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Wilderness Survival and Leadership CC
Wildland Fire Department | 4 CPCC - Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Earn your Wilderness Survival and Leadership certificate at Clackamas Community College to pursue various careers in the outdoors while leading survival and rescue.
Are you looking for an active career that brings you close to nature? The Wilderness Survival and Leadership program is designed for those students who would like to pursue a variety of careers in the outdoors. Students will learn about leadership, survival, and rescue in the wilderness. This Career Pathways certificate is part of the Wildland Fire Science Certificate.
Wilderness Survival and Leadership
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- demonstrate search, rescue and evacuation operations
- perform first aid and CPR skills
-
utilize understandings of land navigation and Northwest weather
Careers
Career opportunities include:
- guide service
- search and rescue
- state and federal agencies
- forestry and wildland firefighting
PROOGRAM CODE: CC.WILDSURVIVAL
The Wilderness Survival & Leadership program is designed for those students who would like to pursue a variety of careers in the outdoors. Students will understand leadership, survival and rescue in the wilderness. The certificate is part of the Wildland Fire Science certificate.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- evaluate hazards in the wilderness environments and take appropriate actions to ensure personal safety;
- demonstrate first aid and CPR skills used in the field;
- demonstrate the basics of land navigation;
- effectively communicate with pertinent individuals to accomplish the mission and/or incident objectives;
- lead, supervise, and direct personnel successfully at the appropriate level of organization.
CAREERS
This program prepares students for employment in parks and recreation, guide services, search and rescue, state and federal agencies, private organizations, forestry jobs and wildland firefighting. The certificate gives students the necessary skills to lead and/or participate in any program in a wide variety of settings that require leadership and competency in the outback regions of the Northwest.
Continuing Education for Firefighters
Separate from its degrees and academic certificates, Clackamas Community College also offers re-certification trainings and professional development opportunities for wildland firefighters, forestry workers, public land managers and natural resource field technicians.
Our S courses, other professional workshops and refresher courses will boost your skills and allow you to advance in your profession, available at www.cccwildfire.com.
Continuing Education for Firefighters
Wildland fire refresher training (RT 130) informs wildland firefighters of current issues and the upcoming fire season. This training is required annually by all federal, state and contract firefighters.
Training is provided to recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe and effective firefighting practices, and reduce accidents and near misses. Clackamas Community College offers a five-hour refresher course each season. The college can arrange courses geared toward agency-specific requirements, such as fireline EMTs.
The Work Capacity (Pack) Test is a yearly requirement for all fireline personnel. We offer the test at all three levels: arduous, moderate and light. As a recognized Public Training Provider, our pack tests are overseen by the Oregon Department of Forestry.
After a safety briefing, participants will carry a weighted vest around the college track, completing three miles in 45 minutes (arduous).
Wilderness Survival and Leadership Core Requirements
Complete the following Core Requirements
- FRP-243
- Wilderness I: Psychology of Survival
- 3
- FRP-244
- Wilderness II: Basic Land Navigation (S-244)
- 3
- FRP-245
- Wilderness III: Weather of the Northwest
- 2
- FRP-246
- Wilderness IV: Backcountry CPR/First Aid/AED
- 2
- FRP-248
- Wilderness V: Introduction to Search and Rescue
- 2
- FRP-249
- Followership to Leadership (L-280)
- 2
- FRP-250
- Wilderness VI: Basic Tool Use and Care
- 1
Note: Courses do not need to be taken in sequence

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