CSIA Level 1 Ski Instructor Internship, Full Season, Canada

• Three weeks’ training with experienced Canadian Instructors
• 5 hours a day, 5 days a week training
• CSIA Level 1 ski instructor exam
• Shadow teaching
• CSIA Membership
• Instructor Licence
• Video analysis
• Snow Ready Fitness Plan
• Successful interns with Level 1 qualifications offered work
• Receive payment for all lessons taught
• Receive Level 2 training and instruction from the Snow School
• Interns will be encouraged to take internationally recognised CSIA Level 2 by end of March

• Ski-in, Ski-out Resort
• Outdoor Hot Tubs during training
• Gym during training
• Launderette
• Ski Storage
• WiFi
• En-suite bedroom, kitchen, fireplace, cable & satellite TV

*Accommodation is dependent on resort, in some cases interns will move into staff accommodation during the training period. Winter Sports Company cover accommodation costs (hotel or staff housing) for the first 3 weeks of training.
**Job offer is subject to performance and behaviour. Resorts close in mid April.
***After the initial 3 week training period interns are responsible for their own accommodation and food. You are provided all details required to secure accommodation during employment before you start your internship. Flights and transfers can be included.

Week 1: Settle in, ski improvement, technique and all mountain skiing
Week 2: CSIA Level 1 exam preparation. Introduction to snow plough, carving, short radius and intermediate parallel turns. Teaching practice.
Week 3: CSIA Level 1 course exam.
Week 4 onwards: Start working full time for the Snow School

Training starts almost as soon as you touch down in Canada, and typically lasts 3 weeks, during this time you will stay in hotel accommodation along with your fellow trainees.* This is the beginning of living and working in a ski resort, expect to quickly make friends with the locals and become part of resort life. Following the CSIA Level 1 exam taken in mid December, qualified interns will be offered full time paid employment with the Snow School for up to 16 weeks.** As you leave the Winter Sports Company training, you’ll move into your new digs at staff accommodation and be part of a professional on-snow team for the rest of the season.***

As a ski instructor intern you’ll have a real job with the Snow School, gaining valuable teaching experience. The work includes teaching a variety of lessons, from children on the nursery slopes, to beginner adults and some all mountain teaching. You will be encouraged to continue training around your working hours, and most interns complete the season as a CSIA level 2 instructor.

Applications are now being taken for our ski instructor internships for the November 2017 and 2018 seasons. There is no restriction on nationality to apply for an internship – all we require is you to have the right experience and the right to work in Canada. Most our interns obtain working holiday visas, these are available for 18 to 30 year olds, visit our visa information page to find out if you’re eligible.

Winter Sports Company provides free assistance to all interns to get through the visa application process and will help you to write your CV, show you how to obtain documentation such as police checks and advises you on the timing of your visa application – crucial if you are to get one. Take it from us we know what we are doing and every year the majority of our interns are able to secure a visa for Canada.