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City/State: Verbier |
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Country: SWITZERLAND
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| Yomps |
10 Woodland Way
Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
BN1 8BA
Phone: 0845 006 1435
www.yomps.co.uk
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Program description: |
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Learn to become a ski or snowboard instructor with a training company that has 100% pass rate, get a BASI level one and two instructor qualification (previously called the BASI level three qualification), take a BASP first aid course and avalanche and mountain safety course, get offered a job at Verbier’s top ski school and help teach students, and ski or snowboard in the breathtakingly beautiful Swiss Alps!
Want to learn to become a ski or snowboard instructor and spend a gap year or career break teaching students anywhere in the world? With Yomps amazing instructors course you can! Whether you are looking for an awe-inspiring way to spend your gap year or just want to improve your snow skills, this ten week course based in the breath-taking Swiss Alps will give you the memories of a lifetime! Yomps has teamed up with a British Ski School based in Switzerland’s most renowned instructor school. With a 100% pass rate and instructors who ski competitively on the European tour, or used to ski for or teach the Great Britain ski team; on this skiing and snowboarding instructor course you will be taught by the finest in the business! This is no ordinary ski school (sub-contracting to a foreign company to train you); this is the best ski and snowboard school in Verbier Switzerland, and is fully endorsed by BASI (British Association of Snowboard Instructors).
Your base is at Verbier, one of the Alps premier off-piste resorts and justifiably one of the most beautiful ski locations in Europe, sitting with awesome views of Mont Blanc to the west and Matterhorn to the east. Here amid the frosted mountains and glacial river valleys you will live in warm wooden chalets that overlook the hills and mountains where you will learn to become ski and snowboard instructors. The ten weeks you will spend here will take you on a learning adventure with over 220 hours of snow coaching, 75 hours of classroom work, and 70 hours of shadowing professional instructors to give you a BASI level 1and 2 instructor qualification, a BASP first aid qualification, plus much more! This ski and snowboard instructor course is a truly amazing way to improve your own technique whilst you gain brilliant qualifications that will enable you to teach skiing and snowboarding to others. With some top people teaching you, some new friends to meet, and some awesome slopes to ski and snowboard down, what’s stopping you?!
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: 18+
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Group
No. in group: 20
Living arrangements on the program: Apartment
How long does the program last?: 1-3 Months
What are the dates of this program: 01 Dec 2008 to 08 Feb 2009,
12 Jan to 22 Mar 2009...
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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Whats Included:-
Pre-departure support
24 hour emergency phone line in the UK
Airport Transfers
Breakfast
Dinner
Accommodation in an alpine chalet
Over 250 hours of snow coaching
Over 60 hours of lectures and video debriefs
Work experience with Snow School
Accommodation in Verbier with half board
BASI membership
Trainee and instructor course fees
Airport transfer to the resort
Travel insurance
Uniform
Full season lift pass
BASP first aid course
Avalanche mountain safety course
Up to 50% discount on ski equipment and Oakley eyewear
Discount cards for pubs and nightclubs
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED:-
Flights
Lunches
Trips away
Social events and functions
Equipment (deals and advice available)
Spending money
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Cost or price of this program: |
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£6995 / $13,291 (US) / €9,094
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