I thought it was 36 months working as an instructor, Which with 3 month seasons is 12 seasons.
You're right, but doable in 5 years of back to back
I think it’s ever been thus. I remember doing the thredbo hiring clinic circa 20 years ago and there was a wide range of abilities, from top three in the Thredbo Top to Bottom, to very rudimentary skiers. If you planned to work in Thredboland and passed the working with children test you pretty much got a job no matter how badly you skied - they planned to teach you on the job. I’m pretty sure they were more interested in your attitude, willingness to learn and ability to interact with customers than pure ski skill. I remember one or two locals who were very strong skiers, very surprised not to get an offer mainly around their application to the job.
Ski school hiring managers can probably detect a hero from a mile away?
Yep, totally.
Cool thanks AB. I think I’ve seen it on the map. Clearly I need to do a reccy mission - when things finally open.
not required anymore.
ski schools are currently desperate for instructors.
sure the 2022 thread has been derailed. who cares? if you don't have plans by now, I think you've missed the boat.
Sorry I missed the tele bit. Depending on the school a second discipline can get you a bump in pay.
ms pink jacket did it last season and had a great time.
Cheers for all this Any. Tele?
Plus the odd chookie-foot day at Stirling or Baw Baw…Cheers, it’s all good fun / interesting.
Same.Cheers for all this Any. Tele?
Mm, I do alpine-ish turns 3/4 of a lifted day on average to help the quads/knees last. Tele for quiet, wider, softer runs. Alpine for rest - especially in bumps and near the end of the day.
If and when is the time right it could be worthwhile looking into both T & A streams?
This is nice to consider for say an early retirement scenario. Not sure renting and early retirement are compatible. But occasionally, it’s nice to dream that a lotto win or unexpected favour from a rich uncle or aunt could make these sort of niceties a reality. (Best not get too carried away!)
Until then it’s the day job, city life and 10-12 lifted days p.w on an Epic pass.
- so I’m set if I do decide to do the ski L1 hahah
AJ will love you if you get your Alpine 1.AIUI the drop in required certification and experience applies only to ski disciplines, not snowboard. One of the many reasons I’ve been gently nudged toward skis and doing ski level 1. (However PB and I have decided I’m not working NH seasons regardless, but we did consider it as a way to circumvent the Covid tourist barriers for a quick minute).
I know a number of Snowboard Instructors in Niseko who keep getting put on beginner ski lessons - many without any ski quals. It’s a source of frustration for them - their advice “don’t learn to ski, or if you can don’t tell anyone or you’ll get stuck on first timer ski lessons for days”
Yes Aus staff are still having to buy manuals, and pay for exams, do in house training and get x hours training and work. Doing it part time would be tricky! Pretty sure my last exam (which got Covid cancelled) required 50+hrs work and 25+ hrs official training time before you were eligible for the exam. I’ve got 3 manuals now - ended up with the ski manual when I did adaptive training simply because the online purchasing system for the exam was set up that way
A quicker option if your skills are there is NZSIA - either in NZ or Japan. It’s a pay to play course with certification that doesn’t require you to be a currently working instructor with x hours in training/work. (Until you’re doing level 3). A lot of people do the course for ski/board improvement - which is why I initially did it.
I wonder when the ski hierarchy will realise that lots of skiers have moved on from "Alpine"? Especially when we do better at other ski disciplines and our ski fields don't really have the vertical for "Alpine".
I primarily ski tele. Not as well as @snowgum but now that I've broken in a new NTN rig last season I'll be looking to improve this year, assuming I get a decent number of days in Oz snow/ice/slush. 2023 will be an interesting year and with a little luck, interesting OS ski trips, maybe earning a few yen teaching pizza turns.
I think the great resignation, and an exodus of the vulnerable instructors from the game into secure work (that they may be unwilling to give up) had effected everywhere. I certainly didn’t expect it in the US as they’ve seemed to pretty much carry on as normal for much of the pandemic, but Help Wanted signs were up everywhere. And a few times when I’ve chatted with instructors and mountain staff and they’ve found out about me they’ve suggested I should do some work while I’m here as “they’re desperate for staff”. They were surprised when I explained about US Green Cards and illegal workersFor future options, I wonder the instructor scenario is like in Canada?
I think the market might be a lot tougher - a lot more competition?
But being able to get my Canadian passport could mean I’m not just dependent on Japan, if I give things a go, ‘one day’? A lot more tele in Canada too! Mmm! Choices!
Yeah that bit of the dream would involve land outside say Thredbo/PB, with a cabin built on it.
Jindabyne and surrounds is more expensive than Sydney so it did not occur to me that you would be talking about that area.I’m sure what I wrote for the context of the discussion at the time
I’d need to look about more carefully - I definitely wouldn’t want to over pay. A cabin is all I’d want so the land cost would be the main constraint. i may need to look past Jindy or in different directions if it ever happened!
Good luck!
We just stayed at the Rydges across the road from the terminal. We weren’t interested in going into Sydney to increase the risk of Covid exposure (despite ending up covid positive anyway lol).
Nic have you seen this FB group, its very handy for understanding what you need on arrival.
www.facebook.com
Right now, if you are triple vaxed, there's no quarantine.... and you can use public transport.
no "quarantine". but home isolation still. can use public transport so long as you go directly home, then its home isolation until you get a negative test result. friends are saying the negative result is fast, but it takes 2-3 days for it to make its way through the system before you're officially let out.
No.
Yes there are no tourists entering Japan at the moment as I understand it.
How long through customs, checking, etc. NM? We fly in soon and a bit worried about spending hours getting through. Need to get to the car rental shop before it closes.
