Sigma
Rated Vector Tandem Instructors
(preferably with AFF rating), and
Parachute Packing help are sometimes needed, although as of Summer 2009 we have
adequate help.
Interested in helping us at the East Coast's most happening Skydiving Center? We jump hard from April till Christmas.
| Full Time and Weekend Sigma Rated Vector Tandem Instructors Multiple ratings preferred, and PARACHUTE PACKING HELP WANTED! Weekend -27 Otter DZ with rather active weekdays too. Staff is expected to be familiar with the ISP, be sober team players who work together for the good of the students. Sigma Tandem / AFF dual rating preferred. 1 - 1/2 hours South of Washington, DC. Email us if you are interested. We are busy form the end of April well into November! |
We have adequate staff for 2009,
However, if you are a particularly talented,
highly experienced rating holder, there is a chance we might need your help
in the future. We are, however, very fussy about who we hire.
We pay well and can keep you busy if you have what it takes! JUMP PILOTS |
PARACHUTE PACKING Classes are offered periodically, but in 2009 we plan to require our students to observe a few complete parachute pack jobs before taking the packing class.
Check back for our next packing class
Rahlmo is conducting a beginner packing class at the DZ on Thursday afternoon. Why not take the afternoon, make a jump or two and then join this class? Starting mid-afternoon or after jumping. Packing is required to clear Category G and to get your license, but you may start any time. Cost is $40 per person for minimum two hours instruction (or until you want to quit). Learn from an FAA master rigger, with others to help as needed. Email US for more information on Rahlmo's packing class.
(Details might be little different from those below)
Usually cost $50, about 4-5 hours.
Look for more packing classes in the near future, sometimes on Saturday evenings after jumping in the
winter, so
spread the word to anyone
you know who is interested and when we get enough interest, we will have a
class. Email
US or call with any questions about future packing classes.
Prerequisite - We recommend you watch a few student or experienced jumper parachute pack jobs (not tandems) being done by our staff before coming to the class. Checking out Parts of a parachute and maybe skimming the steering toggle stowing page first wouldn't hurt either.
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PARACHUTE PACKING- WEEKEND PARACHUTE PACKERS! Parachute packing help is sometimes needed. It is possible to make $100's in a weekend (up to $400 - $500 if you work continuously on a long summer weekend after you have lots of packing experience) if you are willing to work hard. Email Us with "PACKING CLASS" in the subject line if you are interested. You will be working under our FAA rated parachute riggers when you are packing parachutes at Skydive Orange. Once you are trained, we will provide very close supervision the first few weekends you are packing with us, so don't necessarily expect to be able to jump right in to earning $200 / day right away. There will likely be times when we are busy jumping and training that you will be waiting around. It may take 20-30 or more packs before you are packing efficiently. One handy thing about having the skill of packing parachutes is that you can usually find work at skydiving places across the country, even around the world, since finding adequate safe, competent parachute packers is usually a problem for most skydiving places. This works out nicely for those who want to travel around the country and need a source of income. The usual fee for a full packing class with tutoring afterwards is $60. However, you are encouraged to use the more economical route of learn to pack by watching our packers for a few pack jobs while they pack parachutes (other than tandems, which are more complicated), then playing around with one of the "Training aid" parachutes to familiarize yourself with it. When our instructors and riggers feel you are ready, we can arrange to evaluate you to pack under a rigger's supervision.
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Working at Skydive Orange as an Instructor, Coach, Tandem, AFF or Static Line Jumpmaster-
We have an outstanding instructional staff at Skydive Orange.
Many new folks coming along through our training programs who will no
doubt help to keep our standards high for the future and carry the SOI
flame when they have the experience- those years go by quick when you
are having fun skydiving, as do the hundreds and then thousands of
jumps, so eventually they may qualify for a rating.
FYI for those contemplating getting instructional ratings and working at Orange:
As the person in charge and in control of the student program at
Skydive Orange, that puts a lot of responsibility on me in
keeping the right people on our instructional staff. The possession
of an instructional rating of any sort does not automatically mean you
will be on staff here. In most cases, we will need to analyze your
teaching abilities while working as a coach here under the supervision
of our instructors for a good while before you will be allowed to work
as a tandem, Static Line, or AFF instructor. We take our
customer's safety seriously. And there are many other considerations
involved as well, some not directly related to instructional
abilities. It may be nothing more than my feeling that this person
"just won't fit" or an instinct that this person is not the right
staff member for us if I elect not to allow them to instruct here. As
a staff member, you WILL BE CRITICIZED AND CORRECTED as needed! If you
take criticisms personally instead of using them productively, you
will probably not last long on staff.
Our personnel tends to stay here at Skydive Orange! We pay well and provide an excellent working and teaching environment. From what we've seen at other drop zones, they have a high turnover in staff. Hence we will start out new ratingholders, or those new to Skydive Orange on a trial basis. If you have a rating and want to work at Skydive Orange, don't expect to jump right into full time jumpmastering work. For those with their own Tandem parachute systems - we are using "in house" equipment; in other words, we do not lease skydiving equipment.
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When you skydive Virginia's skies over Skydive Orange, you
sky dive Virginia's friendliest skies! |
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