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This page describes the sequence of courses for Tahoe Backcountry Ski Patrol candidates.
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Prospective patrollers will receive comprehensive training in the protocols of TBSP.
Candidates certified in OEC will go through this course list in order. Non-OEC (two year)
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candidates take all courses except those marked OEC their first year, and only the OEC courses
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their second season.  
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= Dryland Training =
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== OEC candidates and Transfer Patrollers ==
== [[MTR I "Dryland"]] Classroom ==
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OEC Candidates and Transfer Patrollers are required to complete eleven patrol/training days their first season.
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* Introduction to TBSP (5 patrol days)
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* Mountain Travel and Rescue (1 day classroom, 2 day overnight)
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* Avalanche Level 1 (1 classroom, 2 field days)
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* Candidate final exam
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== Candidates without OEC ==
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Candidates without OEC training are required to have a current certification in two-rescuer CPR
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(Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer or equivalent). Candidates without OEC are required to
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do 11 training and patrol days their first season and eight patrol days their second season.
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First season:
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* Introduction to TBSP (Orientation day only)
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* Mountain Travel and Rescue (1 day classroom, 2 day overnight)
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* Avalanche Level 1 (1 classroom, 2 field days)
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* Shadow Patrol Days (any 4 patrol days)
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Sign ups for the Fall OEC courses typically occur in March and fill up very quickly. The OEC courses
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fill up very quickly because they are shared with all other resort patrols in the Tahoe area.
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Second season:
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* Operations and On-The-Hill refresher
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* Introduction to TBSP (5 days)
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* Returning candidate final evaluation
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* Patrol Days (at least 2 patrol days)
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Good luck!
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== About the training ==
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=== Mountain Travel and Rescue ===
 
* Map and Compass Exercises
 
* Map and Compass Exercises
 
** Dead reckoning
 
** Dead reckoning
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** Route planning and finding
 
** Route planning and finding
 
* MTR course materials
 
* MTR course materials
* Radio protocols (review of AGILE)
 
  
== [[MTR I "Dryland"]] Field ==
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=== Introduction to TBSP ===
* [[Rope Rescue]] System
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* Radio protocols (review of AGILE)
** Raising system
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* Patient Access Rope System
 
** Lowering system
 
** Lowering system
* Brooks Range Sled Construction
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* Emergency Sled: Brooks Range Sled Construction
 
* Required knots
 
* Required knots
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* Orienteering
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* Beacon Searches (multiple burial, multiple searcher)
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* Toboggan handling
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* Megamid construction
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* Major incident handling and coordination
  
= [[Candidate Training 1]] =  
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=== NSP Avalanche Lev 1 ===
== CT1 - [[Candidate Training 1]] ==
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* Beacon Searches
 
* Beacon Searches
 
* Probe searches / guidon cord
 
* Probe searches / guidon cord
* Orienteering
 
 
 
== OEC Clinic 1 ==
 
 
= Avalanche Course =
 
 
== NSP Avalanche I Classroom ==
 
 
* Safe travel in backcountry terrain.
 
* Safe travel in backcountry terrain.
 
* Route selection
 
* Route selection
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* Snow Surveys
 
* Snow Surveys
 
* Hazard analysis
 
* Hazard analysis
 
== NSP Avalanche 1 Field ==
 
 
= [[Candidate Training 2]] =
 
== CT2 - [[Candidate Training 2]] ==
 
* Beacon Searches (multiple burial, multiple searcher)
 
* Radio Protocols
 
* Toboggan handling
 
* Megamid construction
 
 
== OEC Clinic 2 ==
 
 
= Candidate Overnight =
 
== Candidate Overnight, day 1 ==
 
* Snow shelter construction
 
* Orienteering
 
* [[Rope Rescue]] refresher
 
 
== Candidate Overnight, day 2 ==
 
* Skill Stations
 
** Knots station
 
** Emergency Shelter Construction
 
* Major Incident
 
 
= Final Exam =
 
== OEC Candidate Final ==
 
* Demonstrate excellence in all [[Proficiency Requirements]]
 

Revision as of 09:39, 20 September 2009

Prospective patrollers will receive comprehensive training in the protocols of TBSP.

Contents

OEC candidates and Transfer Patrollers

OEC Candidates and Transfer Patrollers are required to complete eleven patrol/training days their first season.

  • Introduction to TBSP (5 patrol days)
  • Mountain Travel and Rescue (1 day classroom, 2 day overnight)
  • Avalanche Level 1 (1 classroom, 2 field days)
  • Candidate final exam


Candidates without OEC

Candidates without OEC training are required to have a current certification in two-rescuer CPR (Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer or equivalent). Candidates without OEC are required to do 11 training and patrol days their first season and eight patrol days their second season.

First season:

  • Introduction to TBSP (Orientation day only)
  • Mountain Travel and Rescue (1 day classroom, 2 day overnight)
  • Avalanche Level 1 (1 classroom, 2 field days)
  • Shadow Patrol Days (any 4 patrol days)

Sign ups for the Fall OEC courses typically occur in March and fill up very quickly. The OEC courses fill up very quickly because they are shared with all other resort patrols in the Tahoe area.

Second season:

  • Operations and On-The-Hill refresher
  • Introduction to TBSP (5 days)
  • Returning candidate final evaluation
  • Patrol Days (at least 2 patrol days)

Good luck!

About the training

Mountain Travel and Rescue

  • Map and Compass Exercises
    • Dead reckoning
    • Resectioning
    • Route planning and finding
  • MTR course materials

Introduction to TBSP

  • Radio protocols (review of AGILE)
  • Patient Access Rope System
    • Lowering system
  • Emergency Sled: Brooks Range Sled Construction
  • Required knots
  • Orienteering
  • Beacon Searches (multiple burial, multiple searcher)
  • Toboggan handling
  • Megamid construction
  • Major incident handling and coordination

NSP Avalanche Lev 1

  • Beacon Searches
  • Probe searches / guidon cord
  • Safe travel in backcountry terrain.
  • Route selection
  • Hasty pits
  • Snow Surveys
  • Hazard analysis
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