LEVEL 1: COPE TRAINING

COPE Level 1 Training is a 16.5-hour course. Participants learn to run a COPE course at the unit, district, or council level. The training covers the skills and information needed to staff any climbing program, provides an introduction to COPE, instills the goals of COPE, NCAP Standards, how to sequence and process a group, trust activities, zip line, Low COPE, and an introduction to High COPE. Topics covered: Goals & Features of COPE, Sequencing & Processing, Stories & Tall Tales, Trust Activities, Low Course Activities, High Course Activities

Prerequisites: 

• Age 18+ (to become certified)
• Age 16+ (to become ground level support)
• Climbing experience recommended

COPE Level 1 certificate holders can staff council COPE programs, council climbing towers, council climbing walls, and council bouldering walls with a Level 2 or climbing director present.

* This trainings is free and included food to those who agree to support/work future scouting events (weekend and JROTC encampments)