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Currently Zion Adventure Company employs over 40 staff members. While many of us perform a variety of jobs here, when hiring we narrow things down to six essential positions. Below is a list of those positions along with their qualifications, responsibilities, and compensation. Most staff members here fill more than one position in order to keep a more varied schedule and probability of more work hours. |
Outfitter
Position Description:
Helping People Have Fun. The Outfitting Staff of Zion Adventure Company forms the backbone of our business operations. Outfitters work inside and play outside; they go canyoneering, hike, climb, and bike to understand Zion and all it has to offer. Hundreds of Park visitors stop by each day seeking assistance in making the most of their time here. It is the Outfitter’s responsibility to help them leave Zion Adventure Company with an empowering sense of direction. Outfitters prepare visitors to hike the Zion Narrows, answer questions about our services, maintain the vast amounts of equipment we send out each day, and perform other crucial tasks that help visitors have memorable experiences.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Position Responsibilities:
Dates of Employments:
March 6th-November 26th; March 6nd-October 31st; May 8th-October 31st
Schedule is determined by shop demand as well as other positions you might work, such as a shuttle driver. As a result, you may work 3 days during some weeks, but will most often work 5 days. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
There is year-round outfitting available for a few staff members. Some stay to outfit part-time or work on seasonal projects.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance.
Helping People Have Fun. The Outfitting Staff of Zion Adventure Company forms the backbone of our business operations. Outfitters work inside and play outside; they go canyoneering, hike, climb, and bike to understand Zion and all it has to offer. Hundreds of Park visitors stop by each day seeking assistance in making the most of their time here. It is the Outfitter’s responsibility to help them leave Zion Adventure Company with an empowering sense of direction. Outfitters prepare visitors to hike the Zion Narrows, answer questions about our services, maintain the vast amounts of equipment we send out each day, and perform other crucial tasks that help visitors have memorable experiences.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 18 years of age
- Desire to help people, specifically help them have fun visits and stay safe
- A professional and responsible attitude when working with clients
- A willingness to learn and teach
- Strong spoken and written communication skills
- An ability to work in a team-oriented environment
- Sense of humor. Can make work fun and/or funny in positive ways
- Ability to work and stay on-task with minimal supervision
- Ability to apply problem-solving skills
Preferred:
- Some familiarity with computer programs such as Word or Excel. Previous experience with Mac is helpful.
- An outstanding work ethic
- Commitment to serving others
- Strong attention to detail
- Enjoys creating order in chaotic environments
- Ability to take initiative
Position Responsibilities:
- Answering visitor questions
- Outfitting customers for the Narrows
- Answering the phone and replying to e-mails
- Booking guided trips and shuttle reservations
- Checking in, cleaning, and repairing gear
- Checking out customers at the cash register
- Helping connect clients with guided trips and other Zion activities
- Offering expertise on local recreation opportunities and logistics
- Building an impressive knowledge base of the roads, hikes, canyons, and hidden secrets of Zion National Park and the surrounding area on personal time
- Informing customers about retail products in the store
- Managing product inventory on our retail floor
- Facilitating meaningful, helpful, intelligent, and pleasant conversations with customers
- Attending staff meetings outside the work day (approx. 1 per month)
Dates of Employments:
March 6th-November 26th; March 6nd-October 31st; May 8th-October 31st
Schedule is determined by shop demand as well as other positions you might work, such as a shuttle driver. As a result, you may work 3 days during some weeks, but will most often work 5 days. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
There is year-round outfitting available for a few staff members. Some stay to outfit part-time or work on seasonal projects.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance.
- Starting pay is $12/hour. Staff may be eligible for performance-based raises.
Trailhead Shuttle Driver
Position Description:
The Trailhead Shuttle Driver is responsible for transporting adventurers to their desired destinations in a friendly and professional manner. The Trailhead Shuttle Driver must also be comfortable operating a 14 passenger Ford E350 Van safely on narrow, winding dirt roads. Zion Adventure Company is committed to providing exemplary customer service, so drivers need to be able to speak knowledgeably about other services we provide, as well as the Zion area.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Position Responsibilities:
Dates of Employments:
March 6th-November 26th; March 6nd-October 31st; May 8th-October 31st
Shuttle drivers work about 4-5 days a week running 1-2 shuttles per day. The work schedule depends on shuttle demands. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
Trailhead Shuttle drop-offs are usually slower during the winter months yet past staff have found part-time work through seasonal projects.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance.
The Trailhead Shuttle Driver is responsible for transporting adventurers to their desired destinations in a friendly and professional manner. The Trailhead Shuttle Driver must also be comfortable operating a 14 passenger Ford E350 Van safely on narrow, winding dirt roads. Zion Adventure Company is committed to providing exemplary customer service, so drivers need to be able to speak knowledgeably about other services we provide, as well as the Zion area.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 22 years of age
- Must have a current and valid drivers license
- Current First Aid and CPR certification, or Wilderness First Responder
- Taxi Endorsement for Driver’s License (may be obtained in Utah)
- Knowledge base of the roads, hikes, canyons, and hidden secrets of Zion National Park and the surrounding area on personal time
- Desire to learn and share that knowledge with others
Preferred:
- Familiarity with the area
- Ability to be engaging and polite
- Some familiarity with computer programs
- An outstanding work ethic
- Commitment to serving others
- Strong attention to detail
- Enjoys creating order in chaotic environments
- Ability to take initiative
Position Responsibilities:
- Driving courteously
- Transporting clients as safely, comfortably and efficiently as possible
- Avoiding risks which could harm passengers, the vehicles, or the environment
- Running efficient shuttles without creating the hurried feeling
- Solving problems with grace and efficiency
- Helping connect clients with ZAC guided events, Narrows rentals, and other Zion activities
- Facilitating meaningful, helpful, informative, and pleasant conversations with customers
- Operating single run and back-to-back morning shuttles
- Early arrivals at work. Drivers of 6:30 AM shuttles arrive ZAC by 6:10 AM, which makes for early mornings, and an early end to the work day.
- Maintaining the shuttle vehicle for cleanliness, fueling, and informing Maintenance Coordinator of possible problems and needed repairs
- Being able to change flat tires on trips, possibly along unimproved roads
- Offering expertise on local recreation opportunities and logistics
- Make reservations, provide refunds, and cash register sales
Dates of Employments:
March 6th-November 26th; March 6nd-October 31st; May 8th-October 31st
Shuttle drivers work about 4-5 days a week running 1-2 shuttles per day. The work schedule depends on shuttle demands. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
Trailhead Shuttle drop-offs are usually slower during the winter months yet past staff have found part-time work through seasonal projects.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance.
- Starting pay is $12/hour. Staff may be eligible for performance-based raises.
Assistant Guide
Position Description:
Many dream of working in the outdoor industry, but few find opportunities for real-world training like this. Being an assistant guide at ZAC is demanding, rewarding, and extremely educational. ZAC Assistant Guides spend half of their season working in the shop as an outfitter, and the other half out in the field on trips. Towards the end of the season, many Assistant Guides feel ready to lead trips on their own and stay on staff as Lead Guides the following season. We invite our applicants to view working with us as a career opportunity, not just a seasonal work position.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Position Responsibilities:
Outfitter:
Assistant Guide:
Dates of Employments:
May 8th - September 4th
Schedule is determined by client demand and trip bookings. As a result, you may work 3 days during some weeks, but will most often work 5 days. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
Each year, there are some year-round staff positions available.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance; based on Guide Development Program
Many dream of working in the outdoor industry, but few find opportunities for real-world training like this. Being an assistant guide at ZAC is demanding, rewarding, and extremely educational. ZAC Assistant Guides spend half of their season working in the shop as an outfitter, and the other half out in the field on trips. Towards the end of the season, many Assistant Guides feel ready to lead trips on their own and stay on staff as Lead Guides the following season. We invite our applicants to view working with us as a career opportunity, not just a seasonal work position.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 23 years of age
- Moderate experience with technical rock climbing and/or canyoneering
- Confident and precise in speech and uninhibited in group settings
- Applicants should be physically fit with strong hiking ability and experience
Preferred:
- Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder Certification
- Some familiarity with canyoneering/climbing in SW Utah
- Experience with basic computer functions
Position Responsibilities:
Outfitter:
- Checking in, cleaning, and repairing gear
- Answering questions and facilitating meaningful, helpful, intelligent, and pleasant conversations with customers
- Outfitting customers for the Narrows and other hikes
- Answering the phone and replying to e-mails
- Booking guided trips and shuttle reservations
- Offering expertise on local recreation opportunities and logistics
- Managing product inventory on our retail floor
Assistant Guide:
- Complete initial training in the ZAC Guide Development Program
- Participate regularly in ongoing training and development to continue your growth
- Be able to work with each Lead Guide and their varying personalities
- Create a safe, fun, and educational atmosphere
- Facilitate half- and full-day canyoneering, rock climbing, mountain biking, road biking, and hiking trips and courses.
- Become familiar with the techniques and applications of basic bicycle maintenance and repair
- Build an impressive knowledge base of the roads, hikes, canyons, and hidden secrets of Zion National Park and the surrounding area
Dates of Employments:
May 8th - September 4th
Schedule is determined by client demand and trip bookings. As a result, you may work 3 days during some weeks, but will most often work 5 days. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
Each year, there are some year-round staff positions available.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance; based on Guide Development Program
- Level 1 Guides start at $50 per half-day and $78 per full-day
- Level 2 Guides earn $70 per half-day and $100 per full-day
- Level 3 Guides earn $89 per half-day and $120 per full-day
- Level 4, Guides earn $115 per half-day and $150 per full-day
Lead Guide
Position Description:
Guides at Zion Adventure Company are not just canyoneers, hikers, mountain bikers, or climbers. They are also passionate teachers and thrive on being able to share information with clients and help them connect with that activity and the environment they're in. We want our guides to have a highly-developed sense of self-worth while embodying a sociable, loving, and humble personality.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Position Responsibilities:
Dates of Employments:
March 6th-November 26th; March 6nd-October 31st; May 8th-October 31st
Schedule is determined by client demand and trip bookings. As a result, you may work 3 days during some weeks, but will most often work 5 days. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
There is year-round guiding available for a few staff members. Guides who have stayed throughout the winter months (slower season) have found most work through completing projects around the shop.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance; based on Guide Development Program
- Level 1 Guides start at $50 per half-day and $78 per full-day
- Level 2 Guides earn $70 per half-day and $100 per full-day
- Level 3 guides earn $89 per half-day and $120 per full-day
- Level 4, guides earn $115 per half-day and $150 per full-day
Guides at Zion Adventure Company are not just canyoneers, hikers, mountain bikers, or climbers. They are also passionate teachers and thrive on being able to share information with clients and help them connect with that activity and the environment they're in. We want our guides to have a highly-developed sense of self-worth while embodying a sociable, loving, and humble personality.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 23 years of age
- Taxi Endorsement for Driver's License (may be obtained in Utah)
- Comfortable working with ropes and technical gear
- Confident and precise in speech and uninhibited in group settings
- Applicants should be physically fit with strong hiking ability and experience
- Ability to demonstrate solid teaching skills
- Ability to learn quickly
Preferred:
- AMGA SPI or Rock Guide, PCGI single pitch, ACGA Canyon Leader or Canyon Guide, or equivalent experience
- Some familiarity with canyoneering/climbing in SW Utah
- 2-3 years independent teaching, training, or leading in any venue (not necessarily technical in the outdoors)
- Can lead 5.10 sport or higher in single pitch terrain
- Working knowledge of rappel skills, rescue skills, and mechanical advantage system
- Experience riding technical mountain bike terrain
- Competency with map reading
Position Responsibilities:
- Complete initial training, as needed, in the ZAC Guide Development Program
- Progress to leading your own trips by May 24
- Participate regularly in ongoing training and development to continue your growth
- Be able to work with fellow guides and their varying personalities
- Facilitate half- and full-day canyoneering, rock climbing, mountain biking, road biking, and hiking trips and courses. (we run mostly canyoneering trips, followed by climbing, then hiking, and lastly biking)
- Create a safe, fun, and educational atmosphere
- Build, evaluate, and manage a wide variety of anchor and rope systems
- Teach students basic to advanced technical skills
- Empower students to become self-guided canyoneers
- Wash, repair, and maintain canyon and climbing equipment
- Become familiar with the techniques and applications of basic bicycle maintenance and repair
- Build an impressive knowledge base of the roads, hikes, canyons, and hidden secrets of Zion National Park and the surrounding area
Dates of Employments:
March 6th-November 26th; March 6nd-October 31st; May 8th-October 31st
Schedule is determined by client demand and trip bookings. As a result, you may work 3 days during some weeks, but will most often work 5 days. Our aim is to create a regular work schedule for you where you have the same 2 consecutive days off.
Year-Round Potential
There is year-round guiding available for a few staff members. Guides who have stayed throughout the winter months (slower season) have found most work through completing projects around the shop.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance; based on Guide Development Program
- Level 1 Guides start at $50 per half-day and $78 per full-day
- Level 2 Guides earn $70 per half-day and $100 per full-day
- Level 3 guides earn $89 per half-day and $120 per full-day
- Level 4, guides earn $115 per half-day and $150 per full-day
Kolob Trail and Recreation Construction Crew Member
Position Description:
Sculpting the Future of Zion Recreation. The Kolob Trail and Recreation Construction Crew is responsible for the development of infrastructure supporting our developing line of premier product offerings. The projects slated for 2018 are interesting, varied, and unique - and as a result, our trail crew must be the same. The ideal candidate has experience in all aspects of trail construction, as well as experience in other trades including carpentry, forestry, residential construction and/or renovation. Trail Crew members are motivated, hardworking, problem solvers who find enjoyment in working in a wide array of disciplines in beautiful, peaceful, and isolated outdoor locations.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Position Responsibilities:
Dates of Employment:
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance.
Sculpting the Future of Zion Recreation. The Kolob Trail and Recreation Construction Crew is responsible for the development of infrastructure supporting our developing line of premier product offerings. The projects slated for 2018 are interesting, varied, and unique - and as a result, our trail crew must be the same. The ideal candidate has experience in all aspects of trail construction, as well as experience in other trades including carpentry, forestry, residential construction and/or renovation. Trail Crew members are motivated, hardworking, problem solvers who find enjoyment in working in a wide array of disciplines in beautiful, peaceful, and isolated outdoor locations.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 23 years of age
- Experience in one or more of the following related fields: trail building, forestry, carpentry, residential construction, etc.
- Ability to work in a team oriented environment as well as on solo, un-supervised projects
- Safety oriented
- Strong verbal communicator, with demonstrated ability to plan, analyze, and problem solve
- Ability to work outside in all weather conditions performing manual labor including: carrying 30+ lb pack over steep terrain, lifting up to 40 lbs, using hand and power tools
- Interest in learning new skills, and teaching skills to others
- Ability to see the big picture of a project and use this scope to guide smaller everyday decisions.
- Ability to interact with customers, and the public responsibly, respectfully, and professionally
- Clean driving record
Preferred:
- Experience with a multitude of hand and power tools including, shovel, pick, Pulaski, hand saw, chain saw, drills, generator
- Experience in construction of outdoor recreation focused infrastructure such as: trails, bridges, benches, decks, ladders, railings, stonework, etc.
- Experience operating heavy machinery including, pick-up trucks, towing a trailer, operating a tractor
- Experience in the ‘vertical world’ i.e. working while on rope
- Strong attention to detail
- Willingness to perform necessary task related research and planning
- Ability to organize and prioritize
- Takes initiative
Position Responsibilities:
- Perform manual labor outdoors in all weather conditions
- Carry a 30+lbs pack over varied, steep terrain
- Lift objects up to 40 lbs
- Work with a team to construct recreation infrastructure including trails, bridges, retaining walls, ladders, etc. from initial construction to final dressing
- Duties may include but are not limited to: digging, cutting trees and brush, constructing facility resources using dimensional and rough hewn lumber, painting, rock work, landscaping, spreading gravel, etc.
- Follow instructions as they relate to the task at hand, as well as the larger scope of the project
- Maintenance and repair of tools
- Other duties as assigned
Dates of Employment:
- April 1st – September 30th: Position has the potential to be extended as weather and availability of projects allows.
- 40 hrs/week, 4 to 5 days/week depending on the current project.
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience and performance.
- Starting pay is $12/hr.
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