Overview
– Trains grantees and other USAP participants in the use of life-safety survival gear and field equipment stocked in the Berg Field Center. This includes but is not limited to sizing climbing equipment, operating camp stoves, erecting a variety of tents, and offering instruction on the proper use of a large variety of other field equipment.
– Repairs, maintains, and cleans life-safety field equipment including specialty items (variety of sleds, tents, stoves, ice coring equipment, and climbing equipment).
– Provides technical expertise, support and risk assessments for science groups, other sub-contractors (e.g. air support providers), military, and ASC personnel in technical terrain and associated situations
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Qualifications:
See required skills below
Required Skills:
- Current CPR certification and current Wilderness First Responder certification
- Incident Command System (ICS) 100 and 200 certifications required for offer consideration (training offered free through FEMA).
- A minimum of eight years of experience in outdoor education and leadership is required, to include at least four years of technical mountaineering and guiding in glaciated alpine environments.
Preferred Skills:
- Wilderness EMT certification or higher.
- Mountain guiding certification through IFMGA/AMGA.
- Professional Search and Rescue experience.
- Denali level or other big mountain expedition experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ground Penetrating Radar experience.
About United States Antarctic Program
The USAP supports the National Science Foundation by providing logistical and technical support for field research throughout the Antarctic continent.
