Thursday, February 19, 2015

Week 6 EOC: Job Posting for Sweetwater Travel


JOB DESCRIPTION

Sweetwater Travel is a company located in Livingston, Montana founded in 1995 by three Vermillion brothers (Dan, Jeff and Pat and Ron Meek). Sweetwater Travel is a family owned business that provides the best of class fly fishing experience. Sweetwater Travel Company has helped build and create some of the best known loges in the business (some include: Royal Amazon, Lodge in Brazil, and Mangrove Cay Club in the Bahamas). We make sure to plan out a trip in which our clients can encounter the greatest fly fishing experience. We encourage our clients to take plenty of pictures, so epic catches are well-documented.

A day in the Sweetwater…
·         Prepare and come up with a trip for our client(s)
·         Travel to our feature destination
·         Carry at least two rods (one by Sage and one by Echo)
·         Carry-on a waterproof Simms backpack (which will hold laptop, camera, satellite phone, passport, and reading material)
·         Checked Duffel Bag (will pack waders, guide raincoat, new pair of wading boots, Altera Alpaca socks, fingerless gloves, UV-protection gloves by Buff)
·         Carry a plastic briefcase (bring two or three dozen flies {some trips might require five dozen flies})
·         Use dyed bucktail, feathers, bunny fur and foam on single, barbless hooks
·         Keep a supply of materials at the fishing camp
·         Guide our clients into the wildernesses
·         Fly Fishing
·         In the evenings will sit around a fire camp tying flies late into the night

JOB REQUIREMENTS
·         Ability to perform travel agent responsibilities
·         Be willing to travel and be out in the wilderness for days (sometimes weeks)
·         Ability to guide/leadership skills
·         Communication skills (be able to communicate with our clients as well as being  able to interact with our clientele)
·         Meet our client expectations
·         Have fly fishing abilities/skills
·         Be willing to do research (must have prior knowledge of environment, eco systems, and must know fly fishing terminology)  
·         Must be able to perform fly tying, dry fly tips and tricks, knot tying, fly; casting etc.
·         Ability to carry numerous amounts of pounds
·         First Aid certification
·         Be Family oriented

We’ve got you covered…
We are a company that not only cares about our clientele but we also care greatly about our employees. Our employees are like a part of our family. We plan astonishing trips for our clients while our employees enjoy the very same experience. Come onboard and be a part of Sweetwater Travel. Turn your dreams and to reality while we visit feature destinations such as Suskeena Lodge, Mangrove Cay Club, French Polynesia, and many other destinations.

Websites
http://www.sweetwatertravel.com/
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/what-it-takes-to-go-fly-fishing-with-the-president-1424214978-lMyQjAxMTI1MDE0OTQxMzkzWj
http://fishandboat.com/fish_skills.htm
http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobseeker/jobs/jobdetails.aspx?sc_cmp1=js_jrp_jobclick&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=JHV2026HJ13DP1511Y1&showNewJDP=yes&IPath=QHKV0A

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