Cardrona Snow Sports Employment Information

Applications close on 1 March, 2009.

General information

Wanaka

Wanaka township is the closest town to Cardrona Alpine Resort which is only 30 minutes drive from the mountain. With a population of approximately 4000, Wanaka is a town that attracts people to its mountains, lake and surrounding areas. You can choose to come to Wanaka by plane, bus, or private car, and the following information is to help you before coming to New Zealand.

Transport by plane

Queenstown and Wanaka airports are serviced by both Air New Zealand www.airnz.co.nz and Qantas www.qantas.co.nz airlines. Queenstown Airport is around 1 hour from Wanaka and is a great place to begin your New Zealand experience. If you fly into Queenstown, its easy to spend a few fun days here and you may decide to purchase a car or come to Wanaka by shuttle www.wanakaconnexions.co.nz.

Transport by bus

It is common to arrive into New Zealand to Christchurch City from your international destinations. Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island with a population of around 400,000. There is much to see and do in the city and a great place to purchase any items you may need for the winter, especially if you’re in the market for a vehicle.
If you purchase your own vehicle to drive to Wanaka this journey will take you 5-6 hours depending on whether you make stops ie: Lake Tekapo/Mount Cook. It is important to remember that in NZ you drive on the left side of the road and that speed limit is 100km on the open road and 50km in residential areas. There are many companies that operate bus/shuttles to and from Christchurch to Wanaka, this trip takes around 7 hours by bus:
Wanaka Connexions www.wanakaconnexions.co.nz
Southern Link Shuttles www.southernlink.co.nz
Atomic Shuttles www.atomictravel.co.nz

Accommodation

During the winter season accommodation is in high demand in Wanaka. We strongly advise you to find accommodation prior to coming to Wanaka by arranging this with friends, contacts, accommodation agencies.
The following property management companies have a range of rental properties:
Fisken & Associates : www.professionalswanaka.co.nz
Wanaka Accommodation www.accommodationwanaka.co.nz

The Ski & Snowboard School can help you with accommodation, but only if you have been offered employment for the first time, details on how to be on our accommodation list will be provided to you with your job offer.

Requirements

The Ski & Snowboard School has an extensive range of programmes and lessons that cater for 3-5 yrs, 5-7yrs, 8-12yrs, and all adult ages, levels for ski, snowboard and telemark. You will need to be comfortable and able to adapt to teach children and adults in all age brackets and levels. Employment with the Ski & Snowboard School is expected to be from end June to early October. 

Immigration

As an international employee you must have entitlement to work in New Zealand (Australian citizens are automatically entitled to work in New Zealand). You can apply for a Working Holiday Visa, which will entitle you to work for multiple employers during a one year period (for more information check out www.immigration.govt.nz ). Or, if you are successful in gaining employment with the Ski and Snowboard we can support your to gain a Visa on the Skilled Worker Shortage List.

How to apply

Complete this registration form.
Also email a covering letter explaining why you want to work at Cardrona and any additional or specialised skills that you would be able to offer. Our children’s centre is a big part of our business so please indicate your qualifications and experience with children. Please do not send any big attachment and make the application as concise as possible.

Email this all to:

The following information applies after you have been employed:

Immigration

Once you have confirmed employment we will support you gaining a working visa.
We will send you out a letter confirming your employment plus a 1113 immigration form that we have completed.
You need to look at the immigration website www.immigration.govt.nz and find form # 1015. This needs to be completed by you and added to the documentation that we have sent you. This can then be sent through to your closest New Zealand embassy well before you are ready to leave.

You will find on the NZ Immigration website details on where you can take your application and the additional information that you need to supply. Make sure you give yourself sufficient time as applications can take a few weeks to process in some cities. Also note that not every city has a NZ embassy and it is a good idea to check this out in advance.

Banks

It is a good idea to open a bank account before you come to Wanaka, this can be arranged with any of the following banks. Some banks may ask for a letter from us confirming that you have been offered employment, this is fine and you need to contact the Ski and Snowboard School to arrange this.
The National Bank : www.nationalbank.co.nz
Westpac : www.westpac.co.nz
Kiwibank : www.kiwibank.co.nz
Bank Of New Zealand : www.bnz.co.nz

Inland Revenue

Before you can receive wages you need to arrange a Tax number with the Inland Revenue Department. You can download an application form from this website www.ird.govt.nz. Just complete the relevant form and send it to the IRD address.

Police vetting

By law all employees who may be working with children must have been police vetted. Before you are able to start work this police vetting form (download pdf document, 23kb) needs to be completed and processed by the New Zealand Police. Make sure you complete this form and send it to us before you need to start so that there is no waiting once you arrive. We will need a copy with a signature so please send by post to:

Bridget Legnavsky
att: employment
Cardrona Alpine Development Centre
PO Box 117
Wanaka 9343

Accident cover (ACC)

While in New Zealand, ACC helps people who are injured as the result of an accident. You can claim for a personal injury caused by accident, medical mistake or error, sexual assault or abuse, and in some work-related conditions. A personal injury is a physical injury, a mental injury caused by a physical one, or mental injury caused by a physical one.
Basically, if you are looking at personal insurance then you are covered for accident and it is advisable to take personal property insurance from your country of residence.
To find out extra information just look at www.acc.co.nz

Training

As an employee of the Ski & Snowboard School you will be required to attend compulsory pre-season training. This is during the week prior to the mountain opening and will begin around June 18th 2007, you will need to be in Wanaka for this. During the season the Ski & Snowboard School will run many training clinics for instructors, this focus on personal development will give you opportunities to develop your skills.

Work Schedule

The Ski & Snowboard School runs 7 days a week for the duration of the season. Our group lessons run every day at 10.30am (all levels), 11.30am (beginners) and at 2pm (all levels) for a duration of 2 hours.
In between these times instructors take Private Lessons.
The Kids Centre runs 7 days a week and operates from 9am-4pm.
As an employee you will be asked to nominate two days as rostered days off and during peak season you may be asked to relinquish one of these days.