BASI ski instructor course

Product Details

- Wanaka, New Zealand
- Val D'Isere, France
- Courchevel, France
- Meribel, France
- Haute Nendaz, Switzerland
- Zermatt, Switzerland
- Pila, Italy
- Soldeu, Andorra
- Loon Mountain, USA
- Vail, USA

What the programme includes

The step from being a competent skier to a qualified instructor is a big one but, with the aid of top-class coaching from BASI trainers and qualified ski school instructors, your skills will be developed and improved in an enjoyable, well-tested and well-organised way to help you fulfil your potential.

Week 1: Personal performance skiing course
A five-day course led by a BASI trainer, designed to prepare the student for the following week's trainee instructor course. It includes coaching on high-speed, bumps, freeride, racing, steep slopes and off-piste.

Week 2: BASI trainee instructor course
This is a five-day course, the first level of BASI qualification, also led by a BASI trainer and covering skiing safely, planning, conducting and evaluating an instructing session, accident and emergency handling, understanding of how to improve personal and instructing performance and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses to date.

Weeks 3 to 8: Ski school experience
During this period you'll shadow qualified instructors for up to 12 hours each week as they teach; the student also receives six hours of personal-performance clinics to hone technical ability.

Weeks 9 and 10: BASI instructor training course
A 10-day continual-assessment course, led by a BASI trainer. Successful students will be able to ski to the required competent level and have the knowledge, ability and understanding to safely teach alpine skiing on a marked, ski-patrolled area to the required level.

At the end of this week students will normally travel together back to UK, although some students elect to stay on in resort and travel home at their own expense.

This type of course is great fun, yet it is intense. Whilst attending the course you are based for 100% of the time in a snowsport environment. The intention is for all students to be immersed in the culture and way of life of a snowsport instructor and to be totally focused on the outcome.

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Our users say...
"In the final two weeks of the course, we all began to give up the much-loved après-ski and nightlife that Val D’Isere has to offer, for the first lift up the funival... it was our final assessment. After weeks of hard work, we really had to prove ourselves and perform to the best of our abilities. These weeks were the most exhausting, each day feeling more and more anxious. But for me and many others in the group, our hard work paid off and we are now certified Grade 3 instructors!" - Daisy Hatley.

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Is it for you?

Students should be able to ski parallel on red runs coping with a variety of conditions, and have completed at least 16 weeks on snow.

All prospective students are required to attend a half-day pre-selection to confirm that they meet the minimum technical standard. Pre-selections will be arranged at several venues, usually artificial slopes in UK, and are free of charge to anyone who has paid the initial deposit of £350. If a student wishes to attend a pre-selection before paying the initial deposit, there will be a charge of £20.

Included in the cost of the course

- Accommodation for 10 weeks in resort
- Meals (provision varies depending on which location you choose)
- Lift pass for the duration of the course (in most cases this is a full season pass)
- BASI trainee instructor course
- BASI instructor training course (formerly Grade 3)
- First aid course
- Ski preparation and maintenance
- Ski school training - personal technical development
- Shadowing and detailed ski school experience
- Mountain safety and awareness
- BASI manuals and course materials
- Associate membership of BASI

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