OTAGO POLYTECHNIC COURSE
Otago Polytechnic Certificate in Snowsport Instructing (Ski or Snowboard)
 This is what we consider to be the ultimate snowsports instructor training course in the world. It runs for 18 weeks, starting at the beginning of June and going through to closing day at Cardrona Alpine Resort.
The course is run through the Otago Polytechnic and delivered by the Cardrona Instructor Training Centre. It is the only programme of its kind that is industry based. This means that we employ all the students as ski or snowboard instructors right at the beginning of the season. The training is designed to prepare student to teach within the school as soon as possible. Once they are ready and start teaching the training becomes integrated with the teaching experience. The students are treated as staff and are part of our Cardrona Ski and Snowboard School team.
Students have all the benefit of being in tertiary education in New Zealand as well as being eligible for a J1 visa. This visa means that they have a 100% opportunity of gaining work as an instructor in the Northern hemisphere, with the help of your trainers, on completion of the course.
The course covers a huge curriculum and the outcomes are far wider than any other instructor training course. These include:
- The Otago Polytec Certificate in Snowsport Instructing (Ski or Snowboard)
- The SFRITO National Certificate in snowschool (L3)v
- The NZSIA/SBINZ Level one
- The NZSIA/SBINZ Level two
- Formal teaching hours
- Snowboard school employment reference letter
Course Content:
Certificate in Snowsport Instructing (Ski or Snowboard)
Start: Monday 31st May 2010
Finish: End of Cardrona season 2010
Part 1: Classroom based delivery – professional presentation and expectations, customer service, weather, first aid, snow safety and an introduction to ski and snowboard school environment. This is followed by Cardrona Staff Induction Training including expectations, operations and customer service.
Part 2: Field Based Delivery – technical skiing and snowboarding including introduction of all movements; teaching first time students, both adults and children. Industry experience starts with shadowing instructors and when ready progressing into instructional roles.
The bulk of the course is based on: improving the level of your personal skiing or snowboarding; learning how to demonstrate at all levels; developing teaching skills at all levels up to and including level 4; developing the ability to analyse and lesson plan up to and including level 4; continuing experience in instructor roles in the Ski & Snowboard School environment.
Course Fees:
$5,000 approx for New Zealand residents (different for skiers and snowboarders due to NZSIA / SBINZ exam fees). This includes a Cardrona season pass, NZSIA / SBINZ exam fees and transport from the Wanaka classroom up the mountain. Student loans and allowances are available.
Students are responsible for providing their own ski/snowboard equipment and making their own accommodation arrangements in Wanaka.
Entry Criteria:
This course has open academic entry. Students must provide the following information with the application form – evidence that they have ski or snowboard skills to an intermediate level, verified by a snowsport professional; completed health and safety declaration; referee statement from a teacher or qualified instructor which verifies the applicants skiing/snowboarding experience.
Cancellation of course:
Enrolment in a course or programme is conditional upon and subject to sufficient numbers of students enrolling in the course/programme.
For further details contact Barbara Emmitt:
Otago Polytechnic
Central Otago Campus
P.O. Box 16
Cromwell, New Zealand
Freephone: 0800 765 9276
Web page: http://www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz
This is a great way to train, become qualified, gain experience, make some money and become employed overseas.
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