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Thinking About Becoming a Park
Ranger?
If you:
• Are physically fit
• Like meeting new people
• Like exploring the outdoors
• Want to help park visitors
enjoy a safe and rewarding
experience
• Want to protect Alberta’s
landscape
Valuable Skills to Have
• General knowledge of the Alberta Parks
system
• Background or experience in the
outdoors
• Ability to swim
• Having a working knowledge of:
• Firearms
• Boats
• Horses
• Off-highway vehicles/snowmobiles
• Chainsaws
• Possession and Acquisition Licence
• Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card
Attendance in or completion of post-secondary education in:
• Natural resource management
• Conservation enforcement
• Criminal justice/police science
• Social science
• Outdoor recreation program, or
• Other related field
Educational Requirements
Additional Requirements • Class 5 Driver’s Licence
Defensive Driving Certificate
• Standard First Aid and CPR
Level “C”
• PARE test, 4:45 min. or less
• Criminal Records Check
• Psychological Screening
• Completion of in-house
Seasonal Training
Boating Regulations
Wildlife Act
Guided Imagery
Enforcement Database
Mental Conditioning
Patrol Procedures
Use of Force
Officer Safety
Vehicle Stops
Subject Control
Baton
Strikes/Counterstrikes
OC Spray
Edged Weapon Defense
Pressure Points
Ground Fighting
Contextual based training
Parks 101
Service Excellence
Peace Officer Act / Policy
Enforcement 101/201
Provincial Parks Act
Tactical Communication
Emergency Response
Gaming and Liquor Act
Youth Criminal Justice Act
Radio Procedures
Traffic Safety Act
Legal Documents
Notebooks
Court
Criminal Code
Fisheries Act
Public Lands Act
Métis Harvesting Agreement
• Shotgun
• Rifle
• Off Highway Vehicle
• Water Safety/Boat
Operations
• Equestrian
• Human Wildlife
Conflict Prevention
• Specialized Public
Safety Skills
• Communication skills
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Dealing with difficult people in stressful situations
• Verbal Judo
• Enforcement authorities and options
• Radio procedures
• Administrative requirements
• Court procedures
• Enforcement tools include warnings (verbal, written), violation
tickets and evictions
• Public safety skills
• Use of Force model
What will you Learn?
Authorities Appointed as a Peace
Officer and a
Conservation Officer
• Provincial Parks Act
• Fisheries Act
(Provincial and
Federal)
• Wildlife Act
• Traffic Safety Act
• Gaming and Liquor
Act
• And many others…
Skills You Will Expand Upon:
• Motivation and discipline
• Independence and
teamwork
• Physically fit
• Be a leader not a follower
• Enjoy the outdoors
• Outstanding
communication and
negotiation and people
skills
• Ethical decision-making,
sound judgment
• Excellent time
management
• Adaptable, problem solving
skills
• Cultivate working
relationships
• Ability to work in isolation,
irregular and long hours
• Confidence in yourself