Cardrona Snowboard Instructor Course

Product Details

Price is from £6750.00 depending on choice of accommodation.

Why take a course?
Crystal International Academy run 9 week snowboard instructor training courses in partnership with Cardrona High Performance Centre, New Zealand.

The courses will enable you to:

• transform your personal riding skills through a quality instructor training programme
• experience Cardrona Alpine Resort - one of New Zealand’s premier resorts
• attain the NZSIA Certificate in Snowsports Instruction and Stage One qualifications
• qualify over the summer and work the winter season!

Our instructor training programmes have been running successfully with Cardrona High Performance Centre for over 7 years. The instructors at Cardrona HPC are very proud of their coaching technique and they look forward to sharing their skills and passion for teaching snowsports with you.

Dates
17 July 2008 - 20 September 2008

Cardrona Alpine Resort - the resort
"Higher, Drier and Naturally Better". This is the slogan of Cardrona Alpine Resort, located between Wanaka and Queenstown in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Cardrona is a high resort with wide open slopes, renowned among skiers and snowboarders for dry, natural snow, and a reliable season that runs from late June to early October. Its extensive ski area, large open basins, halfpipes, gravity cross course and terrain park trails make it a popular playground for freestyle skiers and boarders.

The courses
You will have approximately 20 hours per week of quality instruction provided through Cardrona High Performance Centre, and you will also have plenty of spare time to yourself to enjoy the mountains. You will be taught in small groups of up to 8 people per instructor. Not only will you see a vast improvement in your own technique, you will also be given the tools to become an effective teacher and share your expertise with others. Our courses will provide you with an insight into the service side of the industry, how ski and snowboard schools function, plan lessons, and you will also get to shadow instructors. To complement the instruction, a first aid course, recreational avalanche/backcountry course, and ski/snowboard tuning clinics are also included.

Accommodation and meals
Accommodation is provided at the Alpine Motel Apartments which is located centrally in the town of Wanaka. You do have the choice of either a studio or a two bedroom unit. All units provide self-contained and spacious accommodation, full kitchens, en suite facilities, Sky TV, magnificent mountain views in quiet garden surroundings, and a short 2-5 minute walk to the town centre and lake. There is also a large laundry, ski storage/drying/waxing room, internet kiosk and wireless internet in most of the units.

Weekday breakfasts will be provided at the accommodation and weekday evening meals will be provided at a variety of different restaurants in Wanaka. There are plenty of shops, bars restaurants and other resort amenities including a cinema to keep you occupied in Wanaka over the season.

The package
The cost of the courses include:

• Flights
• Airport transfers
• Accommodation (shared)
• Weekday breakfasts
• Weekday evening meals
• Resort transfers (if applicable)
• Season lift pass
• Services of a representative
• Instructor training (approximately 20 hours per week)
• NZSIA Certificate in Snowsports Instruction (CSI) course/exam
• NZSIA Stage One course/exam
• National Governing Body manuals/materials
• First Aid Course
• Recreational Avalanche Course
• Shadowing instructors/work experience
• Video analysis and feedback
• Theory sessions
• Ski and snowboard tuning clinics
• Ski jacket
• Professional photography - group/action shots
• Job search assistance/advice

The prospects
Upon successful completion of your course, you are in a great position to get a job. Teaching skiing and snowboarding is a very rewarding profession. You get to share your passion for the sport, live in the mountains, travel to new countries, and of course ski or ride everyday and get paid for it.

The NZSIA Certificate in Snowsport Instruction (CSI) will enable you to teach beginners and early intermediates in New Zealand whereas the NZSIA Stage One can see you working in various countries around the world including the USA, Canada and some areas of Europe.

Cardrona High Performance Centre has instructors from all over the world and because of this, there are some great networking opportunities and they may even be able to help find you a position. It’s never too early to start looking for a job, especially if you want to work in the northern hemisphere after you finish your training course! If you want the endless winter, New Zealand and Australia have some great opportunities also!

Support & backing
As you would come to expect from the UK’s No.1 ski tour operator, you have:

• a choice of world class resorts or destinations
• various course options and dates throughout the year
• a range of accommodation options in the resorts to suit various budgets
• quality instruction/training provided through the resident ski & snowboard schools
• the opportunity to gain recognised instructor qualifications
• full ATOL bonding and financial protection
• the option of winter resort employment with Crystal Holidays (with the type of work offered subject to age and interview)

In short, if you're looking for a worthwhile gap year experience, a new direction in life, or something exciting to fill your summer, our ski & snowboard instructor training courses in New Zealand could be just the ticket you are looking for!

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Our users say
"The highlight of my trip would be all of the great people I've met and the friendships I've made".
Nick Harpur, Cardrona, New Zealand 2007