Job Description

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide professional, friendly and courteous service to guest and employees, including responding to medical
  emergencies on the mountain, transporting injured guests off the mountain, and ensuring general mountain
  safety.
• Develop and maintain working knowledge of Bike Patrol procedures.
  Patrol the Bike Park to ensure trail readiness and assist injured guests.
• Know, understand, and adhere to the 2018 Bike Park Safety Act and Purgatory Resort mountain rules and
  regulations.
• Complete all required documentation in a timely and professional manner including logs, accident reports and
  checklists.
• Follow safety procedures at all times. Report any existing or potential safety hazard to supervisor immediately
  and remedy when possible according to established protocols.
• Check safety equipment daily for proper function.
• Perform sweeps at the end of the day to ensure that all guests and employees are safely off the mountain.
• Complete all duties and tasks with the utmost regard for personal and guest safety.
• Continuing education and on-the-job training provided and expected.

Other Responsibilities:

• Special duties may include chairlift evacuation, out-of-bounds and/or night search and rescue activities.
  Responsibilities may include creation and maintenance of the trail within the bike park in cooperation with the
  bike park trail crew.
• Must provide own downhill mountain bike and helmet.
• Successful candidates will be required to work variable shifts, including weekends and school/public holidays.
• Other duties as assigned.

Entry-Level Job Qualifications:

• Education or Formal Training: Current CPR for Healthcare Providers, Colorado EMT certification,
  or National Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care certification. A valid driver’s license is required.
  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Outdoor rescue skills. Advanced level mountain bike riding skills
  preferred. Ability to ride all trails in all conditions. Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work outside for extended periods of time in variable weather conditions and at high
  altitude.

Experience: Prior experience in EMT position preferred, especially in the outdoor environment.

Material and Equipment Directly Used:
Mountain Bike, lifts, all-terrain vehicles, radio, hand tools, medical care equipment and simple office
equipment.

Working Environment/Physical Activities:
60% of the work day is spent outdoors in constantly changing weather conditions at high altitude, including
but not limited to extreme heat, cold, wet, snow, hail, and wind. 20% of the workday is spent indoors. 40% of
the work day is spent biking,40% of the work day is spent walking or hiking. Majority of walking and standing
is done in an alpine environment.

Occasionally lifting and carrying people and objects weighing in excess of 150 pounds, and occasionally
pushing or pulling litters with injured guests weighing up to 300 pounds. Frequent use of mountain bikes and
all-terrain vehicles. Constant use of near and far acuity and depth perception. Frequently climbing, balancing,
reaching, handling, engaged in normal conversation, and use of color and field of vision. Occasionally
stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, fingering, feeling.

Frequent exposure to radiant energy. Occasional exposure to bio hazards associated with patient care,
mechanical hazards, high exposed worksite, burns, explosives, toxic and caustic chemicals, fumes, odors,
mists, gases and poor ventilation.

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