Summer Camp Rock Climbing Instructor

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Summer Camp Rock Climbing Jobs

Overview

At Camp IHC, we’re looking for experienced climbers who want to share their love for climbing and bouldering with the next generation.
As a rock climbing instructor you will work in our 40+ element adventure course and help manage our rock climbing and bouldering areas. You will help campers with their harnesses, their helmets, belaying them onto the courses, encouraging them and instructing them to learn, try and improve their climbing across the different elements.
Along with the on camp climbing instruction, you’ll also have the opportunity to guide on real rock in the northeast. We run day trips and overnights where rock climbing and rappelling are a large part of the adventure.
Why Teach Rock Climbing at Summer Camp?

Our outdoor adventure program at Camp IHC is rooted in the experiential education world of learning. You’ll work alongside over a dozen guides and outdoor adventure specialists from around the country and world. You’ll help run one of the leading outdoor adventure programs in the camp world. You’ll get to learn from experienced guides with over 20 years in the industry.
This role provides great experience for anyone seeking future employment in the outdoor adventure industry.

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FAQs

No two days of our outdoor adventure program are the same. There are usually around 6-7 periods of Outdoor Adventure each day, each period is around 50 minutes long. Each period the ropes team will help campers get ready for climbing, there will be different climbing options for campers and we promote a challenge by choice culture.
You will help harness, belay and instruct campers across the varies elements.
Unlike other activity specialist, our outdoor adventure staff don’t live in a bunk with campers. As a rock climbing instructor, your activity area is open almost all the time and requires a lot of demand. On top of that, other outdoor adventure/ropes staff may be required for lifeguarding, trips or archery etc. There is always tasks to be done so you won’t be asked to re-join a camper bunk or division.
As a rock climbing instructor, you are part of the outdoor adventure team, this team consists of 25+ people from around the world. You will live together in yurts. This area has showers, a lounge area, bathrooms etc. You will live, work, and grow as an incredible team and the summer experience will be like no other.
You will also have one full day and night off each week. This is your chance to rest, recover and try some new things on camp and explore new places off camp with other staff.
Typically there are one or two bunks of campers in the ropes course at a time, so each activity period will have around 12-24 campers.
Absolutely! Our outdoor adventure program goes through an extensive training program led by our on-site directors and outside professionals. The training alone will help make you a better instructor. Outdoor adventure staff go through ropes training. Some of our outdoor adventure staff do ropes, off-camp tripping and lifeguarding so you will also have an opportunity to go through life guard training too and gain a free certification through us.
The IHC outdoor adventure program requires you to have a wide range of skills and experience to make you eligible. We hire staff from around the world, so when you apply please let us know what qualifications and experience you have.