AE Instructor - Certified Registration

Step into a role that combines expertise with enthusiasm to introduce novices to angling and sportfishing! As an Angler Education Instructor you will serve as a teacher to novice anglers, combining your expertise with enthusiasm to guide them through the skills involved with angling and sportfishing.

  • Event Support: Help manage registration and check-in, and conduct event set-up and tear-down of materials and equipment. 
  • Driving: Pick up and transport equipment when needed.

Applicants are required to attend Angler Education certification training prior to volunteering at events.

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Equipment to be Used

  • • Basic fishing equipment such as rods, reels, tackle, various lures, baits, and flies

Additional Information

Registration Requirements

  • • Minimum Age: 18
  • • Form A -Volunteers Who Drive
  • • Information Security Training
  • • Volunteer Code of Conduct
  • • Preventing Harassment & Discrimination Training
  • • Wildfire Smoke Training
  • • Heat Illness Prevention Training
  • • Defensive Driving Training
  • • Acceptable Use of Information System Assets by Volunteers
  • • Fingerprint Appointment
  • • Volunteer Code of Conduct - Att C Criminal History Check Form for Volunteers
  • • Volunteer Code of Conduct - Att B Driving Certification Form for Volunteers
  • • Volunteer Code of Conduct - Att B Driving Certification Form for Non-Resident Volunteers
  • • Instructions to Submit Certified Driving Record - Non-Resident
  • • Privacy Act Statement


This Level includes: F&W Check LEDS-based Statewide Check Fingerprint-based FBI Background Check Drivers Verification

Volunteer Prerequisites Not Met

Under 18 - Acknowledgement of Responsibility as Parent or Guardian

Restrictions

Use, carry or transport of firearms and ammunition

Desired Skills & Knowledge

  • • Proper catch-and-release, landing, and harvesting methods
  • • Knowledge of basic aquatic ecology and fish habitats
  • • Oregon fishing regulations, license requirements and available resources
  • • Basic angling skills, including use and care of gear, use and care of tools, and water safety awareness

Physical Demands

  • • Walking, sitting, standing, squatting, climbing, kneeling, and/or stooping motions for long periods of time
  • • Working with materials, gear, and heavy equipment (to include lifting, bending, pushing, and/or pulling)
  • • Walking on uneven, wet, muddy, and/or frozen ground
  • • Wading in still or swift water

Training Opportunities