Ski/Snowboard Instructor

About the role

The Ski/Snowboard Instructor is responsible for creating and fun, safe and exciting learning experience for the guest by providing technical ski/snowboard coaching and knowledge, while accurately and positively representing Sundance.

Effectively represent the Sundance Snowsports' Brand, including Home Base and The Cycle of Learning, ensuring that it stands for fun, simplicity with a depth of performance and a safe learning environment.

Uphold Sundance's zero tolerance standard for sexual abuse and molestation by following protocols to protect students from inappropriate behavior by staff members, guests, and other students.

Responsibilities

• Model and teach "Your Responsibility Code".
• Attend all required training and show strong professional commitment by attending at least 75% of all available training when work schedule and teaching assignments allow.
• Maintain a high level of professional communication with Snowsports' leadership, always responding to on-going changes, meeting points and responding to all verbal, written and email communications in a timely manner and as directed.
• Maintain a professional level of communication with peers, leadership and guests, displaying an effective and positive manner of speech, seeking to make operations, teaching and other professional needs better.
• Understand and model all snowsports' policies and procedures.
• Help guests achieve their goals, by developing trust, creating lasting positive first impressions, building friendly and professional relationships, displaying salesmanship qualities and stimulating the desire in the guest to return.
• Model an appropriate level of mastery in communication skills, giving effective feedback to students, effectively using progressions, terrain choices and proper speed levels to match student ability and snow conditions.
• Provide the best demonstrations for the student's level.
• As an instructor, consistently demonstrate good knowledge to the appropriate ability levels, while seeking to expand this knowledge, including: what to teach, how to teach, why to teach it, and the ability to safely analyze skills, equipment and the conditioning of each student.
• Display a personal skiing/snowboarding capability beyond the level expected of each student, thereby creating a confidence and comfort in the personal ability of the instructor.
• Enthusiastically teach children at the apprentice level requirements.
• Continue to work toward increased professional skills, PSIA/AASI certification, etc.
• Display a personal love of Snowsports by continuously striving to learn more and improve personal performance.

  Requirements

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Certified in PSIA/ASSI, or working toward certification.
  • Personal skiing or snowboarding skills of level 8 or better.
  • Understanding of skiing or snowboarding technique and the methods to teach them.
  • Possess a consistent track record of timeliness, a good work ethic, and safety awareness.
  • Operate 2-way radios for communication to other staff.
  • PSIA/AASI certifications preferred.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to ski or snowboard, sit, stand and walk, talk or hear.
  • The employee is regularly required to use hands to reach and feel.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, including fallen students; climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, up close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus.
  • Interview process involves on snow ski/boarding/teaching skills tryouts.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.

    Qualifications

    • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
    • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
    • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • Certified in PSIA/ASSI, or working toward certification.
    • Personal skiing or snowboarding skills of level 8 or better.
    • Understanding of skiing or snowboarding technique and the methods to teach them.
    • Possess a consistent track record of timeliness, a good work ethic, and safety awareness.
    • Operate 2-way radios for communication to other staff.
    • PSIA/AASI certifications preferred.
    • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to ski or snowboard, sit, stand and walk, talk or hear.
    • The employee is regularly required to use hands to reach and feel.
    • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, including fallen students; climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
    • Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, up close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus.
    • Interview process involves on snow ski/boarding/teaching skills tryouts.
    • Must be 18 years of age or older.

    Benefits

    • Employee discounts on dining and resort amenities
    • Season Pass