IASI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR AND THE IASI SCHOOL LEVEL ONE INSTRUCTOR COURSES

Over the last 2 years, The NSSA, have Helped over 50 for young skiers to access the Snowsports Instructor pathway from 14 years old, through the IASI Assistant instructor and the IASI School Level one Instructor. Below is some information on these courses.

Access the Instructor Pathway from 14 years old with the National Schools Snowsports Association and IASI

As an organisation building participation in snowsports via schools, the NSSA is proud to partner with IASI (The Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors) to be able to offer the opportunity to schools snowsports athletes of taking instructing and coaching qualifications which will allow successful candidates to teach skiing..

IASI qualifications are internationally recognised.

UK courses specifically for NSSA member schools and schools partners. Run with NSSA Partners, Impulse Racing.

We run 2 teaching courses:

Assistant Instructor - This is a two day course, run at 14 years old which will give candidates the foundation for teaching skiing. Focussing on the closed environment (indoor or dry slope), candidates will come away from this course with good knowledge which they may be able to use to assist at their local UK facility. This is usually run over a weekend but, if a school requested a bespoke course, it might be run over several evenings or times to suit. The cost of this course is £225 Level One Instructor - This step on the pathway will allow you to teach in a closed environment such as a UK indoor or dry slope. This 5 day course will work on your skiing and give you the tools required to start your teaching career, whether you intend to become a full time instructor or just use this for your personal development, this is a great course to begin with. This course is taken from 15 years old with the license issued at 16, on completion of first aid and child welfare modules. This courses will run at centres in the UK.

We can run bespoke courses, solely for either one school or for several trainees across several schools with minimum of 5 and maximum of 8 per course running either 5 days in a row, two weekends or over 12 x 3 hour evenings, whichever can be accommodated to allow participants to complete the course. The cost of this course is £650*

We offer L2 courses in the alps during the winter through another partner, Ski Definition, for candidates

Coaching:

If you’re interested in race coaching, Impulse also offer the IASI Level one race coach qualification – a three day course which is part of the IASI Instructor pathway. Please contact us on office@schoolssnowsports.co.uk for information or to book

Over the next year, the NSSA hope to be able to select candidates for funded instructor courses – Look out for how to apply for these.

*For full validation of the level one teaching qualification, the following must also be held. • First Aid Qualification • Child Protection Module • Shadowing Hours