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Instructor Information

Art Seely is a renowned authority in the field of safety and survival training, and the sole founder of Safety One International, Inc. Mr. Seely was one of the first certified rescue paramedics in the United States. He started a tracked snow vehicle engineering and service company in 1984. Although he's involved in snowcat sales today through Snow Transport Specialist, a division of Safety One, the emphasis of his work has always been to help companies keep their employees safe. In 1987, Art transitioned into snow survival and snowcat operations training. Today, he's recognized as the leading expert in the field, and actively instructs through Snow Operations Training Center. Mr. Seely subsequently formed Air Operation Training Center and instructs helicopter safety training along with leading professionals in the field. He also instructs classes in Bioterrorism and Pandemic Preparedness Training. Although Art does not instruct in the Antenna & Tower Training Center he's instrumental in the management of this division.

Relevant training for Art Seely

• Wilderness Institute of Survival Education
• Survival School, U.S. Air Force
• SWAT Team Tactics: RMTTA
• SWAT Team Techniques - Denver Police Dept.
• Tracked Vehicle Operations & Repairs - LMC Corp.
• Mountaineering 1st Aid - American Red Cross
• CPR Instructor Trainer - American Heart Association
• Emergency Medical Tech. - Santa Barbara County, California
• Emergency Medical Tech. A - Ventura County, California
• Emergency Rescue Paramedic - Los Angeles County, California
• Rescue Paramedic - City & County of Denver
• Heavy Urban Rescue - U.S. F.E.M.A.
• Diver, National Association of Underwater Instructors
• Pursuit Driving, Denver Police Dept.
• Competitive Driving, Porsche Club of America
• Emergency Vehicle Operation, California Highway Patrol
• Business Economics - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Environmental Health & Safety - Arapahoe Community College

Professional Designations & Certificates

• National Safety Council "Certified Utility Safety Administrator" with special endorsement in telecommunications
• Elected Member American Society of Safety Engineers
• Homeland Security Specialist Level 3 designation - American College of Forensic Examiners
• Hazardous Materials Technician

Relevant Positions

• President, Safety One Inc.
• Member National Safety Council - Utilities Section
• Member American Society of Safety Engineers
• Emergency Medical Tech., Ventura County, California
• Emergency Rescue Paramedic, Los Angeles County, California
• Rescue Paramedic, City & County of Denver
• Paramedic Instructor / Liaison, Denver City Fire Department
• Paramedic Instructor / Liaison, Denver City Police Department
• Senior Paramedic, City & County of Denver
• Paramedic Instructor, Arapahoe Community College, RN Program
• Adams County Sheriff's Department, CO
• Denver City Police Department, SWAT Team
• Los Angeles County Sheriff, S.E.B. (SWAT) - on loan
• National Association for Search & Rescue - Instructor
• High Speed Driving Instructor, City of Denver
• SWAT Vehicle Instructor, Adams Co. Sheriff's Dept.
• President, Snow Craft Industries, Inc.
• President, Snow Survival School, Inc.

John has been an instructor in the snow survival school since 1986 and is currently the Director of Training for Snow Operations Training Center. For almost three decades he has taught mountaineering and survival training. He is also a former instructor for Denver Public Schools and the Community College of Denver. John is a contributing author to three bestselling survival books and written numerous articles on survival and mountaineering. Part of John's formal training includes courses in mountaineering, survival, avalanche and backcountry first aid, including military winter survival and snowcat operations. In the Colorado Mountain Club, John has been the long time Director of the Wilderness Survival School. As a senior instructor for other Colorado Mountain Club Schools, he actively teaches mountain skills, including winter camping.

Relevant Training

• Mountain Oriented First Aid: American Red Cross, 2004
• Snow and Ice Driving/Trailering School: Safety One, 2003
• Survival School, Wilderness Institute of Survival Education, 1987
• Snow Survival School, Snow Craft Industries, 1985
• Avalanche "Circle A" & "Patch" Courses: National Ski Patrol, 1983
• A.A. Degree Radio Comm., Community College, U.S. Air Force, 1983
• Avalanche Instructor Trainer Course: National Ski Patrol, 1982
• Non-Commissioned Officers Academy Graduate, U.S. Air Force, 1980
• CPR Instructor-Trainer, American Red Cross, 1980
• Snowcat Operator School: U.S. Air Force, 1979, 1977
• Radio Communications Technician (Honor Graduate), U.S. Air Force, 1978
• Winter Survival School: U.S. Air Force, 1977
• A.A. Degree Electronics Technology, Community College of Denver, 1975
• Winter Camping School: Colorado Mountain Club, 1975
• Winter Survival School, S.U.R.C. 1974

Relevant Positions

• Director of Training, Snow Operations Training Center, 1994 to present
• Survival Instructor: Basic Mountaineering School, Wilderness Trekking School and Backpacking School, Colorado Mountain Club, 1990 to present
• Director: Wilderness Survival School, Colorado Mountain Club, 1996 to present
• Director (1984 to 1990) and Senior Instructor (1982 to present), Wilderness Trekking School, Colorado Mountain Club
• Certified Member, National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers, Master Endorsed Certified since 1985
• Certified Trip Leader, Colorado Mountain Club, 1982 to present
• Certified Reliability Operator, North American Electric Reliability Council, 2005
• Associate Director, Snow Survival School, 1989 to 1994
• Avalanche Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club and National Ski Patrol 1983 to 1986
• Instructor, Electronic Communications Technology, Denver Public Schools
• Associate Instructor, Electronics Technology, Community College of Denver
• Colorado State Teaching Certification, 1974
• Contributing author of three published books on survival

Since Mr. Anderson joined Safety One, Inc., he has specialized in creating, designing, implementing and instructing custom courses for the Tower Industry. Some of these courses include: Tower Safety Training and Rescue for Bill Boards, Competent Equipment Inspector, and the Advanced ATTC. Mr. Anderson has also implemented and designed the Rescue Rigging Lifeline Kits and Transfer Line 4:1's, specifically designed for the Tower Rescue Procedures. Joe is currently a Career Firefighter with a large metro area paid department and also a Lt. with a VOlunteer Fire Department within the metro area. Since becoming a Firefighter, Joe has dedicated his career to the traditionalism of the Fire Service with an aggressive, proactive, and progressive approach. With great mentors early in his career, Joe decided to become involved with instructing. Joe has been involved as an instructor with a Firefighter I academy for the last 5 years and continues to instruct various fire departments and agencies in a variety of disciplines.

Current Certifications:

• Firefighter I & II
• Pumper DO I & II
• Instructor I
• EMT-B IV
• CPR Instructor
• Haz-mat Operations
• Colorado State Proctor
• Instructor Level Technical Rope Rescue
• Technician Level Confined Space Rescue
• Technician Level Trench Rescue
• Technician Level Shoring
• Technician Level Heavy Rescue
• Qualified Tower Climber and Tower Rescue
• RIC Technician
• Swift Water I & II
• Ice Rescue
• SCUBA (Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Nitrox)

Education:

• Midwestern State University (BA in Business Administration with a major in Marketing)
• Red Rocks Community College (Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, and Pursuing Fire Science Degree)
• American Medical Response (IV)
• Rigging for Rescue
• ROCO Rescue
• Westminster Heavy Rescue Academy
• Dive Rescue International
• PADI
• Numerous inter and outer departmental rescue training courses and classes.

Mr. Weighton joined Safety One in 1997 and is the Assistant Director of Training for the Snow Operations Training Center (SOTC) as well as an instructor for the Antenna & Tower Training Center. For SOTC, he specializes in mountain navigation and winter survival. Using hands-on teaching methods, he demonstrates map and compass techniques, survival gear and shelter construction.

Originally from Florida, Nick moved to Colorado in 1990. He has traveled to all 50 states along with 24 countries providing him with a wide range of practical experience in various climates, terrain and working environments. Mr. Weighton offers 36 years of professional experience as a military and civilian instructor in navigation, survival, climbing and a dozen other outdoor skills. He was a Field Artillery and Special Forces officer and presently a backpacking, mountaineering and survival instructor for the Colorado Mountain Club. Since 1966 Nick has worked, hiked, trained or taught in woodland, mountain, desert and swamp environments in all weather conditions, day and night. As an avid mountain climber, he has summitted 55 mountains over 14,000 feet high, including Mount Rainier. He enjoys outdoor sports such as hiking, camping, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

Nick considers it a professional obligation to pass on his knowledge and experience to help keep our customers safe.

Relevant Training

• U.S. Army Infantry School
• U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer Candidate School
• U.S. Army Airborne School
• U.S. Army Ranger School
• U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advanced Course
• U.S. Army Special Forces School
• U.S. Army Command & General Staff College
• Basic Mountaineering School, Colorado Mountain Club
• Mountain Oriented 1st Aid, Colorado Mountain Club
• Intermediate Rock Climbing School, Colorado Mountain Club
• Avalanche Awareness School, Colorado Mountain Club
• Ice Driving & Trailering School: Safety One Inc
• B.A. Geography, Florida State University
• M.S. Human Resources Management., Chapman University

Teaching Positions

• Wilderness Trekking School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
• Beginner Rock Climbing School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
• Wilderness Survival School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
• Basic Mountaineering School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
• Director, Competitive Volleyball Program, Colorado Mountain Club

United States Army, Specialized Training

• Air Evacuation
• Air Resupply
• Camouflage Techniques
• Clothing & Individual Equipment
• Combat First Aid
• Combat Search and Rescue Operations
• Combat Tactics and Operations
• Communications
• Convoy Procedures
• Demolitions
• Evasion & Escape
• Field Hygiene
• Fire Direction Control
• Fortifications Construction
• Forward Observer Procedures
• Hand to Hand Fighting (Hapkido, 1st Degree Black Belt)
• Leadership
• Long Range Patrolling Techniques
• Maintenance of Equipment & Weapons
• Map & Compass Navigation
• Marksmanship and Weapons Employment
• Physical Training
• Pyrotechnics
• Rappelling
• Route Selection and Terrain Movement
• Survival Training
• Weapons & Vehicle Safety

Mr. Dundas is a senior instructor for Snow Operation Training Center. He's been teaching for SOTC since 1999. Steve is an experienced snow vehicle operator with over ten years in snowcat transportation through Mountain Top Communications. Steve has 35 years' experience as an Airport Ground Operation Supervisor for United Airlines. He resides near Reno, Nevada, in the foothills of the Sierras.
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Andy is a Lead Safety Coordinator for Tri-State Generation, a large utility company in the western United States. For over thirty years, he has worked and managed within the electrical utility industry. Andy is considered an expert among his peers in Antenna and Tower Climbing and Safety Training. He has spent thousands of man-hours climbing towers for maintenance and rescue. Andy has held a journeyman level certification for twenty-six years and has trained hundreds of students in the OSHA requirements for Antenna and Tower Safety. Andy is a certified Utility Safety Administrator with a CUSA designation. His other certifications include: First Aid/CPR and Defensive Driving. Andy is currently one of Safety One Inc.'s Senior Instructors in our Antenna and Tower Climbing Safety and Rescue course.
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Todd Horning comes from an extensive safety background. He has approximately ten years of experience working in the powersports industry in various positions including parts, service and sales, and safety training departments for some of the largest dealers in the Rocky Mountain region. He also has 10+ years of extensive professional experience teaching in the safe operation of motorcycles, ATVs, and tracked snow vehicles. Todd has spent the last 5 years working in a number of areas related to work at height and fall protection. He has had the opportunity to work with many different crews around the world to develop safe practices for some of the most unique at-height scenarios. He is very passionate about sharing his experience with others to ensure their safety and enjoyment.

Current Certifications

• OSHA 511 General Industry Safety
• OSHA 501 Authorized Trainer in Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry
• EMT-B Nationally and State Registered Emergency Medical Technician
• Fire Fighter 1 State of Colorado
• Hazmat Operations State of Colorado
• SPRAT Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians, Certified Rope Technician

Relevant Training & Experience

• Qualified Climber and Rescuer: Communication and high voltage towers, wind turbine, wtility/wood pole, monopole and bucket truck
• Snow Vehicle Basic and Advanced Operator Certifications
• Prinoth Service Technician training for Hydrostatic Snow Vehicles
• MSF Rider Safety Course
• Yamaha ATV/UTV technical seminars and product testing
• Shoei Helmet University

Conference Presentation & Magazine Articles

• NATE 2012- New Techniques for Performing a Remote Rescue on a Tower
• NTA 2012- Safety at Height for the Broadcasting Industry
• Incident Prevention February 2011-ATV Safety in the Workplace
• AGL June 2012- Techniques That Save Lives During a Tower Rescue

Mr. Dornstauder is a training instructor for Snow Operations Training Center. Mark has been teaching for SOTC since January 2005. Mark is an experienced snow cat operator since 1997. He is currently employed by a utility company where he works as an Equipment Specialist in the fleet management department. He has spent much of his time working on LMC, VMC and Tucker snow cats. Mark also transports telecommunication employees to mountain sites in the Reno and surrounding areas. Mark resides with his family in Reno, NV where he enjoys spending time outdoors with his family going camping, rock climbing and riding ATV's.

Relevant Training

• Graduated from Universal Technical Institute in 1986 with a degree in automotive and diesel repair.
• ASE certification in auto and light truck.
• 23 years off-road experience in all types of conditions including vehicle rescue and recovery missions with ATV & four-wheel drive vehicles
• Attended numerous courses related to automotive repairs in fleet services
• Continuous vehicle training
• Current Class A CDL license
• Currently certified in Adult CPR and Standard First Aid
• Member of the Washoe County Sheriffs Specialized Vehicle Unit with Search and Rescue since 2006

Robin Commons joined Safety One in the fall of 2008 as an assistant instructor in the Snow Operations Training Center. Since 2003 he's been a senior instructor with the Colorado Mountain Club teaching navigation, backcountry travel, winter conditions skills and emergency shelter construction to beginning mountaineers. Before becoming an instructor he had completed several courses, including the CMC survival school and Mountain Oriented First Aid. In 2004 he was trained as a Wilderness First Responder. Prior to joining Safety One he spent 25 years in the broadcasting industry. His last position was as a Regional Director of Operations for Westwood One.