California Whitewater Rafting Guide SchooL W.E.T. River Trips

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1.888.RAFTWET 1.888.723.8938

PO Box 160024
Sacramento, CA 95816
Toll Free: 1.888.723.8938
Admin: 916.451.3241
email: <wet@raftwet.com>

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GUIDE SCHOOL for RAFTING - California Whitewater Rafting Guide School & Program for Students and Professionals:
12 people maximum per session will be asked to participate in our California whitewater rafting guide school. This is an extensive hands-on rafting guide program for professional whitewater rafting guides and paddlers. Please call or send an email with your past experience in recreation, counseling programs and/or service orientated jobs. Ask yourself why you want to work your tail off, cook, clean and get up at the crack of dawn to become a rafting guide?

OUR REQUIREMENTS:

You are 18 years or older
both physically and mentally healthy, athletic, wholesome, hardy
educated and intelligent (prefer college backgrounds or degrees; but not mandatory)
social, creative, fun-loving person
No drugs (illegal or legal), tobacco, alcohol or laziness
Photocopies of your current first aid & CPR cards (minimum requirements)

SPRING BREAK FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS: If you are a current recreation major at a college or university, we will adjust your rafting guide school rates based on your past experiences or training. Please call our office for further details. Whitewater Guide School may also offer college course credits based on your particular curriculum. Just ask your school's counselor or advisor!

BACKGROUND: We do prefer people who love the water and rivers (that seems reasonable) and enjoy working with the public. River rafting requires a degree of expertise so we ask you to be patient as you develop your rafting skills. In addition, the best guides are usually those who have a solid work ethic. In other words, you need to be a team player who is not afraid of getting your hands dirty. Read the latest rafting news about our industry or our official company rafting blog!

CURRICULUM: The whitewater rafting guide school program encompasses many aspects of commercial whitewater guiding. The obvious skill of "reading water" is an absolute necessity in becoming a professional commercial guide. Navigation skills on whitewater rapids, reading water hydrology, guide to client interaction skills, river rafting equipment maintenance and repair, camp cooking, food packing based on county health and safety regulations, rafting preparedness, whitewater warehouse pre-packing skills, designing a personal safety talk for rafting clientele, ropes & knots, throw rope techniques, river rescue skills and safety techniques for commercial clientele are all skills that are necessary for the accomplished, successful whitewater guide. A commercial guide also needs to be well-versed in government regulations as it applies to each river. Please note that W.E.T. River Trips is an official California State Parks' Concessionaire on the whitewater sections of the American River. Commercial guiding's focus is safety first; everything else is secondary.

The type of personality that works best for commercial guiding is the candidate who loves working and serving the needs of people who may be completely a novice to our whitewater sport. The opportunity to guide and teach whitewater rafting and share your love of rivers with that first time rafter is a thrill unmatched with other job opportunities. You have the ability to create wonderful memories for people who may have never reached out into the outdoors. You are in control of their destiny and their safety. What you do on the river is a powerful experience for any whitewater rafter or paddler. You are the captain of your ship!