Tandem Rating

[jasonRose 0]

Where do you go to get trained?

Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!!

[AdD 1]

the sky ;)

Life is ez
On the dz
Every jumper's dream
3 rigs and an airstream

[D22369 0]

I believe Dan is an IE, give Chrissy a call to get his number, or check the parachutist magazine, it has training schedules for tandem/aff courses.
also, jump more ya sissy!! ya need a few more for the rating....
Roy

PS: that video of yours looked great.

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

[FlyinseivLP2 0]

I would call the manufacturer of the rig you want to get rated on. They can give you info for the IEs in your area. Give a few of them a call and see if they can put you through the course.

[PhreeZone 15]

You first take a USPA coach course and get that rating. Then once you have 500 jumps and what ever else the manufactor requires you take a course from a Instructor examiner. The exact requirements differ between manufactors but the 500 jumps is consistant across the board, as is 3 years in the sport. Strong requires at least 1 prior cutaway also but others do not require that.

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[jasonRose 0]

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You first take a USPA coach course and get that rating. Then once you have 500 jumps and what ever else the manufactor requires you take a course from a Instructor examiner. The exact requirements differ between manufactors but the 500 jumps is consistant across the board, as is 3 years in the sport. Strong requires at least 1 prior cutaway also but others do not require that.

Can you start the training before the 3 year-500 and be ready to go at 500-3year??

Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!!

[jasonRose 0]

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I believe Dan is an IE, give Chrissy a call to get his number, or check the parachutist magazine, it has training schedules for tandem/aff courses.
also, jump more ya sissy!! ya need a few more for the rating....
Roy

PS: that video of yours looked great.

Thanks for all the hints on video!!

I wanted to hit 500 by LP but we will see how my DZ travels go. That 3 year thing puts a big damper on getting it done this year.

I figured I could get a reserve ride by letting you pack for me.

Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!!

[BIGUN 1,053]

The reseerve ride may be an "intentional reserve rig" which will probably be available for use at one of the boogies you attend this year.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[JohnMitchell 14]

Kapowsin Air Sports in Shelton, WA has a Vector/Sigma instructor-examiner, Jeff Farrington. That's who I got my rating from.

[PhreeZone 15]

You can do the Coach course but since the Tandem course actually involves taking people on tandems right away one of the prerequirements is 500 logged jumps on Ram Air canopies prior to taking them.

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[Andrewwhyte 1]

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Can you start the training before the 3 year-500 and be ready to go at 500-3year??

Perhaps you could fill in the time practicing with your coach rating. Being a coach is the minimum standard; being a good coach is better.

[D22369 0]

I figured I could get a reserve ride by letting you pack for me.

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Its a date princess
Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

[D_22359 0]

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I believe Dan is an IE, give Chrissy a call to get his number, or check the parachutist magazine, it has training schedules for tandem/aff courses.
also, jump more ya sissy!! ya need a few more for the rating....
Roy

PS: that video of yours looked great.

Thanks for all the hints on video!!

I wanted to hit 500 by LP but we will see how my DZ travels go. That 3 year thing puts a big damper on getting it done this year.

I figured I could get a reserve ride by letting you pack for me.

Roy can teach ya how to pack a mal I'm pretty sure in the 10 years I've known him he's had one or two of every kind avalible. And have you ever watched him pack? It sends shivers up my spine.

Localy Kerie Farrington over in shelton is a Vector Tandem Examiner and a pretty good person to boot. Fred Sands did the course for Aaron and myself at Praire and as an added bennie if ya dont kill him and survive a years worth of tandems he'll let ya work a little if it's bizy. Todak can probaly tell ya of any other examiners in the area.

Enjoy the 3 years prior to getting the rating jump your ass off and have fun no need to rush. Tandems are a blast to do but your responsible for your passengers life!

Blues

Bill

[skybum1 0]

Strong
TANDEM INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE PREREQUISITES
FAA Requirements:
1. Minimum of 3-years skydiving experience
2. Minimum of 500 free-fall parachute jumps.
3. USPA or FAI expert parachute license.
Strong Enterprises Prerequisites:
1. Minimum of 18 years of age.
2. 50 jumps within the last year.
3. Jumpmaster or Instructor rating, or the Basic Instructor Course (BIC),
or coach.
4. One intentional or emergency cut-a-way.
5. Four hours of freefall time.
6.
Proof of prerequisites must be shown to the Examiner. Along with original
logs and documents Candidate must submit copies of:.
a. Logs showing three years of skydiving experience.
b. Logs showing 500 freefalls.
3. Logs showing 50 jumps within the last 12 months.
4. Logs showing four hours in freefall.
5. Logs showing one cut away (intentional or emergency),
6. Expert license and ratings (J/M, I, BIC), coach.
7. Current FAA Class III Flight Physical, or parachuting physical approved by a
national parachuting association or the military.
8. Letter of recommendation signed by:
a. 2 Certified Tandem Instructors
b. Home DZ Owner/Manager
Note: Waiverable ONLY by Strong Enterprises
Each Candidate must bring to the course:
• Medium wing jumpsuit.
• Soft helmet (French Type).
• Wrist altimeter.
STRONG ENTERPRISES
www.strongparachutes.com

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[riggerrob 558]

• Soft helmet (French Type).

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That soft leather helmet is only relevant when jumping in the student position. TI candidates only have to do one or two jumps - in the student position - to earn their rating.
Seems like a lot of money to buy a hat that you will only wear once or twice.
After that, only "enthusiastic amateurs" wear leather helmets. PROFESSIONAL tandem instructors where hard-shell helmets.

Maybe it is better to borrow a leather hat for the course.

[Andrewwhyte 1]

I think you are mixing up TI candidate prereqs with TE prereqs. I did not have to get recomendations from existing TMs when I got my rating, nor have I known anyone else to. That is, however, a prereq for the examiner course, as is the soft helmet.

[phoenixlpr 0]

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After that, only "enthusiastic amateurs" wear leather helmets. PROFESSIONAL tandem instructors where hard-shell helmets.

I would not call our TMs as "enthusiastic amateurs", but they use frap hats only, even our tandem examiner too.

[diablopilot 2]

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• Soft helmet (French Type).

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

That soft leather helmet is only relevant when jumping in the student position. TI candidates only have to do one or two jumps - in the student position - to earn their rating.
Seems like a lot of money to buy a hat that you will only wear once or twice.
After that, only "enthusiastic amateurs" wear leather helmets. PROFESSIONAL tandem instructors where hard-shell helmets.

Maybe it is better to borrow a leather hat for the course.

Hmmm... I disagree.

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[tetra316 0]

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Hmmm... I disagree.

To what? just curious

[diablopilot 2]

I am a professional tandem instructor.

I wear a leather helmet, commonly called a "Frap hat".

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[riggerrob 558]

Diablo,

We are just going to have to be gentlemen about this and "agree to disagree."

I have been whacked upside the head ... seen too many ears sewn back on and had too many colleagues knocked silly by tandem risers to believe that leather hats are any more than a fashion that deserves to die.

[diablopilot 2]

Exactly why I wear a leather hat.

My hard helmet was too often rolling down the floor of the Otter, or a student was asking why they didn't get one.

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[tetra316 0]

Why not clip it onto your harness? I tell students they can have a frap hat if they want one. Have yet to have anyone take me up on the offer.

(not saying there's anything wrong with not wearing one, personal preference, just not quite understanding your reasoning