Chinook Associates to Offer Series of Online Trail Crew Leader Workshops

Chinook Associates, owned and operated by Kim Frederick of Colorado, is offering a series of online trainings throughout January and February to help develop trail crew leaders for volunteers and trail crew professionals. These courses focus on the “soft skills” required to effectively lead a team to accomplish a trail task. The series of training courses includes five one-hour courses and courses are limited to 15 students. The workshops are led by an experienced trail professional, and students should expect an interactive discussion.

The workshop series includes:

500 Trail Crew Leader: Your Role as a Trail Crew Leader; A Day in the life of a Crew Leader: Monday, January 13 and Monday, January 20

510 Trail Crew Leader: Leadership Characteristics, Teaching Strategies: Tuesday, January 14 and Tuesday, January 21

520 Trail Crew Leader: Communication & Conflict Management: Wednesday, January 15 and Wednesday, January 22

530 Trail Crew Leader: Group Dynamics, Assessing your Crew: Thursday, January 16 and Thursday, January 23

540 Trail Crew Leader: Risk Management, Tool Use: Friday, January 17 and Friday, January 24

More information about the courses including session descriptions, dates, times, and registration information can be found below.

Chinook Associates is happy to offer a 20% discount on the registration for these classes to NOHVCC partners and associates. When registering for class you will see a place to input this promo code NOHVCC20 when you do you will receive this 20% discount. To learn more about Chinook Associates click here. Thank you to Chinook Associates for these offerings. We look forward to sharing additional offerings from Chinook Associates later this year.

Chinook Associates Online Trail Crew Leader January 2025