Age & Other Requirements

Age Requirements

Due to federal and state employment laws and BSA National Camp Standards, there are minimum ages for applicants:

Age 15 by June 15: Can serve in a two-week volunteer (unpaid) staff-in-training position at overnight camps (Baldwin, Meriwther, Pioneer, NYLT, Butte Creek) only . This is a fantastic way to get your foot in the door for a full-time position next summer.

Age 16 by June 15: Can serve in any camp as a full time, paid staff.

Age 18 by June 15: Can serve in any camp as a full time, paid staff including management positions with a minimum age of 18 such as bb-gun director, archery director, health officer, commissioner, outdoor skills, ecology/conservation director, and others.

Age 21 by June 15: can serve in any camp as a full time, paid staff including management positions with a minimum age of 21 such as program director, head cook, aquatics director, horseback riding director, chaplain, shooting sports director, climbing director, and others.

Age 25 by June 15: can serve in any camp as a full time, paid staff including camp director. Camp directors are selected in October for the following year.

Membership and training Requirements

All summer camp staff, whether volunteer or paid, must become registered members Crew 808 of Boy Scouts of America, and pass prerequisite training in youth protection, hazardous, weather, workplace harassment and more. Applicants over age 18 must apply as an adult and successfully pass a criminal background check.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Cascade Pacific Council is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of nondiscrimination with respect to all employees and applicants for employment. All personnel actions, such as recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, layoff, recall, compensation and benefits, discipline, termination of employment, and educational, recreational, and social programs, are administered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or physical or mental disability of otherwise qualified individuals, or membership or application for membership in a uniformed service. Employment decisions, subject to the legitimate business requirements of the council, are based solely on the individual’s qualifications, merit, and performance.

Harassment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or membership in a uniformed service will not be permitted or condoned. Slurs and insults related to those characteristics are wholly inappropriate and violate the Council’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and also may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, or other applicable laws.