 Poster: A snowHead
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My Daughter is considering the Internship plus offer with this organisation in Canada for winter 25/26. I wondered if anyone had any experience of them? The package includes the following and costs around £8.5k
Predeparture
Instructor Job Offer
EA Planning Checklist & Program Handbook
Work Visa Guidance and Assistance
Season Preparation - Support & Advice
Online login area with live updates and group chat
Ski Internship
EA Arrival Pack - Hoodie & Printed Materials
Resort Arrival Orientation
Shared Accommodation
Ski Level One Coaching
On Snow Analysis
Technical & Theory Sessions
Ski Association Membership
Digital Training Manuals & Materials
Ski Level One Exam Fees
Resort Employee Season Pass
Access to Resort Employee Transport
Advice & Deals on Equipment
EA Program Manager
Social Events
Assistance Finding Accommodation Post Level One Program
Ski Internship Plus Also Includes
Park & Freeride Training
Avalanche Safety Course
First Aid Training
All Terrain Personal Development
Ski Level Two Coaching
On Snow Analysis
Technical & Theory Sessions
Thanks,
Chris
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@ChrisP3, for some people, these gap year courses work out great, in my view it's a very expensive way to get herself a job, which will take a long time to pay back.
Alternatively (assuming you live in the UK),
L1 BASI/IASI Course £500/600 at an indoor dome (plus any accommodation costs if needed.)
Do your shadowing/teaching hours at a local dry slope/indoor slope
L2 BASI/IASI Course somewhere like Hintertux £600/700 + lift pass + accommodation and travel c.£2000
For around £3k you've got the same level of qualification needed to teach out in Canada (assuming that's where the EA course is run) as the internship program offers.
The £5.5k you've saved can be spent on Avalanche training, First Aid, Working Holiday Visa, flights etc etc and you'll still have plenty left over.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Thu 19-09-24 12:31; edited 1 time in total
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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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Thanks SWskier, sounds like good advice.
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Work Visa Guidance and Assistance
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Perhaps just the wording, but I'd want something more of a guarantee there will be a visa at the end of it. If not it's rather pointless. Most people I've met going on these courses already have a working holiday visa in place.
As said by @swskier, these courses are always very expensive. You are paying heavily for convenience. But if budget is not an issue the people I know who have done these kind of courses (with insideout rather than EA ski) did have a great time.
The other big advantage to the route proposed by @swskier, is that you get some shadowing/teaching before committing too much time and money. So many of the gap year kids on these courses finish them to find out teaching is not what they expected and they actually don't enjoy it. If your goal is to get lots of personal ski time it's definitely not the best job choice!
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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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Thanks @boarder2020, we have the same worries. If she’s not 100% committed to doing a number of seasons as an instructor, it’s a lot of money to spend and however much she says she is, I have my doubts.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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@ChrisP3, yes the dream of cruising round a ski resort all day as an instructor is much better than the reality for a lot.
One girl who had done a similar course was particularly put out when her job was mostly picking crying kids up on nursery slopes. Also the instructor work just isn't consistent, and what's even worse that it used to be the case you had to turn up in the morning to then find out that actually no there wasn't anything for you today because understandably they give priority to higher qualified and long serving instructirs. Finally, pay is not great, most earn more as a waitress and means they have daytime's free for skiing too
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@ChrisP3, just to illustrate the other side of the coin, so to speak. Mrs t_m had a sabbatical from work and she did one of these Canadian courses (it was in Fernie). Everything was a great success, she loved the whole experience, and as a result she has been working for a Swiss ski school for a number of years. I guess the difference is that she paid for it all herself, so the whole experience of spending a season in the Rockies made it value for money. The other comments above are perfectly valid though; nobody ever got rich working as a ski instructor, so it’s unlikely to result in a positive financial return.
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@ChrisP3,
A similar conversation to, "of course I'll walk and feed the puppy" 
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