Lasting 17 hours and offered at a cost of $495, plus taxes, the goal of "Safety Concepts for Off-Road Vehicle Excursion Guides" is to equip persons who guide groups in off-road vehicles to adopt a safe approach before, during and after the excursion, and to generate increased safety concern among participants. Following the recommendations of a committee of experts, training was improved, especially regarding interpretation concepts, travel on a body of water and organization of searches for a lost client.

The off-highway vehicle excursion guide attestation is issued by Aventure Écotourisme Québec. The attestation is valid for a period of three years and is renewable for the same period.

To follow this training and obtain the off-highway vehicle excursion guide attestation, you must first hold one of these certifications:

• Wilderness First Aid, 20 hours (certification provided by SIRIUSMEDx)
• Wilderness and Remote First Aid, 20 hours (certification provided by the Canadian Red Cross)

An exception can be made for your first-aid training to be taken after your off-highway vehicle excursion guide training. However, your guide attestation will only be issued when you have successfully completed both training sessions.

Registration and Information

Check out SIRIUSMEDx's course calendar. Training is offered in several locations in Quebec. You can easily register online before the start of the snowmobiling season.

To enrol a group or to learn more about these certifications, contact SIRIUSMEDx at info@siriusmed.com or 514 509-2112. Instructors are available in various areas of Quebec and can travel to your company to make training accessible.

You can also contact the Canadian Red Cross training partners listed below:

Propulsion Plein Air	Trois-Rives	manulaf1975@gmail.com	(819) 268-9229
Les services d'urgence MÉDIC	St-Laurent	peter@ambulancemedic.com	(514) 631-9466
Loisirs du Faubourg	Québec	mgiguere@loisirsdufaubourg.com	(418) 691-3637
Atout Plus Inc.	Montréal	info@atoutplus.com	1 877 767-8887
Impact Santé Plus	Montréal	cours@impactsante.ca	(514) 249-4846
Centre de plongée du lac (9058-7668 Québec inc.)	Saint-Félicien	plongeedulac@outlook.com	(418) 679-7285
Service de l'activité physique Cégep de la Gaspésie	Gaspé	bharvey@cegepgim.ca	(418) 368-2201
Médic	Lévis	info@medic.quebec	(418) 658-8874
Formaction	Alma	info@formaction.ca	1 888 668-7381
Centre de formation des adultes - CSS des Îles	L'Étang-Du-Nord	dchiasson@csdesiles.qc.ca	(418) 986-2437
FSLN (Formation en secourisme Lucie Normandeau)	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	fsln@videotron.ca	1 877 304-9110
Secourisme RCR Plus	Gatineau	inscription@secourismercrplus.com	(819) 775-9876
Premiers soins.com Canada inc.	Laval	formations@premierssoins.com	1 877 767-1277

Note: The city is only a contact point, and several partners offer courses on a much wider area.

Please read these instructions before enrolling.

• Consult the training calendar regularly as training sessions are added each week.

• When enrolling, you must upload your VALID 20-hour Wilderness First Aid certification (expiry date after your off-highway vehicle excursion guide training). *See the "Pre-requisite" section above.

• Enrol early. The enrolment period ends five working days before the date of the training to enable us to check your information and for you to have time to read the participant's workbook.

• Once enrolled, you will receive a confirmation email and link to download the participant's workbook. You can read the workbook and do the exercises on your computer (in Adobe) or print and do the exercises on paper.
  Note: No printed documents will be supplied on site.

• Allow four to six hours BEFORE THE TRAINING to carefully read and assimilate the contents of the participant's workbook (166 pages).

• You should bring a laptop computer or tablet to the training session to take notes and complete the exam online.

• The exam lasts two hours and consists of multiple-choice questions. Note that a passing mark is 60%. No help is permitted, either by another person or using notes or the participant's workbook.

Validation of the number of participants

A minimum of eight participants is required for the training session to be held. Five days before the date of your training, if fewer than eight people are enrolled, you will receive a cancellation notice and can choose another date in the training calendar.

Commitment of the participant

By enrolling in "Safety Concepts for Off-Road Vehicle Excursion Guides" training, the participant commits to:

• Attending all 17 hours of training (except in the case of force majeure);
• Maintaining a positive attitude about safety issues;
• Not being under the influence of drugs or alcohol before or during training.

Failure to comply with the above may result in the expulsion of the participant who may be refused access to the final exam, at the sole discretion of the trainer, without reimbursement or other warning.

Enrol a group or obtain more information

To enrol a group of eight or more participants, or for any information not found on this page (e.g., additional dates with groups already formed), contact the trainers listed at the bottom of this page.

Click here to enrol

For questions about this training (group registration, technical support on the registration platform, training dates, course schedule, etc.), contact the trainer assigned to your region.

REGIONS	NAME AND CITY	EMAIL	PHONE
Mauricie, Lanaudière, Lac Saint-Jean, other regions on request	Emmanuel Laferrière (Trois-Rives)	manulaf1975@gmail.com	819 268-9229
Charlevoix, Côte-Nord, Saguenay, other regions on request	Pierre Challier (Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval)	info@nordexpe.com	418 825-1772
Charlevoix, Centre-du-Québec, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, other regions on request	Alexandre Dupré (Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval)	ops@nordexpe.com	418 808-9052
Laurentides, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Outaouais, other regions on request	Mike Smith (Mont-Tremblant)	info@b46.ca	819 430-3074

1. How can I get help with enrolling or managing my registration online?

To get help before or after you register, contact the trainer assigned to your region (see previous section).

According to section 24 of the Act respecting off-highway vehicles:

No person may carry on, or offer to carry on, the activities of a guide for off-highway vehicle excursions as part of a recreational-tourism enterprise or other enterprise unless the person has successfully completed training recognized by the Minister of Tourism, by regulation.

The provisions of the regulation may, in particular, specify the institutions and bodies whose certificates and diplomas are recognized. The provisions may set out equivalences and specialties and, as applicable, specify other applicable qualification and training conditions as well as the activities and persons exempted from the application of this section.

A person who acts as a guide must be able to show, on request, to a person authorized to ask the person to show it, a document certifying that the person has the training required by regulation.

This section does not apply to excursions organized within an off-highway vehicle club or an association of such clubs for the sole benefit of its members.

• Act respecting off-highway vehicles
• Regulation respecting the recognition of training for off-highway vehicle excursion guides