Ski Instructor Legal, Social & Cultural Technicians
SaveWhat Does a Ski Instructor Do?
Ski instructors teach individuals or groups to ski and advanced skiing techniques. They advise their students on the choice of equipment, instruct skiers in alpine safety rules and plan and prepare ski instruction. Ski instructors demonstrate exercises and techniques during ski lessons and give feedback to their students on how to improve their level.
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Where Do I Start?
Ski
The techniques related to skiing such as carve turn, parallel turn and jump turn and the equipment used in skiing.
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Skills You Need to Become a Ski Instructor
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialSki knowledge
The techniques related to skiing such as carve turn, parallel turn and jump turn and the equipment used in skiing.
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EssentialApply Risk Management In Sports skill
Manage the environment and athletes or participants to minimise their chances of suffering any harm. This includes checking appropriateness of venue and equipment and gathering relevant sport and health history …
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EssentialInstruct In Sport skill
Provide appropriate technical and tactical instruction related to the given sport using varied and sound pedagogical approaches to meet the needs of the participants and achieve the desired objectives. This …
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EssentialOrganise Training skill
Make the necessary preparations to conduct a training session. Provide equipment, supplies and exercise materials. Ensure the training runs smoothly.
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EssentialPersonalise Sports Programme skill
Observe and evaluate individual performance and determine personal needs and motivation to tailor programmes accordingly and in conjunction with the participant
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EssentialPlan Sports Instruction Programme skill
Provide participants with an appropriate programme of activities to support progression to the required level of expertise in the specified time taking into account relevant scientific and sport-specific knowledge.
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EssentialPromote Health And Safety skill
Promote the importance of a safe working environment. Coach and support staff to participate actively in the continuous development of a safe working environment.
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EssentialDevelop Sports Programmes skill
Develop plans and policies for the inclusion of sporting activities and organisations in a community, and for the development of sporting activities for specific target groups.
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EssentialExecute Sports Training Programme skill
Supervise a sports training programme for individuals or groups by following the training plan, giving instructions on how to execute exercises, providing feedback on the performance on a technical and …
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OptionalFeatures Of Sporting Equipment knowledge
Types of sporting, fitness and recreational equipment and sporting supplies and their characteristics.
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OptionalMarket Trends In Sporting Equipment knowledge
Latest trends and developments on the sports equipment market.
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OptionalAdapt Teaching To Target Group skill
Instruct students in the most fitting manner in regards to the teaching context or the age group, such as a formal versus an informal teaching context, and teaching peers as …
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OptionalCommunicate With Youth skill
Use verbal and non-verbal communication and communicate through writing, electronic means, or drawing. Adapt your communication to children and young people`s age, needs, characteristics, abilities, preferences, and culture.
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OptionalFollow Trends In Sporting Equipment skill
Follow material developments and trends within a specific sport. Keep up-to-date about athletes, gear and equipment manufacturers.
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OptionalGive Constructive Feedback skill
Provide founded feedback through both criticism and praise in a respectful, clear, and consistent manner. Highlight achievements as well as mistakes and set up methods of formative assessment to evaluate …
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OptionalMotivate In Sports skill
Positively foster athletes and participants' intrinsic desire to carry out the required tasks to fulfill their goals and to push themselves beyond their current levels of skill and understanding.
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OptionalProvide First Aid skill
Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid in order to provide help to a sick or injured person until they receive more complete medical treatment.
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OptionalWork With Different Target Groups skill
Work with a variety of target groups based on age, gender and disability.
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OptionalAdjust Sporting Equipment skill
Alter sporting equipment, e.g. racquet stringing, ski waxing, etc.
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OptionalDevelop Personal Skills skill
Set goals for personal development and act accordingly. Plan personal development by analysing work experience and establishing areas that need development. Takes part in training sessions considering his/her abilities, possibilities …
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