After a very intensive month of training
we are pleased to reports some excellent exam results
and some up and coming stars that will no doubt be excellent
head guides in the future. But what do Hoopoe mountain
training programs entail?
A complete month of training
4 days a week 3 hour sessions
Test sessions at the end of
every week
Wilderness first responder
(WFR) as base text
Intensive role playing scenarios
Classroom based training sessions
Reading material from a variety
of sources (eg. British Medical Journal, Wilderness
First Responder, Red Cross)
Specialist CPR training with training dummies
Final exams
Grading of guides according
to performance
Red cross CPR certificate
A huge congratulations for Edward and Joseph who
have now earned themselves Assistant guide places
for 2005 with average eam scores over over 80% each.
Look out for these guides - they are going places!