About Us: Careers

One full time seasonal position available

Responsibilities: 

• Supervising and motivating up to 6 paid patrol staff and 12 volunteer patrollers. 
• Supervising and coordinating Patrol and Mountain Safety Volunteers. 
• Ensuring the overall safety of mountain staff and guests through effective injury and incident prevention methods including:

1. Completing daily ski/snowboard terrain inspections.
2. Completing daily and weekly facility and equipment safety inspections. 
3. Ensuring a consistent presence of staff in public areas during operating hours.

• Assisting the manager with the hire, orientation and training of new and returning safety staff.
• Ensuring adequate first aid and safety coverage through effective scheduling of resources.
• Maintaining department budgets, including labour.
• Assisting in the investigation of incidents that may occur involving staff, guests or both.
• Ensuring the inventory, maintenance and security of all patrol and department facilities and equipment.
• Ensuring that all injury and incident paperwork is completed correctly and within acceptable time frames.
• Ensuring that all other duties assigned to department staff are completed on time and in the manner described.
• Administering first aid services to injured staff and guests.
• Educating staff and guests to the components of the Alpine Responsibility Code.
• Acting as a safety resource for all staff from all other departments and assisting where required in creating good safety culture at Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 years patrol experience
• Basic knowledge of the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
• Occupational First Aid (OFA) Level 3 and/or Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC)
• Recreational avalanche course
• Rope Rescue I
• Expert skiing ability in all terrain and conditions
• Strong motivator, problem solver and team player
• Strong risk management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous supervisory experience
• Mountaineering, rock climbing and/or back country experience and skills
• Canadian Avalanche Association level 1
• Worksafe BC Blasting Certificate
• Occupational First Aid level III and Outdoor Emergency Care
• CPR level ‘C’
• Incident Command Structure 100
• Advanced Protocols including Advanced Entonox, Sager, AED, Anaphylaxis, Short of Breath and Chest Pain
• Supervisor Training: How to Supervise People
• Blue Tram Self-Evacuation and Brake Release
• Cable Car and Tram Evacuation Training
• Search and Rescue Training with NSR
• Incident Investigation training