http://www.winnebagobsa.org/Event.aspx?id=3801

COPE & Climbing Training 

COPE & Climbing Foundation Training: April 26-28 at Camp Ingawanis in Waverly, Iowa
COPE Instructor Training: May 3-5 at Camp Mitigwa in Woodward, Iowa
Registration Information: http://www.winnebagobsa.org/Event.aspx?id=3801

This training will teach the foundation skills needed for a Climbing Instructor, and will certify you to facilitate climbing towers and High COPE courses. This certification is valid at any of our 4 councils (Hawkeye Area, Winnebago, Mid-Iowa, and Northeast Iowa), and lasts for 3 years! You will receive a Level II or Level I (or Instructor-in-Training) certification, depending on your age. Times may be changed.

COPE & Climbing Foundation Training includes:

• Fundamentals of COPE & Climbing
• Initiative Games
• Safety Measures
• Life Safety Systems
• Emergency Procedures
• Artificial Climbing Structures (Climbing Tower, Climbing Wall, and High COPE) Operaion

COPE Instructor Training

• Prerequisite: COPE & Climbing Foundation Training
• More initiative games
• More High COPE
• Low COPE
• Team-building

Youth and adult participants are welcome, level of certification available varies:

• Level II Instructors must be at least age 21
• Level I Instructors must be at least age 18
• Instructors in Training must be at least age 16
• Scouts age 14-15 are welcome to attend and participate in running programs, but cannot earn certification

Attention Unit Leaders: If your unit has two leaders (or a leader and a 16-17 year old) attend the two-weekend training, the Iowa Challenge Training Consortium will host your unit on a COPE outing at one of our camps or a climbing outing at Backbone State Park or Pictured Rocks County Park.