Develop a jobsite specific plan for risk management that includes engaging law enforcement, local EMT, search and rescue, and other public safety capabilities.
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This handbook defines the role of the SCA and the Programs’ policies and guidelines. It is to be referred to and followed. There are three sections- general information, a section specifically for the Leader Team Crew Leader, and a section…
This handbook is intended to provide consistency among the National Park Service (NPS) units responsible for implementing the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) and to offer guidance for establishing and operating the YCC throughout the NPS.
Risk and safety management helps avoid and mitigate liability threats your group or organization may face in the event of an accident during a volunteer project. This guide will help assess key risk management factors in volunteer programs. It is a…
Learn the steps for estimating time and materials, and setting up a work project. Learn about trail triage: how to prioritize and what techniques to use when total trail reconstruction to ideal specs is not an option. Understand environmental…
This video is designed to give volunteers the basic tools they need to be prepared and stay safe when heading out for trail work projects. We'll go over what to bring along, review basic safety procedures and introduce some of the tools that you may…
Communication service communication makes the operational leadership process work.
Trail Skills Training Library
This webinar will provide you with some of the needed tools, understanding, and resources of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing so that you can be more inclusive, respectful, and successful.
Mike Linnane of Evolve Technologies and award-winning Trail Manager Eoin Hogan will present on the development path of the world’s first integrated digital trail management system. The webinar will outline the evolution from a paper-based trail…
What can we learn from near-misses on trail, and in trail work?
This webinar will discuss best practices to reduce risk to your trail crew, company, agency, or organization during trail construction activities.
One part of a three-part series on the Introduction to Trail Planning, Design and Development, and Management. PART THREE: In the Introduction to Trail Management we will discuss visitor and maintenance management.
This webinar will provide a foundation to assist with trail construction cost estimating.
Further Education
Trail Academy is our free class series that teaches students how to tackle any trail-related challenge. Courses are hosted both in the field and online, and are a great starting point for anyone looking to become a certified Trail Crew Leader or…
The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) is NWTA’s internal training classes for everything related to trail building. We want to make sure our trail builders are knowledgeable in not only how to build/maintain fun trails, but ensure those trails…
Partner with IMBA Trail Solutions and create with confidence. By deploying a complete range of skills–including visioning, detailed design, professional construction, and training for stewardship–our comprehensive approach saves resources.
Because wildfires, wind storms, floods, gravity, and vegetation growth are constant threats to the PCT, the annual maintenance and reconstruction of the trail is a never-ending and monumental undertaking. Such work, historically carried out by…
The Trailbuilding Professional certification integrates field-based training using hand tools and heavy machinery with first responder training, geospatial information science and technology (GIST), natural resource management, and business…
The Trail Master Steward online course is intended to provide volunteers, trail organizations, and land managers both a foundational understanding of the values inherent in trail stewardship as well as introduce the basic skills required to be…
Training Calendar
Custom Trainings
Asheville, NC
Senior Director for Partnerships and Trail Operations
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Old Fort, NC
Coordinator - Trail Construction and Maintenance
McDowell Tech Community College
Post Falls, ID
Program Director
National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC)
Hire Workers
Cadillac, MI
Eastern Region Trails and Dispersed Recreation Program Manager
USDA Forest Service
Taylorsville, CA
Stewardship Project Manager
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
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