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Do you need a qualification of some kind? How many pack jobs did you all have under your belts before you started packing other peoples chutes? Will a DZO or CCI want to see something before he/she will employ me to pack, and what experience will they want to see?
Thanks all

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i'm not sure how it works in the uk, but at my dz (in canada) we have to do 10 supervised packs, then they mess one up real good (several twists in the lines) and you have to straighten it out, pack it and jump it yourself. after that, you're allowed to pack "professionally".
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DON'T DO IT MAN!

At my DZ, if you can pack student rigs... your ass belongs to the DZO! You'll make a lot of coin... in the packing trailer... listening to people laughing and having fun outside...

"Ahh outside... I remember outside..."
-Almost anyone of our packers on any given busy day. :)



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In the US, packers must be "under the direct supervision" of a licensed rigger. This is interpreted in wildly varying fashion at different DZs -- for example at one DZ I frequent, only licensed rigggers pack tandems and student rigs, while at another, only one of three plus tandem packers is a rigger. They work hard, bitch a lot and make great money for teen agers.

HW

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You should be able to pack a parachute in 12 minutes or less.



in my opinion, being a packer, you should be able to pack faster than that to make money, and keep up with the rigs coming in(if your at a busy dz)

you don't need to have too many packjobs to be a packer, if you can do it neat, and right, and fast, then your good to go

and having your riggers ticket, is a big plus

but that's just my opinion, and opinions are like assholes.................everyone's got one.................and they alll stink:ph34r:

blue sky's and long swoops
kelly

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