 Poster: A snowHead
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Just got this through from Snowsport England:
http://www.snowsportengland.org.uk/news/2014/09/british-snowsports-bodies-move-towards-coordinated-coaching-and-instructing-pathway
Summary:
- BASI L1, L2 instructors can now refresh their qualification by attending an SSE L1, L2 instructor refresher and vice versa.
- SSE L2 holders can now book directly onto a BASI L2 without going through all the other BASI steps
(same applies for the other national bodies I think, not just SSE)
Nothing particularly controversial about any of this, but I thought worthy of wider circulation, and certainly a step in the right direction.
The second point above is slightly frustrating for me, as I've just completed the final BASI hurdle to allow me to book on to the BASI L2 course, and I'm already SSE L2 qualified, but hopefully it will be useful for others.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Does it make it easier to poach in France?
(Sorry, couldn't resist ) 
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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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Good move.
FWIW : In the old days the Snowsport Scot / Eng ASSI qualifications for dryslope used to allow exemption from BASI L1 (then grade 3)
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Sensible developments, however interesting that it seems silent about where BASI qualifications gain you entry into the SSE heirachy.
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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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About time they recognised each other's refreshers. It's caused us a certain amount of grief in the past.
We had a mix of SSE and SSS level 2's, and about 5 years ago the SSS's couldn't find an SSS refresher in the southeast of England, so we went on an SSE refresher, with the SSE qualified amongst us, and SSS accepted it. Fast forward three years to the next refresher date, and no SSS or SSE refreshers available at times we could do them, so we arranged a private refresher with Pete SG at Hemel. SSS were quite happy to accept a refresher carried out by a Basi trainer, but SSE weren't, even though they hadn't got a refresher scheduled themselves. Upshot was that the SSE level 2, who had been a member of SSE for 30 odd years, joined SSS instead and by doing the refresher got his SSE level 2 accepted as an SSS level 2.
So, nice move, but too late.
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Hi kieranm,
I'm not sure how the mapping that you allude to works (ie equivalency of L1 - L1, L2 - L2 etc) given that SSE L2 is getting you access to start BASI L2. What intrigues me is what my BASI L2 would effectively get me in the SSUK structure. I guess I'm not that bothered to find out otherwise I'd fill out that form and pay my £30 and find out for sure 
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abd, My L3 basi got me an SSE L4 dev coach after doing some log book stuff a while ago... they definitely had a matrix of equivalence back then...
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Refreshers can be fairly generic so this change makes good sense, I don't see that it needs to have anything to do with equivalence of qualifications.
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