Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $25 per hour and up, depending on experience, certifications, and course type
Schedule: Flexible, 1-2 weekend classes per month with options for additional hours if desired.

Job Overview:

Join an elite group of professionals who teach lifesaving skills in wilderness and remote environments. As a Wilderness First Aid Instructor, you’ll prepare lesson plans, demonstrate techniques, and provide hands-on training in backcountry first aid scenarios. Classes are conducted at outdoor locations, camps, businesses, and community centers. You’ll travel to different settings and perform on-site training to ensure participants gain the confidence and skills to handle emergencies in remote areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of all participants, especially in outdoor environments.
• Set up, transport, and organize all class materials necessary to run the course.
• Provide high-quality, engaging instruction focused on wilderness medicine principles and remote emergency response.
• Prepare and teach lesson plans in alignment with recognized wilderness first aid standards and course content requirements.
• Demonstrate techniques and ensure students’ understanding and mastery of wilderness first aid skills, including patient assessment, splinting, environmental emergencies, and evacuation planning.
• Evaluate student performance and provide constructive feedback.
• Maintain professional relationships with clients, partners, students, and coworkers.
• Adapt to different teaching situations, including outdoor, hands-on scenarios in varied terrain.
• Exhibit leadership and decision-making abilities in an outdoor instructional setting.

Requirements:

• Reliable and professional demeanor.
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Availability to work weekends.
• Access to a phone, laptop, internet, and email.
• Ability to travel to worksites with a valid driver’s license, insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs, stand/walk for the entire shift, and move over uneven terrain.
• Comfortable working outdoors in various weather conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Emergency medical or outdoor leadership experience (Wilderness First Responder, EMT, EMT-P, Firefighter, Search & Rescue, Outdoor Guide, etc.).
• Teaching experience in wilderness first aid, outdoor education, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of backcountry medicine, environmental emergencies, and remote patient care.
• Certifications as an instructor through Health & Safety Institute (HSI), American Red Cross (ARC), or equivalent wilderness medicine organizations.
• Experience with risk management and emergency preparedness in outdoor environments.