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About the Trail Skills Project

The Trail Skills Project serves as the workforce hub for the trails community providing connections to trails education, trail expertise, professional development, and job opportunities. The project goals are:

  • Promote workforce development of current and future trail professionals
  • Advance trails training opportunities and development
  • Provide increased opportunities to connect trail volunteers, stewards, agency staff, and professionals
  • Define a pathway to a career in trails and inspire the next generation of trail professionals
  • Bolster the capacity of volunteers to meet stewardship needs

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Join the Trail Skills Project and launch your profile

  • Highlight your trail expertise
  • Identify trail professional development goals
  • Find training opportunities to meet your goals
  • Find job opportunities
  • Connect to trail-related organizations, companies, and agencies

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Upcoming Trainings

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Digital Transformation of Trail Management and Monitoring

November 30, 2023

The presentation will show how the system revolutionizes the management of trails to allow inputs from IOT devices, volunteer trail crews, and citizen...

Trail Planning and Design: Foundations of Success

December 07, 2023

This webinar will review several common approaches and technologies for trail planning and design projects and provide attendees with real world examp...

Encouraging Indigenous Participation in Trail Management and Interpretation

December 14, 2023

Learn how one trail organization has been engaging indigenous communities in the interpretation of trails and public lands to help all visitors connec...

Outdoor Electric Assist Devices: Opportunity or Opposition

December 21, 2023

This webinar addresses recent advancements in technology incorporated into bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and wheelchairs....

World Trails Conference 2024

January 01, 2024

More details including dates, pricing, accommodations and more will be added shortly....

Risk Management During Trail Construction

January 11, 2024

This webinar will discuss best practices to reduce risk to your trail crew, company, agency, or organization during trail construction activities....

Trail Crew Leader Training

Marion, North Carolina

January 13 - 14, 2024

This two day course is geared for trail volunteers and will cover natural surface trail design, construction, maintenance and crew leader training. Th...

Consensus That Works: Formal Consensus Decision Making for Groups and Organizati ...

January 16 - November 30, 2023

Learn a clear, comprehensive, step-by-step decision-making process that promotes collaboration, builds respect, expands participation and results in d...

The Third Mode: Bonus Chapters

January 18, 2024

A decade after initial publication, The Third Mode author will provide an update to discuss recent accomplishments that tie into the central concept o...

Outdoor Recreation Roadmap: Leverage Natural Assets for Economic Success & Local ...

January 24 - February 28, 2024

Learn how to make the outdoor recreation economy work for your community to generate more awareness and buy-in, make quick progress that can be sustai...

Job Board

Organizations and agencies can post jobs on the job board, and individuals can find jobs that match their location, category and time commitment.

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Trail Competency Framework

The Trail Competency Framework defines specific trail-related competencies broken into six major categories:

Additionally, there are two special use categories:

What is the Trail Competency Framework?

This Trail Competency Framework is the result of years of parallel and collaborative efforts seeking to identify shared language around trail skills that culminated in a comprehensive survey research project published in 2022. Learn more >>

Skill Library

The Trail Competency Framework provides a shared language around trail skills and expertise. Explore the skills >>

Improve your skills

Browse our list of upcoming skill-based trainings. Connect with trainers in your area.

Collaborators
Federal Highway Administration USDA Forest Service National Park Service Bureau of Land Management
American Trails Professional TrailBuilders Association Partnership for the National Trails System Northern Vermont University Northwest Arkansas Community College Eppley Institute Corps Network

Top photo coutesy Wyoming Conservation Corps/University of Wyoming.