Zipline Canopy Tour Guide

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Camp Canaan’s Zipline Canopy Tour provides guests with the opportunity to soar high above the forest floor and over the Catawba River as they navigate an intricate network of cables and skybridges. Our Full Tour encompasses nine zips, our Bootleg Tour includes five of those zips, and our Night Zipline Tour lets our guests do it all at night!!

Zipline Canopy Tour guides love to be outdoors and are knowledgeable at facilitating high adventure programs. Does this sound like you? Apply now!

Part time. Flexible scheduling. Additional training opportunities.

A person wearing a red shirt, brown pants, gloves, white helmet, and sunglasses is ziplining through a forest canopy at Camp Canaan. They are smiling, raising one arm with a thumbs-up gesture while secured with harnesses and safety equipment. Green foliage is visible behind them.

A group of people wearing helmets and harnesses stand on the Zipline Canopy Tour tower in the middle of a wooded area at Camp Canaan, high above the ground.

A person in a white helmet and harness is smiling while ziplining through lush green trees at a summer camp in Rock Hill, SC. In the background, a group of people stand on a wooden zipline canopy tour platform among the trees.

Safely facilitates high adventure activities at Camp Canaan
Ensures operations are in accordance with ACCT and Camp Canaan safety standards
Conducts daily inspections of equipment and activity area
Properly fits all guests in safety equipment (i.e.: PFD, Harness, Helmet, etc)
Delivers exemplary customer service to all guests
Conducts pre-trip orientations
Provides information about the course, ecology, and history
Performs rescues, as needed, in the activity area
Helps with course enhancement and maintenance as needed

Minimum age: 18
At least one year of college or technical school preferred
High school diploma or equivalent required
Experience in guiding adventure tours preferred
Must pass initial guide training
Must pass a monthly skills assessment
Current First Aid and CPR certifications or willing to obtain upon hire
Responsible, reliable, courteous; solid judgment skills
Ability to effectively speak in front of large groups
Ability to communicate and work as an effective team member
Ability to work long hours and irregular shifts in a multi-task environment
Ability to learn new skills and apply feedback as given
Must speak fluent English
Family- and kid-friendly: experience working with kids preferred

Ability to perform work at height
Ability to perform technical rescues associated with canopy tour, high ropes course, and water-based rescues, as required
Ability to walk and stand for a long periods of time in all weather conditions
Full range of overhead arm motion; strength to pull two people along the cable
Ability to lift 50 lbs
Competent swimmer

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