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Help with planning a ski season

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
Hello mates,
I am looking into working as an instructor this winter season. But I have some considerations and need help based on your experience! As I don't have any myself.

My story is that I'm from Norway and have skied all my life. However, for the last two years, I have been abroad, and not able to. Currently live in Australia, and with their uni-summer break being from Dec-March, I want to spend that time on the snow.

However, I sort of have to be in Norway for Christmas. And I would like to do a CSIA course, because I wish to work my next season in Canada.
I believe you can do CSIA courses in Andorra. Do you have any info/experience from that? Or other countries in Europe? Or is it possible to do a NZSIA course over a week? I am going there for skiing in mid-July a week. (and CSIA 2 next season)

I believe I can save some coin going around the whole 'gap-year' idea. And am confident I don't need five weeks of technique training before the test. Not saying I am the king of the hill, but I do consider myself an experienced skier. So I am thinking of skiing a week, sort of 'warm up' and then do the course, bounce to Norway, and bounce back again working until late feb.

The questions are really:
- Is it achievable to do a level 1 CSIA in Europe in Dec, go home for Christmas, and find work after Christmas?
- Or do a BASI this winter and do a CSIA 2 next season?
- Get a job after Christmas at all? That in any type of job you can do as a 'freshie' to this type of lifestyle.


I am aware of certain complications to the matter, such as Christmas being a very busy period, and is when you are most desired. And CSIA not being the most eligible certification in Europe.

I tried to look up similar questions, but didn't find succeed very well.

Cheers,
Peter
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
NZSIA Level 1 in Niseko Hirafu, Hokkaido, Japan pre-Christmas on your way from Australia to Norway.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Norwegian qualification should be good enough for Canada/Europe, I'd have thought? Maybe there's a pre-Christmas course you could do. If you can get to resort for New Year week, you shouldn't find it too hard to find work. Fuerstauer Ski Schule in Saalbach are ALWAYS looking for instructors, not sure if they have any Norwegians now but there are plenty of Danish/Swedish instructors (at least one working with the Danish qualification and not the Austrian), and usually plenty of Scandinavian guests booking lessons.
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It's not just about how good you are at skiing... it's how good you understand skiing tecnique, can evaluate an individuals skiing ability, fix it, demonstrate it and explain in a laymans terms how it should feel and the impending results...why's and wherefores'.... in other words can you teach?
Can you speak German or French?
Tbh...can't see you getting much work outside of the 'holiday periods'.
Good luck in your pursuit tho'.
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