 Poster: A snowHead
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So I know there can't be any right or definitive answer to this, but any guidance from from people who have been through the system would be greatly appreciated. I have just passed my BASI level 2 in NZ, and I'm super keen to press on and try to achieve as high level qualification as I can get to.
I am planning on being in Courchevel for the coming winter, working for a chalet company so that excludes any of the intense ISIA training weeks. They are also crazy expensive!
The options I was considering were:
option 1: 2 hour private lesson, every off-peak week of the season (that's 14 weeks) with a BASI trainer (£1200)
option 2: Test Technique training course with skivo2 2.5 hours, 4 days a week, for 10 weeks. (£1800)
option 3: Both, but that's going to bankrupt me...
option 4: Some other thing I haven't heard of
So even if i didn't pass the test technique at the end of the 10 weeks (highly likely) I understand that racing is pretty amazing for your all round tekkers.
Which would you think would stand me in a better position for progressing through ISIA and maybe eventually ISTD?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Rethink Courchevel. Choose a country where you can work and train as part of the job.
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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?
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wise words.... look into the new generation stuff in switzerland
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Agreed, work in Switz with staff training. Check out ES academy in verbier as an option.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Why are you planning to work as a chalet host when you're a qualified instructor? Go to Austria or Swiss and work for a ski school. As well as improving your teaching (the important bit  ) you should get ski school training at least once a week.
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Bin Counchevel,and get some teaching experience under your belt first. Try Japan! Stepson did BASI 2 in NZ a couple of seasons ago, then got a job in Hakuba at Evergreen Outdoor centre. A great way to start his instructing career. They are always on the lookout for new instructors. Contact Emilie. The job includes accommodation and food and you are teaching lots of Aussies, non Japanese South Asians and ex pats. There's a daily training session in the morning. You work really hard over Christmas and New year and to the end of Jan with the Aussie school holidays, then again for Chinese New Year. Snow is amazing, plus it's a great cultural experience.
From there L has gone on- last season in Squaw Valley (rubbish snow), and now he's back in NZ teaching and doing his NZ ISIA level 3. He says as its really hard and there's no guarantee of passing at all...
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@Perty, I think I know your stepson L! I am in NZ too, at Treble Cone by any chance? And his girlfriend is A? Thanks for everyone for the advice, but changing resorts is out of the question at this stage, for one thing, the money I'll earn in Courchevel is much better than I would get as an instructor yet (I'm a trained chef with 5 years with the company)... For another thing, my GF has a great job lined up there too. I have done 125+ teaching hours this NZ winter, and will be coming back next year. From then I would be looking to work as an instructor (possibly Japan, possibly Verbier etc) But unfortunately I can't really budge on the resort this year.
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@albedworth1, ha! Yes...(please don't embarrass him by mentioning this post, he'll be mortified!  )
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