A Camp Job......

It's not unlike.....

A parent-think about it, you're in charge, 24/7, of 10 kids.  You make sure they eat, shower, drink water, go to the bathroom, and get to bed.  For at least a week at a time, you're the parent.  Just a really really cool one.

A teacher-all I really need to say is clinic time.  You make lesson plans and execute those plans every morning.  Plus all those other unscripted moments where you teach them everything from how to act in social situations, making a fire, spotting deer tracks, and everything else inbetween.

A psychologist-it's late at night and your camper is homesick or a child is suddenly scared to ride a horse or climb the wall.  Just pull a little psychology book out of your back pocket, or the back of your mind, and calm them down.  No big deal.

Pastor/Counselor-Lead chapels.  Lead devotions.  Lead the little God moments every day.

A nurse-dressing those little scrapes and bumps and bruises on a daily basis gives you your nursing 101 degree.

A fireman-yep.....sometimes you got to put those out too.  Some years more than others.  This year, too many.

Any emergency personnel-anytime something comes over the radio, you got to go.  I've left many a plate uneaten.

Police-Yep, gotta keep the peace sometimes.

Team building-Survivor, Amazing Race, Teams course, anytime you have a unit activity

Horse Professional (only applies to certain camp jobs, like mine!)-you're expected to know everything and anything about the horse, what it eats, what comes out, how to ride, how to train, and, well, just everything

Handyman-self explanatory.

Wildlife/Nature Expert-cause kids expect you to know everything about the woods.

Expert at driving many different kinds of vehicles (buses, tractors, 4 wheeled all terrain anything)

And probably many more that I can't think of right now.


So to all you camp folks, counselors, full-time staff, you'll find that whenever you might make a resume, you'll have a lot of job skills to detail.  At least it makes it interesting every day!