Sun Country Raft Tours Guide School 2010
Sun Country Raft Tours will be conducting a guide school this spring; April 30th & May 1-2, May 7-9 & May 14-16
We are seeking high quality individuals who would like to become professional raft guides for Sun Country Raft Tours for our 2010 rafting season. No experience is required just a commitment to learning and excellence.
Cost: $245
$200 of the cost of the course will be refunded to those who get checked out on some of our runs and who guide for us for 20 days during our 2010 season. We will be selecting outstanding participants to join us for the season.
Participants will be screened prior to being accepted into the course.
The course will cover:
- Hydrology - What creates various river features.
- River Reading
- Paddle strokes
- Boat manuevering
- River Safety
- Boat Loading & Unloading
- How to meet your guests needs
April 30th & May 1 - 2 : Classroom time on Friday evening 7 - 9, Hydrology and river time on the Upper Deschutes on Saturday & the McKenzie on Sunday.
May 7th - 9th: McKenzie River weekend - Meet and head to the McKenzie - Evening to be spent on the pertinent topics then two full days of training on the McKenzie River.
May 14th - 16th: Nature talk and other topics Friday Evening 7 - 9, Saturday and Sunday to be spent on the Upper and Lower Deschutes River, returning to Bend at the end of each day.
What happens after Guide School?
At the end of guide school we will extend offers of scheduled employment to our top candidates. Very often we have more high caliber candidates then we do positions. If you are not offered a schedule we are NOT saying we don't want you to continue training with us, it just means we are not able to offer you a schedule at this time.
We do a great job providing a foundation of skills to build upon during guide school but becoming a guide will require an additional commitment of time and training before trainees are ready to take guests safely down the river.
We welcome and encourage all those that attend guide to continue training with us and get checked out on our runs. Often a couple guides that had planned on returning have last minute changes in plans which creates additional openings. Those that have continued training have the best opportunity to fill an unexpected opening.
CLICK HERE FOR A GUIDE SCHOOL APPLICATION / REGISTRATION FORM
