Central Region Training - Pre-Training Courses

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We are excited to see you in a few short months!

New leaders will attend Training and Conservation Work Skills and returning leaders will attend Training with the option of attending Conservation Workskills. In addition to Training and Conservation Work Skills, we are offering optional Skills Workshops (Pre-Training) with a variety of professional development opportunities and certifications this year. All courses have limited enrollment and you are encouraged to register early.

Here are the course descriptions:

Wilderness First Aid (WFA):

The WFA course provides a great introduction to wilderness medicine for anyone spending time in the outdoors. Like the WFR, the course focuses on injury and illness prevention, patient assessment, long-term injury management, improvised splint and litter construction and environmental emergencies.

Approximately half of the course is classroom lecture and half practical scenarios. CPR classes are generally offered the evening before WFA classes begin.

Wilderness First Responder Recert

This is a refresher course for those individuals who currently hold a Wilderness First Responder certificate and need to recertify.

A 20 hour course with CPR; Aerie's nationally recognized Wilderness First Responder (WFR-R) courses address injury and illness prevention, patient assessment, long-term patient management, improvised splint and litter construction, and environmental emergencies while stressing the thought processes unique to caring for patients in remote environments. Our instructors are professional care providers with many years of outdoor leadership experience. Students will also receive adult CPR certification as a part of the recertification course.

No Aerie course operates without the risk of injury or illness, and this is how it should be. Our students take our classes because they travel, work and live outdoors, away from immediate medical care; they want to learn to care for patients under less than ideal conditions. Aerie believes that students learn best when they are involved in realistic, engaging scenarios and practical sessions. As a result we simulate these environments and experience them as often as possible. The risks we face during those exercises are similar to any faced in an austere, remote environment. We encourage you to talk with our staff about risks inherent in our training programs before enrolling.

CPR Course:

CPR is an incredibly important skill, particularly in an urban / EMS environment. A CPR course can and should be an enjoyable and informative learning experience. Aerie CPR courses are taught by experts in CPR who are professional care providers who have not only performed CPR in the field but are expert instructors as well. Our CPR courses are hands-on, practical and fun. Our CPR instructors are all current American Heart Association certified.

Game of Logging Levels 1&2:

Game of Logging is a world-recognized training curriculum that teaches chain saw skills. Developed in the 1960s by Soren Eriksson, a Swedish logger turned training instructor, the Game of Logging combines Scandinavian logging techniques with the latest systems for working safely around trees.

The “game” refers not only to the friendly competitive aspect of the training, but also to the necessity of having a winning plan or strategy for felling trees and working safely. The program breaks apart saw work into steps that are practiced throughout the course. A fun scoring system helps focus participants’ attention on the most important details and allows them to measure their progress each day.

Game of Logging training is provided to forest owners, students, municipal crews, military units, and many others.

Game of Logging training is hands-on. One instructor works with a group of eight to ten participants to ensure that each participant has time to practice the techniques and receive personal feedback. Participants receive individualized coaching at a series of in-the-woods practice stations. The instructor pays close attention to body positioning and other factors that can contribute to unsafe work habits.

By listening to explanations, watching demonstrations, and then practicing techniques, participants come away with better work habits and greater confidence in their ability to safely fell trees and work in the woods.

The entire Game of Logging program is broken into four separate days. Day 1 provides an overview of chain saw safety and covers basic tree felling. Day 2 covers basic saw maintenance and chain sharpening techniques and provides another opportunity for tree felling.

Refund Policy: To receive a full refund, you must notify SCA via email no later than May 29th (2 weeks prior to the pre-training start date). After May 29, please notify us if you will be unable to attend. There will be no refunds after May 29, 2016.