CANDIDATE & AUXILIARY S&T TRAINING:
Although it is not necessary to be at
Cataloochee every weekend, make as many of the training days as you
can, everyone benefits. Before a Candidate or Auxiliary can take the
S&T evaluation they must be approved by the Instructor team.
Please understand that the training is crowd and weather condition based. Changes may occur.
EVALUATIONS:
The S&T evaluations will be done at the beginning of February and March. (weather has pre-empted the January evaluation)
If you are concerned about your standing as far as being included in
the evaluation please see Ric Lavallee to discuss.
Evaluations cover skiing ability and toboggan handling skills.
Candidates & Auxiliaries must be able to demonstrate proficiency in
Turns (small, medium & long radius), Side slipping, Stopping and
Free skiing. Riders must be able to demonstrate centered balance and
speed control.
SIGN-IN:
If you have not attained Basic Patroller status
please ensure you sign in at the bottom section under
Candidate/Auxiliary. The reason for this is that in order to occupy one
of the time slots at the top you need to have passed your OEC &
S&T in order to run a sled. Do not sign up for top or patrol room
duty during the Saturday or Sunday training time slots. It is important
that we get in as much training on the S&T so we can get you
through the evaluation.
MENTOR SYSTEM:
Each Candidate/Auxiliary should partner up with an
experienced patroller when not in training and do some top and patrol
room duties. However to not forfeit your training for this, we will
ensure you get trained in both those areas. The team leaders will
ensure that the candidates/Auxiliaries are assigned a mentor for the
day.
OEC ENHANCEMENT:
New this season is the ON-HILL OEC enhancement series. This training is
intended to hone our in-class OEC skills and apply them to actual
on-hill scenarios. We have new multi-channel radios with dedicated
training channels so we are able to simulate actual calls. The
enhancement series is broken into segments with the last weekend
bringing it all together. The scenarios are treated as real with
Candidates/Auxiliary (and higher classification) Patrollers following
through from initial call to detailed assessments in the patrol room
(last series) So far the training has been very beneficial to those who
have attended.
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2006/2007 TRAINING SCHEDULE:
December 2006:
Saturdays:
8:30AM to 10AM ~ Set-up & Patrol with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary)
10AM
to 12PM ~ On-hill OEC Enhancement (Candidates & Auxiliary)
12PM to 4:30PM ~ Patrol with Mentor (Candidates &
Auxiliary)
Sunday:
8:30AM to 10AM ~ Set-up & Patrol with Mentor (Candidates
& Auxiliary)
10PM to 12PM ~ On-hill OEC Enhancement (Candidates & Auxiliary)
12PM to 4:30PM ~ Patrol
with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary)
January, February 2007:
Saturdays:
8:30AM
to 12PM ~ Set-up & Patrol with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary)
10AM to 12PM ~ Senior OEC S&T Improvement
series (reserved for Senior candidates)
1PM to 3PM ~ Candidate & Auxiliary OEC enhancement training
3PM
to 4:30PM ~ Patrol with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary)
Sunday:
8:30AM
to 10AM ~ Set-up & Patrol with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary)
10AM to 12PM ~ Candidate & Auxiliary Skier
enhancement
1PM to 3PM ~ Candidate & Auxiliary Toboggan enhancement
3PM to 4:30PM ~ Patrol with Mentor
(Candidates & Auxiliary)
March 2007:
Saturdays:
8:30AM
to 12PM ~ Set-up & Patrol with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary)
1PM to 3PM ~ Candidate & Auxiliary Toboggan
enhancement
Sunday:
10AM to 12PM ~ Candidate & Auxiliary Skier
enhancement
12PM to 4:30PM ~ Patrol with Mentor (Candidates & Auxiliary) |
