Volunteer Essentials 2014-15 | Page 104

o o   American Red Cross Small Craft Safety Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Boating Instructor A person at least 18 years of age with lifeguard certification must also be present. This person must be an additional person from the watercraft instructor. For further information, please refer to Safety Activity Checkpoints. This course is designed to qualify adult volunteers and girls with firearms to ensure proper usage, safety and education.  Girls must be 12 years old and properly supervised and insured.  Only professionally insured and licensed or NRA certified instructors should be chosen to conduct activity.  Each participant must have a completed and signed GSWPA Rifle Program Release Form and Code of Conduct Agreement submitted to GSWPA.  Minimum age to become certified is 18 years old.  Extreme weather conditions or unforeseen problems may necessitate cancellation immediately prior to or during the activity (Safety Activity Checkpoints). For more information on training requirements, contact the Director of Outdoor Program at 1800-248-3355 x 1046. This course is designed to qualify adult volunteers to become skilled in the climbing wall, low and high ropes and zip lining. Volunteers can master these challenge elements and include a team building element with the girls as each skill is learned and used as a building block.