Snowmobile Safety and Operations increases planning, awareness and riding skills of candidates of any level or experience who operate a snowmobile in austere northern conditions.
Course Content Includes:
2 hours theory training:
- Review of relevant safe work policies and best practices for snowmobiling in remote areas and deep cold
- Detailed user maintenance inspections and practical trail repairs
- Review cold injuries and treatments – hypothermia, immersion hypothermia and frostbite
- Review of cold weather clothing and emergency equipment
- Knowledge of safe ice conditions and factors
6 to 8 hours practical training:
- Proper start up procedures, including cold starting
- Convoy driving
- Turns and stops
- Hill riding – ascending, descending and traversing
- Pulling cargo toboggans and tubs with rigid frame hitches
- Avoiding and dealing with overflow
- Expedient field repairs
- Snowmobile towing and recovery
- Emergency shelters and use of survival equipment
- Loading and unloading snowmobiles from trailers
Equipment Candidates must provide their own snowmobile and Department of Transportation (DOT) approved helmet. A limited number of snowmobiles and helmets may be available for rent from Arctic Response on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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