Wisconsin Snowmobile Safety Class Information
Snowmobile Safety ClassesVisit the course online at: Online DNR Safety Classes
DNR will no longer be utilizing the CD version of the course. The fee will be $15.00, the minimum age is 16. Anyone under age 16 is required by law to complete a classroom course. Anyone with questions my email Gary Eddy of WI DNR at gary.eddy@wisconsin.gov.This is the newest feature from the Wisconsin DNR WOLF database system that you will want to know about. Please read on to learn how you can obtain a duplicate safety certificate (card) if one is needed. DNR Service Center Staff and all Customers with the ability to get to the DNR web site can now print a duplicate safety certificate for a small fee. You can print your own duplicate safety certificate from home by going to Wisconsin DRN. Then go to "Online Services" and then click Hunting and Fishing Licenses and Permits and look for the Licenses and Permits button. If you are eligible to purchase a duplicate safety education certificate it will be listed at the bottom of the screen under Duplicate Safety Education Card. For both options there is a $3.75 fee - The Duplicate Card will show all of your safety certificate approvals.
New fall of 2004!
Soon, you will see a new form inserted into the student packets. The new form is the Zero Tolerance pledge. Students signing the pledge promise not to consume dugs or alcohol before or during a ride. The pledge is also being adopted into the Boat and Hunter Eduction programs and will be part of our(DNR) safety messages statewide.
This idea came from Snowmobile Instructor Glen Jones during one of our Snowmobile/ATV workshops. Glen has been using this pledge idea in his classroom for sometime now and it's worked very well. Thanks Glen, Excellent work!
Snowmobiling provides opportunities for family recreation during the winter months in Wisconsin. Snowmobile Safety Classes are provide throughtout the State of Wisconsin by Volunteer Instuctors of which most are AWSC member. The purpose of snowmobile safety training is to expose new users to the basic mechanical functions and safe operations of snowmobiles. It is also important that snowmobilers understand their responsibility to other recreational users and the outdoor environment. The Volunteer Instuctors with the DNR offers safety training throughout the state. The course is comprised of six hours of classroom study and two hours of hands-on operation of a snowmobile. Anyone 11 years of age or older is eligible to take the class and receive a safety education certificate.
This does not apply to the operation of snowmobiles upon lands owned or leased by the operator's parent or guardian. As used in this section, "leased lands" does not include lands leased by an organization of which said operator or the operator's parent or guardian is a member.
No person under the age of 12 years may operate a snowmobile unless the person is accompanied either by a parent or guardian or by a person over 18 years of age. Accompanied means to be on the same snowmobile as the operator.
The certificate is not valid until the child reaches 12 years of age. Beginning Jan 1, 2001, any person who is born on or after Jan. 1, 1985 must have completed and received a snowmobile safety certificate in order to operate a snowmobile in Wisconsin. The certificate must be carried while operating the snowmobile, and displayed to a law enforcement officer upon demand. The cost of the course is $10.00.
Other States and Provinces that issue a snowmobile safety certificate to snowmobilers will be honored in Wisconsin.