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Qualifications

1. NSP and Sierra Summit Ski Patrol members may enroll in the senior program at any time after advancing beyond candidate status and after obtaining their NSP patrol representative’s recommendation. There is no minimum age or experience requirement. Eligibility for the senior program is based on NSP member classification.

1. Senior auxiliary patrollers may achieve senior alpine patroller status by successfully completing the alpine ski and toboggan components of the senior program.

2. Alpine are not eligible to achieve the senior patroller member level by way of the senior auxiliary program.

3. Senior patrollers who wish to reregister as auxiliary patrollers will forfeit their senior alpine.  To become a senior auxiliary, these individuals must complete the senior auxiliary core requirements and all elective requirements.

2. Senior candidates completing elective courses or participating in instructor or instructor trainer courses must provide proof of participation through a certificate of completion or a current instructor authorization certificate. Proof of completion also appears on the membership card.

3. A senior candidate need only complete the senior emergency management component one time. In other words, a candidate who completes the emergency management core component but does not complete the skiing or toboggan handling need not repeat the emergency management component in the next effort to achieve senior certification. Furthermore, a senior auxiliary patroller who has changed status to a patroller need not complete the senior emergency management component when attempting to earn senior patroller certification.
    

Senior Core and Elective Components:

A.      Core and elective components for senior candidates are:

1. Alpine (ski/snowboard) senior candidates

a.              Senior emergency management

b.              Alpine skiing/snowboarding and toboggan handling

c.              Level I Avalanche course (Sierra Summit requirement)

d.              Two electives from senior elective list

2. Nordic senior candidates

a.              Senior emergency management

b.              Toboggan construction and handling

c.              Nordic skiing and endurance

d.              Mountain Travel and Rescue 2

e.              Level I Avalanche course (Sierra Summit Requirement)

f.                Two additional electives from senior elective list

3. Auxiliary senior candidates

a.              Senior emergency management

b.              Aid room management module

c.              Level I Avalanche course (Sierra Summit Requirement)

d.              Three additional electives from senior elective list

B.      Senior elective list (Any NSP education courses as approved by the NSP Board of Directors qualify for senior electives.)

1.        Education Courses

a.              Instructor Development course

b.              Mountain Travel and Rescue Fundamentals course or Mountain Travel and Rescue 1 course

c.              Mountain Travel and Rescue 2 course (required for senior Nordic candidates)

d.              Avalanche Fundamentals and Rescue or Level I Avalanche course

e.              Level II Avalanche course

f.                Any NSP educational course approved in the future

g.              Powderfall

h.              Avalanche Foundation School didactic sessions

i.                Avalanche Foundation School field sessions

j.                Skiing Enhancement Seminar

k.              Ski Trainer’s Workshop

l.                Toboggan Enhancement Seminar

m.            Mountain and Avalanche Awareness course

2.        Leadership Courses

a.              Patroller Enrichment Seminar

b.              NSP leadership module, course, or equivalent course approved by the board of directors

c.              NSP instructor status (any discipline)

d.              NSP instructor trainer appointment (any discipline)

e.              Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) Certified Level II

f.                PSIA Certified Level III