Category: Ski Instructor Advice

  • Becoming A Ski Instructor in New Zealand

    Becoming A Ski Instructor in New Zealand

    With the southern hemisphere ski season now upon us, The Skiing Department recently caught up with Snowskool, a UK based organisation that runs ski and snowboard instructor training programs in several countries. Snowskool have outlined the pathway to full instructor qualification grading through the NZSIA (New Zealand Snowsports Instructors Alliance) system.

  • What Do Ski Instructors Do In The Summer?

    What Do Ski Instructors Do In The Summer?

    I’m always being asked the same question every winter by people who are naturally intrigued about what a ski instructor does once the snow melts. It’s one of those questions which can become tiresome to answer and making up stories about exotic ‘summer’ roles can become quite good fun.

  • Do You Want to Work in France as a Ski Instructor?

    Do You Want to Work in France as a Ski Instructor?

    There has been widespread coverage of the news that the EU is introducing a Europe wide employment card which includes 800 professions including ski instructors.

  • Becoming a Ski Instructor in the UK

    Becoming a Ski Instructor in the UK

    In this article, I intend to focus on the options that skiers, from the UK, have when deciding how to become a ski instructor.

  • Gap Year Ski Instructor Courses

    Gap Year Ski Instructor Courses

    For your Gap Year, learning to become a ski instructor combines the possibility of gaining a qualification with the chance to do something fun at the same time.

  • How to Become a Ski Instructor

    How to Become a Ski Instructor

    Many people who enjoy skiing recreationally and reach a certain standard might start to think about taking steps to become a qualified Ski Instructor. This is becoming more and more popular in countries like the UK, where the standard of skiers has risen in the past several years.