Local Coach Course Graduates at Skydive Orange!

Monday, July 14, 2014

Over the weekend Skydive Orange hosted a Coach Course for licensed skydivers interested in getting their Coach Rating. In Order to get your Coach rating, you must have:

  • a USPA membership
  • USPA B-license
  • Minimum of 100 jumps

Requirements to pass the course:

  • Score satisfactory on a Category G evaluation jump
  • Score satisfactory on a category H evaluation jump
  • 2 satisfactory teaching sessions of first jump class topics
  • Teach the 5 group freefall skill sections from the Coach Proficiency Card
  • Score at least 80% on the IRM Coach Exam
  • Satisfactory student equipment check
  • Satisfactory debrief of the jumps

For more information on Instructional Ratings, check out USPA.

We had 3 local skydivers who took the course and passed and we are so proud of them!

Not only is Jason a Coach, he also works experienced manifest, keeping the dropzone in line!

Wybenga is also a videographer, and a freefly and angle organizer, you can find him at Skydive Orange on the weekends helping all skill level jumpers learn more.

Need your ‘chute packed? Alex has got you covered! He packs tandem rigs, AFF student rigs and experienced jumper rigs!

Way to go guys, you all were great!
Also, congratulations to everyone else who completed the Coach Course! And a big thank you to Steve Hetrick for being a course director and to all of the evaluators as well. It wouldn’t have been possible without you guys!

Are you interested in becoming a licensed skydiver and progressing through the course to eventually become a skydiving instructor? Book Your Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) First Jump Course today, it’s the first step of the journey!

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About Whitney Payne

Co-Operations Manager at Skydive Orange - Working with Skydive Orange for 10+ years - Previously positions held: Office manager, manifest, guest services, social media manager, she does it all! “If you told be 10 years ago I’d be co-managing a skydiving facility and loving every minute of it, I would have laughed in your face. I am not an adrenaline junkie, not spontaneous and definitely not a thrill-seeker but I love these people. Skydivers are truly a different breed of people and I am forever thankful for them accepting me into their community. Watching people visit Skydive Orange to face fears, celebrate milestones or just jump out of a perfectly good airplane has been truly life changing for me and helped be become the person I am today.” – Whitney Payne

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