Leadership Starts Here
Leader Training information
The Leave No Trace Awareness Workshop is a two -hour class focusing on the 7 principles of Leave No Trace practices in the backcountry. This is required for anyone going through OA Leader Training and is typically offered in conjunction with the Technical Skills Course.
See the OA TripStore for dates and times and to sign up.
HEART (Health Education and Rescue Training) Wilderness First Aid is an intensive course that covers patient examination and evaluation, body systems and anatomy, wound care, splinting, environmental emergencies, and backcountry medicine. Hands-on simulations provide first-hand training in treating patients.
CPR is one of the core Leader Training requirements. OA teaches both Adult CPR and Basic Life Support (BLS). Certification in adult CPR is all that is required for OA Leaders and includes CPR and Automatic Electronic Defibrillation (AED) training from the American Heart Association. OA also teaches a more advanced course--Basic Life Support (BLS) which includes CPR for Adults, Infants and Children as well as AED. This course is a requirement for lifeguards, EMTs and Wilderness First Responders. Both certifications are good for 2 years.
See the OA TripStore for dates and times and to sign up.
The Backpacker's Field Manualby Rick Curtis
published by Random House 2005
The Backpacker's Field ManualTripStore is the online shopping cart for signing up for all OA Activities from Leader Training to day trips. You'll need to have a Princeton University NetID and Password in order to login via the Central Authentication Service.
For course descriptions, visit the OA Leader Training Requirements Page
To register for any of the Leader Training sessions below, visit the OA TripStore
You can take the various components of training at different times during the year with the exception of the Leader Training 6-day trip which must be taken after you have completed all of the other requirements.
