Rafting in the Smokies

Current Job dates:

Currently recruiting for the season that runs from May 15th, 2024 to October 31st, 2024.

Whitewater River Guide

Hartford, TN

Working for Rafting in the Smokies means being a leader, having a flexible schedule, living in beautiful surroundings, making a difference in people’s lives while gaining skills and experience. Rafting in the Smokies’ employees are self-motivated, adventurous and hard-workers. It is a great community and a fun place to work!

NOW HIRING Summer River Guides!

We are proud to introduce you to Rafting in the Smokies and sincerely hope you consider working with us. On and off the river, we emphasize good “river-guide behavior” where we treat each other with respect, honesty, and support.

Our FREE Guide Certification Training for the 2023 rafting season will be held April 24th - 28th and May 15 - 19: (CPR & First Aid Certification classes are available, and are required in order to guide commercial trips). Spaces for the classes are limited, advance registration is required.

We provide training as a professional river guide to gain working knowledge of boat control and customer relations.
 

• All skill levels accepted
• No experience needed
• Full and part-time positions available
• Housing option available
• On-site guide training (April 24-28 and May 15-19)
• Enjoy your summer in the Smokies!


Rafting in the Smokies has a growing staff of approximately 50 river guides and 20 zipline guides from all walks of life, from all around the world. Workdays usually start at 9:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m., depending on your rotation, and the last trip of the day leaves at 5:40 pm. Trips travel about 5.5 miles and last about an hour and a half each. 

You will "check-in" at our outpost in the morning for a quick meeting and to assign trips for the day. Then it's time to blow up rafts and load them on the bus. You will assist customers with getting dressing in their gear and help explain safety procedures, give them instructions on your commands and how to sit in the raft. Then it's time to go hit the rapids! Guides usually work 3-4 trips a day, working 4 days a week. (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday)

At the end of the day we relax riverside at guide housing, cook meals, play music and games.  Working on the river is a unique experience as you rely on each other in ways that are just not common to the everyday workplace.  We live together, work together, and play together. We are confident you will develop deep friendships that will last you a lifetime. 

We want our staff to have an amazing work experience, with plenty of opportunities for exploration, adventure, and growth.   

Please fill out an application by clicking on the "Apply Here" link below. 

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Zipline
Zipline Canopy Tour Guide
Hartford, TN
Zipline Canopy Tour Guide

Working for Rafting in the Smokies means being a leader, having a flexible schedule, living in beautiful surroundings, making a difference in people’s lives while gaining skills and experience. Rafting in the Smokies’ employees are self-motivated, adventurous and hard-workers. It is a great community and a fun place to work!
NOW HIRING Summer Zipline Guides!
We are proud to introduce you to Rafting in the Smokies and sincerely hope you consider working with us. 

For the 2023 season, Rafting in the Smokies will have positions available for Zipline Canopy Tour Guides and High Elements Ropes Challenge Course Guides. *(CPR & First Aid Certification are required and must be presented to the Outpost Manager). Free training provided on all equipment and procedures for guides. 

Zipline guides are responsible for providing instructions to customers about the equipment, ensure that they are fitted properly into their gear, and helping the customers safely transition the towers and ropes course. The workday starts at 9:00 a.m. and the last trip of the day is at 5:40 p.m. All skill levels, no experience necessary, onsite housing is available. 

Rafting in the Smokies is family owned and operated. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we seek to employ and promote the best-qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.

Please fill out at application online by clicking the "Apply Here" link below:

Apply Here.
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Bus Driver
Hartford, TN
Working for Rafting in the Smokies means being a leader, having a flexible schedule, living in beautiful surroundings, making a difference in people’s lives while gaining skills and experience. Rafting in the Smokies’ employees are self-motivated, adventurous and hard-workers. It is a great community and a fun place to work!
The Rafting in the Smokies River Outpost is in Hartford, TN, right on the banks of the Pigeon River. We have customer relations & reservations offices in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, TN.

NOW HIRING BUS DRIVERS!

Bus drivers are required to possess their CDL with passenger endorsement, as well as the TDOT Medical Examiner's Certificate.   

Bus drivers are responsible for transporting guests the 5.5 miles from the outpost to the put-in to go rafting. Each day the drivers will arrive at 10:00 a.m. in order to prepare the bus for the first trip of the day which starts at 11:00 a.m. Drivers are responsible for the "bus checklist" in order to make sure the bus is ready to transport customers. (e.g. checking fluid levels, emergency equipment, lights, breaks, etc.) Drivers will typically drive 5 or 6 trips a day, with the last trip leaving at 5:40 p.m. 

Rafting in the Smokies is family owned and operated. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we seek to employ and promote the best-qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.

Please apply online by clicking the "Apply Here" link below:

Apply Here.
 
 
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