# NOLS leadership **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675 "2002-06-12T18:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/1 "2002-06-12T18:25:08Z")
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/2 "2002-06-12T19:08:51Z")
I’m sorry my computer is about 73 (in computer years) and it can’t perform any simple tasks without conking out. The reason I started this thread was to see if anyone knew about NOLS leadership. How does one get certified? How much does it pay (I’m not looking for a lucrative career, just curious)? Is it interesting? You know, those kind of questions. My reasoning is that I want to do it for a couple of years after I graduate from college. ---
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/3 "2002-06-12T19:10:15Z")
I meant that I want to be a NOLS instructor, I think I might have been somewhat ambiguous. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/4 "2002-06-12T21:59:43Z")
I’d say you’ve been mighty ambiguous. Would you care to say what NOLS means? Nearly Overt Linguistic Spasms, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/5 "2002-06-12T22:03:58Z")
National Organisation of Labour Students? I suppose not. Sorry - you’ll have to tell us what it is - ignorance requiring fighting here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/6 "2002-06-12T22:08:30Z")
OK \_ got it - National Outdoor Leadership School. Can’t help you though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/7 "2002-06-12T22:10:05Z")
Is their website any use? [http://www.nols.edu/NOLSHome.html](http://www.nols.edu/NOLSHome.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tennessee\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tennessee\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tennessee_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/8 "2002-06-12T22:27:50Z")
I’m pretty sure that you have to take their NOLS Instructor course. As I remember it, offers of employment are made based on perfrmance in the course. Have you taken a NOLS course? Unless you’re “somebody,” I think that’s a pre-requisite for taking the Instructor course. ---
**Author:** ![Tennessee\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tennessee\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tennessee_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nols-leadership/113675/9 "2002-06-12T22:29:39Z")
[The Mandatory NOLS Instructor Course](http://www.nols.edu/CoursesAdmission/CourseFinder/Educator/Instructor.html).