2025 OEC Refresher Training

Ski Patrol members active with their patrol and in good standing with NSP must complete annual OEC Refresher training to maintain their certification. Training is completed through both an online training and an in-person skills session.

The OEC technician card operates off of a three-year renewal cycle. Members complete refreshers A, B, and C within that 3-year period. Patrollers are required to complete the current year's refresher prior to the end of the calendar year in order to maintain active status. If a patroller fails to complete OEC Refresher before the deadline, they will become delinquent.

To complete OEC Refresher Online Modules follow these steps:
1. Log in to NSP.

2. Select <Center for Learning> tab at the top of the page.

3. Select <Go to your Learning Center> tab.

4. Register for <2025 OEC Refresher Cycle C - Online Modules>.

5. Complete the OEC Release Form and upload your completion certificate.
 

To complete OEC Refresher Skills Session follow these steps:

1. Log in to NSP.

2. Select <Center for Learning> tab at the top of the page.

3. Select <Go to your Learning Center> tab.

4. Register for <2025 OEC Refresher Cycle C - Skills Session>.

5. Select <Red Lodge Ski Patrol> for location.
6. Review the Skills Refresher Guide.
7. Complete the OEC Release Form and upload your completion certificate (if not completed).
8. Attend the Skills Session at the RLM Main Lodge cafeteria on 15 Nov 2025.​ 

Bring lunch and drink as the cafeteria will not be open. Be prepared to go outside.

 

If you are not able to attend the RLM Skills Session on 15 Nov, make arrangements to attend another patrol's training. Here are the posted refresher dates for patrols in the region:

Lost Trail (Sula) - 4 Oct

Antelope Butte (Sheridan) - 11 Oct

Showdown (Neihart) - 19 Oct

Hogadon Basin (Casper) - 25 Oct

Bear Paw (Havre) - 9 Nov

Red Lodge Mountain (Red Lodge) - 15 Nov

 

Reference the Northern Division Calendar for dates and contact the patrol POC to attend. Patrollers can only patrol once their OEC status is current and up-to-date.