SKI PATROL, ANYONE? Someone Asked: I will be moving to the south near skiing, can I be a ski patroller in my spare time?

According to David Marsh veteran ski-patroler at Beech Mountain, North Carolina the answer is,

"Yes! Many smaller resorts have a hard time keeping  patrollers.

    If you will be  living close enough to be able to ski between 15 and 20
    sessions, contact the patrol director at your chosen resort, to see if he has
   openings. The Southern Division of the National Ski Patrol depends on
   volunteers for over 75% of their membership.

   You will need to be a strong paralell skier that can agressively ski all
   the runs at the resort where you plan to patrol. You will need an active
   certification from the American Red Cross or the American Heart
   Association in one person and two person CPR. You will also need a
   certification from the National Ski Patrol in Winter Emergency Care (WEC).
   Ask the local patrol director for the date of the next WEC class. You don't
   have to be a patroller to take the WEC class.

   If you qualify, you will be accepted as a Candidate (a provisional member).
   After one to two seasons of training, and after you pass your on the hill
   skills test, you will be advanced to Basic Patroller and be a full fledged
   member. Candidates are not allowed to ski a loaded sled (loaded with an
   accident victim) from an accident to the first aid room until they advance
   to Basic Patroller status.

   The Basic on the hill skills test consists of free skiing, controlled
   skiing, a snowplow and side slip course through gates, skiing an empty
   toboggan (rescue sled) to an accident, and skiing a loaded toboggan from
   an accident to the first aid room. 

 Where can I get more information?

   THE WHITE BOOK OF SKI AREAS published by Inter-Ski Services, Inc.,
   P.O. Box 3635, Georgetown Station, Washington, DC 20007. This book cannot
   be obtained from a bookstore (it does not appear in BOOKS IN PRINT). You
   must get a copy from a ski store or from Inter-Ski Services. This book
   is the bible of the ski industry.

   THE NATIONAL SKI PATROL, Samaritans of the Snow, by Gretchen R. Besser,
   The Countryman Press, Woodstock, VT; ISBN 0-88150-030-5.

   Call the ski resorts and ask them.

   Consult your nearest ski store. Every big city has one. Many small ones
   do too.

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