Introduction to Trail Safe!

Online Trail Safety Training Videos

This series of online safety training videos provide all core learning objectives found in NPS Operational Leadership and is required of all Trail  Crew voluteers.

TRAIL SAFE! is a unique safety training program designed specifically for National Park Service (NPS) Trail Volunteers but is useful to everyone! It’s based upon NPS Operational Leadership Training, where the Human Factor of safety is explored. Trail Safe! captures the core learning objectives of the 16 hour Operational Leadership course while allowing volunteers to learn from their own homes on-line.

The Trail Safe! series is found below in eight video lessons, each ranging in length from 18 to 40 minutes long. Viewing the entire eight lesson series will take approximately three hours. Watch them over the course of multiple days, or “binge watch” the entire series in three hours—it’s up to you—but please watch them in numeric order from Lesson 1 through Lesson 8.

Ready to start? Simply select which lesson you want to watch from the choices below. Click the “play” arrow and in just a few moments your Trail Safe! lesson will play automatically. To turn Closed Captioning on or off, click the CC button on the video.

Audio Description versions are available. Please be sure you are selecting the appropriate version for your needs.

ATCA Volunteers, please follow these instructions to receive credit:

  • After viewing each individual lesson, return to the Trail Safe! main page and scroll down to learn how to get credit. The Training Verification Roster is in email format, with several standard data questions for you to answer (where you volunteer, your mailing address, etc.).
  • Register yourself (and others if you are watching as a group) to receive credit for participation. When you have viewed and registered for all eight individual lessons, each volunteer will receive a Trail Safe! pin and a SPE/GAR card in the mail for your use in the field. Not sure what a SPE/GAR card is? You will after viewing the Trail Safe! series!

 

Video #1 Introduction

Windows Version:  DURATION:  18 minutes, 21 seconds

Video #2 Effective Leadership

Windows Version:  DURATION:  19 minutes, 45 seconds

Video #3 Error and Accident Causation

Windows Version:  DURATION:  38 minutes, 45 seconds

Video #4 Mission Analysis

Windows Version:  DURATION:  28 minutes, 11 seconds

Video #5 Stress and Performance

Windows Version:  DURATION:  27 minutes, 21 seconds

Video #6 Situational Awareness

Windows Version:  DURATION:  15 minutes, 42 seconds

Video #7 Decision Making

Windows Version:  DURATION:  12 minutes, 55 seconds

Video #8 Communications and Assertiveness

Windows Version:  DURATION: 23 minutes, 30 seconds

Thank you for your participation in the Trail Safe! video training series.

ATCA volunteers: In order to receive credit for your participation, after each video, please fill in your answers to the following questions (we suggest you copy/paste the following template questions) in an email message):

  1. Which video lesson did you just complete viewing (i.e.: #1, #2, #3…)?
  2. Your name and full mailing address, so we may send your course completion materials to you (i.e.: Jane Smith, 123 Maple Street, Anywhere, USA 12345).
  3. Names and addresses of others if you are viewing this lesson in a group setting.
  4. Optional: Please let us know what you found most useful about this lesson.
  5. Optional: Please let us know any comments or suggestions you have about this lesson.

Please email your responses to the above questions to: info@anzatrail.org

 Please title your email: “Trail Safe Training Reply“

Thank you, and enjoy the rest of the video series. Upon registering your completion for the entire eight lesson series, you’ll receive your Trail Safe! pin and risk assessment card via mail.