Instructor qualifications
With so many qualifiying bodies and levels of ski qualification how do you know your teacher is actually qualified? Well the best thing to do is ask!
As a British school most of our instructors are qualified through the BASI (British Association of Snowsports Instructors) system. You can read here about what is involved in reaching each qualification in this system.
All instructors work their way through the system. Summit instructors generally move faster due to the training and level of support we offer withing the school.
Our training team is made up of 4 BASI level 4's one of whom is also a BASI Trainer/Examiner. Three of these also hold the Swiss Level 3 qualification.
Become an Instructor
If you are interested in becoming an instructor then there are a few different routes into the profession.
Independent booking
It is possible to simply look on the BASI website and book your level 1 and follow the progression from there. This can be a more cost effective way but it can be hard to get the required hours between courses at the early stages
GAP Courses
By booking on a GAP course such as The GAP Academy you have a lot of the logistics taken care for you. Usually they are in a 10 week format with a week or 2 training followed by the Level 1 course. Next you have around 6 weeks training and shadowing before meeting your next trainer for the Level 2 course. On succesful completion of this you can start looking for work in the Alps (except France!)
Other nations
If your languages are good and you are interested in learning in a country in particular then you can find out about that nations training system, most are pretty happy to let you enrol and start from the beginning.
