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Apprentice Semester Training Overview
Apprentice Process
- Apprentice Packet
- Trip Leader Volunteer Form
- Van Driving Certificate
- First complete a student van driving application and turn into Transportation Services
- Please send an email to van.training@cortland.edu requesting to take the course. Please include your name, C number and phone number.
- Print out/email your van certificate and give to OP Assistant Director
- Complete a van driving practical assessment with Assistant Director of GA
- Obtain your CPR & First Aid Certification
- This is required before you can lead any trips. Obtaining your WFA or WFR is highly recommended and is required to lead backcountry trips.
- You can search for upcoming WFA & WFR courses through NOLS Wilderness Medicine here
- Attend Weekly Trip Leader Meetings
- Attend Apprentice Skills Workshops
- Outdoor Pursuits
- Pre-Trip
- First 24 Hours
- Leadership
- Outdoor Skills
- Travel Skills
- Map Basics
- Reading Contour Maps
- Scouting
- UTM's
- Orienting a Map with a Compass
- Advanced Compass Use
- Travel Plans
- River Crossings
- Steep Terrain
- Map Basics
- First Aid
- Hydration
- Heat Illness
- Sun Injury
- Hypothermia
- Frostbite
- Non-Freezing Cold Injury
- Blisters & Foot Care
- Burns
- Sprains & Strains
- Fractures/Dislocations/Splinting
- Head Injury
- Spinal Injury
- Shock
- Threats to Life
- Patient Assessment System
- Emergency Procedures
- First Aid Kits
- Other/Community Builders
- Bag of Tricks
- OP Bracelets
- Attend Culminating Apprentice Training Trip
- Complete an Exit Interview
- Optional Steps
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