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Advice needed! Re: Working in Canada and Instructor courses

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maxmil99
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I'm looking to work in Whistle next season and was thinking about doing a level 1 CASI..

I've seen there are some courses for £2,000 without a guaranteed job and some for £3,500 with. How hard can it be to find a job as a ski instructor once you passed? Or is it worth the extra money to secure a job?

Also what kind of pay can I expect? Is it reasonable to life off an instructors pay all season?

Any advice/opinions would be a massive help :)

Thanks!

Apr 16 2012 9:57AM 0 0
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foedragon1
Posts: 82 - Karma: 11
I did my lvl 1 and lvl 2 this year, but didn't actually become an instructor.

the internship is pretty good, you have to live at staff accomodatoin though, which is ok but not the greatest.

pay is pretty shit (im from aus, our minimum wage is like 15 bucks). for a lvl1 i think its about 9-10 dollars an hour. expect to be teaching children and/or retards.

halfway through the season you will be like `fuck instructing i wanna freeski' but its tough to do that if you are a mountain employee.

bottom line - don't work at the mountain if you don't have to , but if its the only way you will be able to afford a season in whistler, then do it. all my mates who are interns like it. Just wish they had more free time.

partying there is pretty sweet for the first month and the drugs are good!

good luck
Apr 17 2012 12:47PM 0 0
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LC.
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Don't do it. Get a shitty job in a ski shop or supermarket and ski 4-5 times a week instead of teaching kids on powder days.
Apr 17 2012 1:43PM 0 0
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.Roockley.
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whistler is a rich persons resort for teaching, you'll get mad tips from rich kids parents

i'm heading there to teach next winter, ride park on days off unless there is pow pow then i'll be ripping that
Apr 17 2012 2:52PM 0 0
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minihef
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This.
Apr 17 2012 7:12PM 0 0
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Balmdogg
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Get a job in a restaurant washing dishes, they will only want you from like 5-10pm and you will get free food. best option going from my experience.
Apr 17 2012 9:19PM 0 0
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AWALLRUS.
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first of all, the CASI/CSIA system is a joke and a peice of shit.

and i think i payed like $500CDN for my level one, what the fuck do you mean 2000 euros (if thats what that symbol means i have no idea)


Apr 17 2012 9:25PM 0 0
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foedragon1
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lol, the symbol means GBP (pounds).

2000 pounds is for accommodation and lessons to `get you up to standard' etc. and the actual testing.

I don't know if I'd agree with the above advice, I had plenty of friends who worked shitty jobs that also couldn't ski. Normal retail/service jobs are in very high demand in whistler, so you could be stuck with a piece of shit job which doesn't let you ski much. If you wanna get one of these jobs, go early in the season to make sure you get there before anyone else. Apply for a bunch of jobs and make up a load of shit in your CV, then cherry pick.
Apr 17 2012 10:05PM 0 0
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