Raging Thunder Adventures  is the largest adventure company in Australia.  We have a reputation for excellence and have established ourselves as a world leader in Adventure Tourism.

Raging Thunder Adventures pioneered white water rafting in Queensland, Australia in 1984.  Our first commercial trip on the Tully River consisted of three nervous passengers. Since then we have carried hundreds of thousands of adrenaline charged passengers on the trip of their lives. 
Our range of adventure tours now includes white water rafting, sea kayaking, hot air ballooning, Fitzroy Island based activities and high speed outer great barrier reef tours.

The Directors of Raging Thunder Adventures place great emphasis on safety and training.  Our guides are Swiftwater Rescue Technicians accredited by Rescue 3 Australia, a franchise of the world renowned Rescue 3 International.

The World Heritage listed, wet tropical rainforest is our work bench.  Our guides are trained to leave nothing but a footprint and take nothing but photos.  The mood of our trips is informal; the emphasis is on team work and sharing.  The pioneering of our tours and equipment, safety procedures, and highly trained adventure guides, have made Raging Thunder Adventures a leader in Adventure Tourism.

The difference is our dedication to quality and safety.

Raging Thunder has been training guides for over 20 years and played host to many overseas guides looking to improve their skills on the Tully River. The professionalism and safety standard of Raging Thunder is unquestionable and is a foundation of an industry benchmark which many rafting company’s around the world aspire to.

Raging Thunder’s Guides are held in very high regard in the international rafting arena. Not only do they pride themselves on their prowess in Far North Queensland, but are renowned for conquering rivers all over the world. With a World cup Championship title to their name they are respected as fierce competitors in international rafting competitions. But by far, more than anything else, a Raging Thunder Guide enjoys amusing and entertaining clients as part of what they all consider to be the best job in the world!!

Imagine living on a beautiful tropical beach with views of coastline and tropical islands. Waking every morning to sounds of rainforest, eating a healthy breakfast of locally grown tropical fruits and then dressing yourself in the casual comfort of board shorts, cool open sandals and a company T-shirt. A pleasant stroll down the road with the sounds of a gentle ocean lapping up on the sand.

A company staff vehicle transports you and your colleagues to work. You chat and joke around with your mates on the bus before arriving at work where you then prepare for a fun day rafting on one of the world’s best rivers nestled in one of world’s best rainforests. You later meet your customers for the day. They are interesting people from all over the world, all excited to be on holidays. You can’t help but feel that you are on holidays too.

You use your unique skills to negotiate them down exciting and adrenalin pumping rapids. You are overcome by an overwhelming feeling – you are responsible for the smiles on their faces and making their day on the river the best day of their entire holiday. You are inundated with compliments and your new friends suggest that you should visit them on the other side of the world……and that you might just do! You fair well your new friends, jump on the bus and head back to the tropical beach where you enjoy the company of good mates and contemplate another day in THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD.

Raging Thunder’s full day rafting expedition on the Tully River is a world class tour. Such high expectations demand that all Raging Thunder Guides be trained to the highest level of competency.

Raging Thunder boasts one of the most comprehensive guide training programs in the world. Very experienced senior staff coordinate the training on the Tully River – often regarded as the best and most challenging Grade 4 training river in the world.

The course is conducted over 5 weeks and in that time you will gain;

• Internationally recognized rafting certification
• Remote area incident management training
• Customer service training
• Environment interpretation training
• “The skills required to enable you to competently raft any river in the world”

Raging Thunder’s 5 week Guide training program is designed to provide a stepping stone to a career as a commercial white water rafting guide. Trainees will cover a broad range of skills while sequentially working through the training modules that form the foundations of a well rounded River Guide.

The 5 week course operates from base camp in National Park on the bank of the Tully River. Raging Thunder provides all the camping gear and food for the first 3 weeks of training. The final 2 weeks of the course trainees will organize their own accommodation in Mission Beach where they are expected to support themselves (Raging Thunder will assist in organizing accommodation).

The training is physically demanding & mentally challenging. The days on river are long and the evenings make time for theory and revision. Instructors constantly provide feedback which enables trainees to keep track of their progress. A qualified River Medic will instruct in remote area incident management. Toward the end of the 5 week program trainees will sit with senior guides and travel down the river with a tour to learn operational procedures and gain exposure to some of the personalities of rafting. Through the entire course trainees will acquire extensive knowledge about the environment that they will be working in.

• Current First aid certificate
• Physically and mentally fit
• Over the age of 18
• A Team player
• Sense of adventure
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Ability to obtain an LR (light rigid) bus / truck license
  and Drivers Authorisation

The 2008 course will commence on Monday the 9th of June 2008, for a duration of 5 weeks.

Course Cost: $2100 Subsided with no upfront cost, and an attractive repayment plan thereafter.

Any trainee wishing to pay the whole amount at the start will receive a $420 discount (for a total of $1680)

On successful completion of the training course employment is offered in the form of an internship which lasts for an unbroken period of 12 months. During which time the course cost repayments will be deducted periodically.

The first 3 months of this period is a probationary period which acts as a performance checkpoint.

During the 12 month internship, trainees are required to conform to the Junior River Guide job description – Grade 5 level 2.

• Complete application and submit an Online Application
  
  
• Interviews follow the application process
  
  
• Successful applicants will be required to spend an evaluation day on the river prior to course commencement.
  
  
• For further details contact        
  Bastien Iezzi
  Operations Manager
  Raging Thunder Adventures
  Ph. (07) 4030 7900
  Mobie 0406 382 398
  Email: bastien@ragingthunder.com.au