Snowboard Level 2 Qualification

Modules required for Level 2 Qualification:

Snowboard Level 2 Course

Course Price: £670

This is a 10 day on-mountain training and assessment course in which Technical and Teaching skills are developed and assessed. The following subjects are included:  

  • Technical Snowboarding (practical) 
  • A thorough grounding in the snowboard instructor technical syllabus (central theme) 
  • TIED and Snowboard Teaching (practical) 
  • Training, analysis and practice of teaching snowboarding using the progression skills from the technical syllabus 
  • Theory and Off-snow Content 
  • Safety and fitness for Snowboarding 
  • Communications 
  • Lesson planning 
  • Technical consolidation 
  • Principles and practice of snowboard teaching

By the end of the course successful students will be able to ride to the level required, have the knowledge, ability and understanding to teach snowboarding in a variety of situations. On completion of the course students will be issued with a written report. The Snowboard Level 2 Instructor can teach all aspects of the snowboarding central theme up to and including basic turning within the confines of a patrolled area. Individuals who do not reach the required level may be required to resit all or part of the course.

Re-assessment

Re-assessments must be taken within 2 years of the date of the course failed, otherwise the candidate will be required to pay for and attend the whole course again.

If a candidate fails both the Teaching and the Technical elements of the course, they must retake the whole 10 day Level 2 course.

If a candidate fails the Teaching or Technical element of the course, they can book onto a 5 day Refresher/L2 Re-assessment course.

If a candidate fails the 5 day Re-assessment course twice, they must complete the whole 10 day Level 2 course again.

NB: If you are not quite at the level, there is an optional, 5 day Training course (Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training) which we strongly recommend you attend, in preparation for the Snowboard Level 2 course. Students booking the Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training course at the same time as the Snowboard Level 2 or the Snowboard Level 2 Re-assessment course running in the same resort the following week, will receive a discount of £50 off the Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training. Please contact the office to make your bookings and to get the discounted price.

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35 hours Snowsport School Experience

A further 35 hours minimum of shadowing/teaching experience is required as part of the Level 2 Instructor Qualification. These hours need to be completed after the Level 1 qualification and before attending the Level 2 Instructor Course. They must be submitted to the BASI office 5 days prior to commencing the Level 2 Instructor Course. Ideally these hours should be teaching on a dry slope or indoor slope or shadowing an instructor in a snowsport school in Europe. A maximum of 6 of these hours can be completed at slopes using Maxxtracks technology, such as Skiplex or Chel-ski**.

If all signed hours are not received at the BASI Office FIVE days prior to commencement of the course, then you will not be eligible to attend the course and there will be no refund. It is your responsibility to organise this in a timely manner.

Students should provide a breakdown in writing of what they have covered during their Snowsport School experience, this should be on headed Snowsport School paper and be signed by the Snowsport School supervisor. 

For a BASI Log Sheet Click Here

** Due to the nature of these slopes the instructor should always be mindful of how their lesson could be given on a dry slope or indoor snow slope where there are more slope users and a change of terrain (angle and underfoot conditions). Clients should be given instruction in accordance with the FIS code, particularly with regards to safety.

Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training

This is an optional 5 day training module designed to help you improve your technical standard prior to attending the Snowboard Level 2 Instructor course or Snowboard Level 2 Re-assessment course, thus improving your chance of success.

If students are booking the Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training course at the same time as either the Snowboard Level 2 course or the Snowboard Level 2 re-assessment they will get a discount of £50 for the Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training Course.

Please contact the office for your bookings and to get the discounted price.

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Snowboard Level 2 Re-assessment

Re-Assessments must be taken within 2 years of the date of the course failed, otherwise the candidate will be required to pay for and attend the whole course again.

If a candidate fails both the Teaching and the Technical elements of the course, they must retake the whole 10 day Level 2 course.

If a candidate fails either the Teaching or Technical element of the course, they can book onto a 5 day L2 Re-assessment course.

If a candidate fails the 5 day Re-assessment course twice, they must complete the whole 10 day Level 2 course again.

Any candidate who needs to take a 1 week re-assessment is not allowed to book onto 1 week of the 10 day course but must book onto the 5 day re-assessment course.

NB: If you would like some additional training before attending the Level 2 Re-assessment, there is an optional, 5 day Training course (Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training). Students booking the Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training course at the same time as the Snowboard Level 2 or the Snowboard Level 2 re-assessment course running in the same resort the following week, will receive a discount of £50 off the Snowboard Level 2 Performance Training. Please contact the office to make your bookings and to get the discounted price.

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