MOUNTAIN OCCUPATION
The 3-day OAS Avalanche Level 2 course provides mountain occupation team leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision-making skills in the workplace. The OAS Level 2 builds on the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the OAS 1 and adds to it the evaluation of critical hazard assessment factors, creating operational procedures for traveling into the field, and overall leadership skills.
Occupational Avalanche Safety Training
OAS Avalanche Training
The OAS risk management curriculum focuses on the key areas of avalanche education that directly pertain to companion rescue, personal protective equipment (PPE), avalanche hazards, terrain management, decision making, and team management for occupational and industrial employees that may be exposed to immediate danger to life and health (IDLH) avalanche risks. The OAS program will include a series of courses that follow the guidelines of A3 which will include both virtual, classroom, and field time in relation to each given course. The OAS program will be catered toward mountain occupational workers and is a tiered approach to operational and team decision making and skills. Travel in the field emphasizes terrain and avalanche hazard recognition with education and guidance to avoid risk exposure to avalanche terrain when possible.
OAS Level 2 Avalanche Course
The next step on Occupational Avalanche Safety
The OAS Level 2 Avalanche course was developed for occupational team leaders whose decisions may involve more than just themselves. This course builds on the OAS Avalanche Rescue, and OAS Level 1 course and focus on more advanced topics such as team leadership skills, more advanced understanding of weather and the mountain snowpack, advanced mapping and organizational techniques, and more. This course will help team leaders or organizations to develop the correct daily procedures and processes to minimize the risk of employees who need to travel into, near, or through avalanche terrain.
Duration
A hybrid of classroom and field time. Duration total of 24 hours with a minimum of 60% of the class in the field.
Prerequisites
Participants are required to have taken a Level 1 Avalanche Training and Avalanche Rescue Course. Participants must be prepared and fit enough to travel during daylight hours on touring skis, splitboard, snowshoes, or snowmobile in backcountry terrain in winter conditions for three consecutive days. Participants must have the required backcountry gear (beacon, shovel, probe, mode of travel), and experience with their backcountry mode of travel.
What You Will Learn
Custom Programming and Consulting
Catering to your company or organization
We offer customized programming and consulting for a wide variety of organizations. Contact us today to inquire about the types of courses that we can create for your company and team.
Why Choose Us?
Trained and certified
What makes our courses unique? Not only are our courses taught by our certified guides and instructors, each course is also concepted and designed by them. This means that your instructor has put their passion into creating the best possible learning experience for you.
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