ORGT Staff Name: ____________________________ Date: ___________________
ORGT Staff Checklist and Log Please contact ORGT Admin with any questions
Contact Info: Call David first, and Matt if David is not available
David Knobbe Tyler Joing
Assistant Director of Campus Recreation-ORGT (ADOR) Outdoor Recreation Coordinator (ORC) 404-894-6267 [email protected] 404-385-1374 [email protected]
Cascading Instructor-in-Training [IiT]
Competency and Sub-Skill Descriptions (Sub-Skill Boxes for Self-Check) Signature/Date Obtained endorsement from an Active Trip Leader:
❏ Trip Leader must send an endorsement to ADOR ❏ Endorsement has been given by active Trip Leader Skills:
❏ Is self sufficient in use of the on PAR (Personal Gear, Anchor, Rigging) pre-rappel check system
❏ Can safely descend a beginner rappel without assistance or guidance
IiT interview with ADOR:
❏ Signed MOU and waivers on file for Cascading ❏ Understands that a IiT is an “agent of the state.” ❏ Understands structure of ORGT and role as IiT Policy:
❏ Understands ORGT’s overall sport policies ORGT Instructor-in-Training Qualified:
Approved by: ADOR / ORC
Cascading Instructor
Competency and Sub-Skill Descriptions (Sub-Skill Boxes for Self-Check) Signature/Date Has participated in ORGT Training Activities:
❏ Attended an ORGT Cascading Trip as IiT
❏ Read and understood the Cascading SportPolicy ❏ Understands Cascading Curricula
Logistics and Safety Knowledge:
❏ Understands the correlation between creeks and USGS gauges ❏ Understands and mitigates leading causes of injury in cascading
❏ Knows variables and signs leading to a flash flood. Can react and mitigate risks
Logistics and Safety Protocols:
❏ Is proficient in using and teaching the on PAR (Personal Gear, Anchor, Rigging) pre-rappel check system
❏ Is proficient in using and teaching how to come off a rappel ❏ Knows appropriate non verbal communication
❏ Go ❏ Stop
❏ Are you okay? ❏ More rope/Less rope ❏ Point positive system
❏ Has successfully been a first rappeler ❏ Has successfully swept a rappel
❏ Has successfully served as a spotmate™ ❏ Can properly Fireman’s Belay
❏ Can properly spot downclimbs/scrambles Gear:
❏ Has taught what clothing is necessary for the following weather and environmental conditions: High temperatures, Low temperatures, Rain, Snow
❏ Knows appropriate gear, not related to rappelling or swiftwater, to bring on cascading trips (Covering All Ten Essentials)
❏ Can procure and properly take care of technical gear for a vertical cascade or scramble
❏ Soft Equipment ❏ Hard Equipment
Travel:
❏ Competent traveling downstream and upstream, able to weave in and out of streambeds and laurel, finding paths of least resistance for group, while mitigating river hazards and slipping.
❏ Is competent and comfortable identifying hydrology, including ❏ Eddy’s
❏ Downstream V’s ❏ Pillows
❏ Horizon lines ❏ High water
❏ Is competent and comfortable identifying potential hazards including ❏ Strainers
❏ Sieves ❏ Holes ❏ Entrapment ❏ Undercut rocks
❏ Understands when to use a hand line versus a rappel Anchoring, Rigging, Technique (ART):
❏ Knows and applies general knowledge of anchor building ❏ Size and stability of anchors
❏ Angle size and lever arm ❏ Friction necessities of anchors
❏ Understands and can explain the logic behind cascading anchor building in comparison to other vertical sports
❏ Can rappel down all kinds of falls efficiently (angled, staircase, hanging ) ❏ Can lock off and release figure-8 rappel device
❏ Knows and has demonstrated the following knots: ❏ Figure 8 knot and derivatives:
❏ Regular Figure 8 ❏ On a bight ❏ Follow through ❏ Flemish Bend
❏ Clove Hitch (knows how to check) ❏ Alpine Butterfly
❏ Double Fisherman’s ❏ Water Knot
❏ Frost Knot
❏ Knows and has demonstrated the following anchors ❏ Wrap 3 - pull 2
❏ 1 point frost anchor ❏ 2 point frost anchor
❏ Knows and has demonstrated appropriate rigging techniques and practices ❏ Biner block ❏ Releasable 8 block ❏ Munter mule ❏ Knot Block ❏ Double roping Rescue Techniques:
❏ Knows the purposes and hazards of the following rescue procedures and can perform them:
❏ Releasable 8 - top belay ❏ Passing a knot
❏ Ascending a rope
❏ Knows the purposes of and has demonstrated the following prusik derivatives
❏ Prusik ❏ VT prusik ❏ Purcell prusik Developing the Organization
❏ Has been on a Personal First Descent and recorded beta
❏ Has introduced cascading to others via meetings, wall practice, personal trips, or IP trips
Instructor Qualities:
❏ Creates an open, tolerant learning environment, encourages enthusiasm ❏ Takes advantage of teachable moments when appropriate
❏ Selects and uses adequate trail and creek locations for teaching specific skills
Cascading Instructor (Administrative)
Competency and Sub-Skill Descriptions (Sub-Skill Boxes for Self-Check) Signature/Date Promotes a Culture of Safety:
❏ Staff members conduct themselves in a manner that promotes safe actions among staff and participants
❏ Safety talk, explaining the following:
❏ Inherent danger of the activity and location ❏ Staff responsibility in case of emergency
❏ Articulate participant’s responsibility for their own safety ❏ A list of emergency equipment carried on the trip
❏ The philosophy of Challenge by Choice®
❏ Understands and is able to mitigate the risks involved with Cascading ❏ Knowledgeable about the contents of ORGT first aid kits
❏ Has taught ORGT Weather Hazards Policies
❏ Has taught proper techniques for crossing rivers and streams per ORGT River Crossing Policy
Capable of Instructing Participants:
❏ Has explained the principles of Leave No Trace™ ❏ Has helped teach a pre-trip class in Cascading ❏ Has instructed participants in the field
❏ Has led and encouraged discussion among participants in a post-trip debriefing
Conducts themselves In The Manner of an Instructor: ❏ Follows ORGT policy
❏ Is comfortable assisting a TL in leading trips
❏ Actively seeks mentorship from Instructors and Trip Leaders ❏ Can be relied upon to follow instructions from other staff Effectively Manages Participants:
❏ Is capable of saying ‘no’ and managing unacceptable behavior from participants
❏ Is capable of helping participants deal with fears or anxiety
❏ Is able to recognize emerging problems and takes steps to resolve them ❏ Creates a positive relationship with each participant
Medical:
❏ Current certification in First Aid and CPR
❏ Date of Course: ___________________________ ORGT Understanding:
❏ Has been through ORGT Fundamentals training Administrative Requirements:
❏ Has passed a sport group vote to be promoted to an Instructor ❏ Completed instructor interview with ADOR and understands role of an ORGT instructor
