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Volunteer Training

Several centers have generously offered to share their training materials with other members of the CCWR membership. Every center is different, so in most cases, these manuals and articles are just examples for you to use to design or improve your own volunteer training program.

If you have manuals and procedures that work well for you, we would love to share them here. Just attach your pdf file to an email and send it to CCWR. We will be happy to post them.

Organization Type Description
WildCare
San Rafael, CA		 Hospital Volunteer Manual This 45-page document outlines the procedures and protocols for hygiene, telephone contact, attendance, cage cleaning and feeding of animals specific to WildCare's wards and species.
Sulphur Creek Nature Center
Hayward, CA

Take-home class:
Avian Behavior

This class has general information that can be printed and used directly by any center.

This class has been approved by the California Department of Fish and Game as a continuing education credit for volunteers. It consists of reading material for the volunteer to take home. When the volunteer has finished the reading, a test is to be completed in the presence of the supervisor at Sulphur Creek. Sulphur Creek has generously given permission to print and use this test.

Project Wildlife
San Diego, CA

 Publication How to Design and Implement Volunteer Training Programs for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Organization. This 11-page paper outlines how to go about creating your own volunteer training program, and includes a bibliography of other useful resources.
Project Wildlife
San Diego, CA		 Hospital Volunteer Manual Project Wildlife utilizes a level system for training volunteers. This 28-page document outlines the procedures and protocols for level-1 volunteers.
WildCare
San Rafael, CA		 Volunteer Orientation WildCare's Orientation for New Volunteers is a one-hour presentation, given in Powerpoint. It provides a general description of volunteer duties and expectations for behavior to members of the public who are considering joining the volunteer corps. The document provided here is a 75-page pdf reference of that presentation.
WildCare
San Rafael, CA		 Supervising and motivating volunteers This is a two-page document that outlines the steps involved in motivating and retaining volunteers.