gather some life skills
Snowsports schools are a fantastic place to improve your resume..Even if you just teach part time or do one or two seasons, future employers see that you are worth employing because you;

1. •Are motivated to improve you self by training to be a ski instructor
   

2. •Have developed good communication skills to a wide range of individuals from different socioeconomic groups
   

3. •Experience dealing with people face to face, this is very handy in becoming a good negotiator
   

4. •Experience in the hospitality and teaching industry
   

5. •Can take direction
   

6. •Can give direction to individuals from all age groups, older and younger
   

7. •Enjoy working in a team environment
   

8. •Have good time keeping are use to being very punctual
   

9. •Can organize yourself and others
   

10. •Working on your gap year is a definite plus with employers it shows you have a good work ethic
    

Thredbo also provides in its in house training lectures on various topics.

1. •Dealing with difficult customers
   

2. •Dealing with stressful situations and managing your expectations
   

3. •Selling private lessons
   

4. •First aid course
   

5. •Ski tuning lectures
   

6. •Day and week planning
   

7. •plus many more
   

Here is an excerpt from the APSI manual about customer service.

There are two fundamental truths about customer service.
– There is more to customer service than simply being friendly to guests. Friendliness is a crucial element but if it is the extent of the service provided you will never be good at customer service.
–A snowsports resort, or any service industry company for that matter, cannot survive unless all of its employees provide high standards of customer service.

You can develop good customer service skills and learn to interact more successfully with people by understanding how to:

– Treat people well

– Communicate effectively

– Read people

– Deal with conflicts or misunderstandings

– Control outbursts of temper

– Learn from your own and other people’s mistakes.

Really being an instructor is about being good with people, which is really a skill that will move to any job you go to. All from sliding around a hill enjoying yourself, what a awesome job.

www.eliteskiinstructortraining.com