip, followership, and making good decisions
- Radio Use and Communications
- Backcountry Travel
- Companion Avy SAR
- Record Keeping (Paperwork)
- Search and Rescue Techniques
- Backcountry OEC
- Route Planing
- Navigation and Orienteering
- GPS Use
- Weather and Avalanche Risk Evaluation and Decision Making
- Equipment Field Repair
- Patient Transport
- Technical (low angle) rope skills
- Emergency Shelter and Survival
Annual Topics Covered
2008
- Brooks Range Sleds
- Backboard: spider straps
- Bent knee makeshift splinting
- Radio operation and Protocols
- Z-Pulley Raising and Lowering
