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26 June 2019 28 June 2019
Learn all the skills it takes to get your USPA coach rating with Dave Pancake.
Requirements:
-at least 100 jumps and B license
-Have the 80 question test from the IRM completed and signed off on proficiency card
-Must have an up to date( no older than two years) SIM and IRM, both available in the CK store
-assist in a ground school and signed off on proficiency card.
Contact Pancake directly if you have any questions!
Pancake - 856-404-5259 - davepancake@gmail.com
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28 June 2019 30 June 2019
Tandem Instructor Course fee: (USPA/Manufactures rating)
500.00. Dollars.
** This includes USPA & UPT rating fees**
Gear rental and lift tickets for you and your passenger will be based on your DZ Charges.
(Paid to the DZ)
If the DZ is paying me directly that’s fine as well. Just let me know and make sure you know their charges.
EXAMPLE… FOR 10 JUMPS (Will depend on DZ Charges)
500.00 Course
500.00 Jump Tickets (Plan for 10 jumps w/ passenger)
250.00 Gear rental (Current local DZ prices apply. Packjob not included)
1,250.00
**** Pack jobs are not included. ****
USPA
Pre-requisites:
USPA membership
Hold or have held a USPA Instructor Rating
Hold a USPA D-license.
Have a current FAA class 3 medical
Pre-requisites on the USPA Tandem proficiency Card should be signed off
(Items 1-8 if you are a coach and at item 1-2 if you are already a USPA instructor in another discipline)
Have a current SIM & IRM (no older than 24 months)
** Can have digital copy available from USPA website**
Tests USPA (Completed prior course and are all open book).
If you ARE NOT an instructor from another discipline take
the General USPA Instructor Exam located in the IRM, Appendix B.
& Tandem Instructor Exam
UPT / Sigma
Pre-requisites:
18 years of age
At least 500 ram-air jumps
3 years in the sport
USPA D-license or foreign equivalent
Hold an USPA Coach and or instructional rating
Hold an FAA class 3 medical certificate or foreign equivalent
Test UPT / SIGMA
Sigma Test (new) and have a copy of the Sigma manual. (Manual can be downloaded on laptop or tablet)
Links
USPA
2018 Instructional Rating Manual (IRM)
https://uspa.org/downloads/2018-instructional-rating-manual-irm
2018 Skydiver's Information Manual (SIM)
https://uspa.org/downloads/2018-skydivers-information-manual-sim
Tandem Instructor Rating Course Proficiency Card
http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Form_TandemProficiencyCard.pdf
UPT / SIGMA
http://www.unitedparachutetechnologies.com/index.php/ti/category/certification
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27 June 2019 12:00 AM 01 July 2019 12:00 AM
Has your job got you down? Do you feel sad leaving the dz and going to back to your "real" job? Would you like your new office view to be from freefall? USPACourses.com is offering a tandem course at Skydive Chicago. Contact us for more details. A $200 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your slot in this course. Deposit will go towards jump tickets. CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS: *Must be over 18 *Hold or has held any USPA Coach or Instructional rating *Earned a USPA D License or Foreign Equivalent *must have a *USPA D License if using tandem rating in the USA *Logged 500 jumps on a ram-air canopy * Logbook required!* *Logged 100 jumps in the last 12 months *A minimum of three years in parachuting *Presented a FAA Class 3 Medical Certificate or military or foreign equivalent COURSE FEES: Course fees are $600 + jumps slots (2 slots for tandem) + packing + SIGMA rig rental. The rig rental + packing will be approximately $50 per jump with rental agreement. Required number of jumps to complete course: 1 tandem front ride, 1 solo jump + 3 additional Proficiency Jumps with an Evaluator, then 5 additional Post-Course Jumps. REGISTER AT USPACourses.com
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