Skydiving Courses
Learn to Skydive
Get Schooled!
Advancing your skydiving skills may seem out of reach – but it’s not! If you’re willing to put in the time, energy and resources, you’ll see a return on your investment that will keep you stoked indefinitely. At Skydive NEPA, we’re passionate about helping new jumpers learn to skydive and licensed jumpers advance their skills. We offer a variety of skydiving courses for all levels of jumpers including our immersive AFF course, Professional Exhibition Rating course, and CRW advanced training course. Learn more about each program below.
Earn Solo Status
Get Your A License
At Skydive NEPA, we champion education and mentorship. We use a variety of training methods, allowing us to custom-create a curriculum that will meet your specific needs.
Qualified course applicants must:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Weigh a maximum of 240 lbs
$349 First Jump Course
Includes first jump and first jump course
$149 Student Jumps
Price is per jump; all equipment provided
Essential Training
Packing Class
Knowing how to pack a parachute is a requirement for earning your USPA A License. It may sound like an intimidating process but, with practice, it’s not. In fact, many people take up packing as a way to fund their freefall habit.
Packing is a prescribed, step-by-step process that is a rite of passage for every skydiver. You can hire someone to repack your main, but – in our opinion – you should repack your own canopy sometimes. Being a responsible skydiver requires a high degree of self-sufficiency.
Attendees who successfully complete the single-day course will:
- Understand the USPA rules regarding packing
- Demonstrate mastery of flat packing
- Demonstrate mastery of Proper Ram-Air Orientation (PRO) packing
- Know what to consider for when hiring packers
- Be permitted to pack others’ parachutes with FAA Senior Rigger supervision
- Be permitted to pack your own parachute
Cost of Packing Class: $50
BASE packing class available; contact the DZ.
Advanced Training
PRO Rating Course
The Professional Exhibition Rating is near and dear to our hearts because the whole Skydive NEPA team is PRO Rated, and we love doing exhibition/demo jumps! Learning how to responsibly perform demo jumps requires a good coach, a ton of practice, and a knack for accuracy. We’ve got it all!
Qualified course applicants must:
- Commit to attending 3-day course
- Be a current USPA member
- Hold a USPA D License
- Have at least 500 jumps on a Ram-Air canopy
- Have logged 10 accuracy jumps
- Serve as ground crew on one or more demos prior to attendance
Attendees who successfully complete the 3-day course will:
- Understand USPA Demonstration Theories & Practice
- Know how and when to submit applications and forms
- Complete site reconnaissance and selection
- Distinguish between Open Field, Level 1, and Level 2 demos
- Know how to manage site prep, crowd control, and ground crew
- Demonstrate mastery of aerial smoke and flag jumps
- Complete the USPA PRO Rating Proficiency Card
Cost of PRO Rating Course: $500 ($250 Deposit Required)
Attendee responsible for basic gear; specialty equipment provided
Advanced Training
CRW Course
Canopy Relative Work or CRW – pronounced “crew” – is a skydiving discipline where two or more canopy pilots intentionally fly in close proximity to one another in order to create formations or patterns in the sky. Skydivers who specialize in this discipline are affectionately called CRW Dogs.
Qualified course applicants must:
- Commit to attending 3-day course
- Be a current USPA member
- Hold a USPA C License or above
- Fly a canopy with a wingload between 1.0 and 1.3
- Understand canopy flight characteristics, inc. riser maneuvers and canopy compatibility
- Demonstrate accuracy capability
Attendees who successfully complete the 3-day course will:
- Understand which gear is needed and how to use it
- Practice pre-jump briefing prerequisites
- Learn the fundamentals of safe docking
- Practice formation flight, breakoff, landing and emergency procedures
- Experience 1-on-1 coaching jumps
- Perform a 2-stack, 4-stack, and potentially an 8-stack
- Understand CRW-specific night jump requirements
Cost of CRW Course: $500 ($250 Deposit Required)
Attendee responsible for basic gear; specialty equipment provided
Advanced Experience
Airsports Excursions
Skydive NEPA is a very different kind of dropzone. Our mission is to advance airsports through education, mentorship, and opportunity – and that includes going on grand adventures all over the world together. Our team has organized phenomenal skydiving and BASE jumping trips in Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, East Asia, and in Egypt … and we’re always plotting our next getaway.
Want to join us? Learn more.
