Summer Day Camp Challenge Course Director - Camp Chickami

Essential Functions

• Maintain safety standards and procedures in the field and is accountable for the assigned equipment care and use.
• Oversee licensing of courses with the Office of Public Safety and Inspection.
• Cookordination curriculum and programming for teambuilding and ropes activities for camp and rental groups.
• Lead in-servicetrainingforcourse facilitatorsas needed.
• Cookordinate 1stgenerationtrainingwith ACCT recognized trainers as needed.
• Have an appreciation for the outdoors.
• Facilitate ice breakers,initiatives,andreflectionfor a variety of groups including youth students, campers, and adults.
• Maintain course and equipment according to Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) standards.
• Monitor safety procedures for both high and low elements of the challenge course program according to ACCT and ACA standards.
• Update and maintainapplicable documentation and records asrequired(SOPs, LOPs, Rope Use Logs, Equipment Logs, Maintenance Logs,Near Miss Logs,Belay Certification Logs, Daily Inspection Logs, Equipment Inventory Sheets, etc.).
• Continuallybeingconscious of safety concernsand to follow andalways enforce safety guidelinesensuring a safe environment, both physically and emotionally, for all participants and staff.
• Keep up to date on relevant laws, regulations,operatingstandards,andbestindustry practices.
• Responsible fordailyset-up and takedown ofelements when courses are scheduled for use.
• Followall YMCA policies, rules,regulations,and procedures, including emergency and safety procedures.
• Demonstrate and teach the values of caring, honesty,respectand responsibility to all campers and staff.
• Activelyparticipateand complete allstaff meetings andtrainingasscheduled.
• Helpwith all camp activities andparticipateas a member of the camp staffteam.
• Active support of our DEIB statement and putting into practice our commitment to equity, diversity, belonging and inclusion.
• Continue to think about strategies to support diversity goals of the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimumof4years’ experience leadinggroups on a high and low ropes element, challenge course, team building, etc.
• Musthave access to private transportation.
• Proven technical skills in the set-up and use of top rope belay systems in an outdoor setting.
• Demonstrated experience administering risk management practices for adventure programs.
• Capableof respondingappropriately to emergencies and situations requiring first aid and/or CPR.
• Ableto performhighropesrescues.
• Ableto handleassignments with minimal instruction and supervision.
• First Aid and CPR Certifications.
• ACCTrecognized Challenge Course certification.
• Willingness to acceptresponsibilities and duties other than those assigned.
• Committing to support and further our anti-racist work as an organization.
• Learning about our initiatives andthe continuouswork and being able to vocalize with members if needed.
• Abletorelateeffectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economicsegments of the community.