Many of them are knowledgeable about trail building and wilderness restoration. All cooks have participated in at least two previous service trips and have attended our annual weekend training seminar at least twice. Cooks must maintain a current Red Cross basic first aid card or the equivalent. Cooks' training is comparable to that of leaders. All trainees have participated in at least one previous service trip and have attended our annual weekend training seminar.
Many trainees are qualified to take over the leadership of a trip, if that is necessary.
They are in the process of learning to be leaders, cooks, or both. A person wishing to become a staff member in the Service Trips Subcommittee must first go on one of our trips as a participant. The following spring, she or he must attend our training seminar and work as a trainee on one of our trips. The following year, if qualified by the service trips committee, he or she will be assigned to lead or cook on one of our trips. The new leader or cook must attend the seminar a second time that spring.