About NZSIA Ski
The NZSIA Ski Division have established a qualification framework that not only caters perfectly to our distinct New Zealand environment, but also prepares our instructors to teach in the many diverse cultures and conditions that we encounter whilst working overseas. The NZSIA Ski Division are internationally acclaimed for producing professional, knowledgeable ski instructors with the capabilities to teach and ski at very high standards.
The Ski Level One is our entry-level qualification, aimed at teaching domestically and focused on beginners. The Level Two is more focused towards instructors working internationally and is equivalent to many of the Level Two Certifications around the World. The NZSIA Ski Level Three is renowned for its extremely high standards in both skiing and teaching, and produces instructors that can perform in any condition, any time, at any level. Furthermore, NZSIA Ski offer two Children’s Teaching Certifications, Freestyle and Race courses, and the Trainer’s Certification. Please read the individual certification pages for more information.
Ski News
The new Coaching Pathway
In June 2017, a bunch of NZSIA and SBINZ Trainers joined a group of local coaches for a series of impromptu sessions at the Snow Sports NZ office in Wanaka. Held over three weeks, these sessions were delivered by experience national coaches like Tom Wilmot and Sean...
Snowskool UK – Ski and Snowboard Courses at Cardrona
Snowskool run an 11-week ski and snowboard (NZSIA/SBINZ) Instructor course at Cardrona, using Cardrona ITC instructors for all course tuition. There are limited spaces left on both courses so if you are interested you can check out more information by clicking on the...
Five simple tools to improve your public speaking – by Claire Dooney
As an organisation, we try to invest in our staff’s professional development when possible. This was one of those investments, with Snowboard Technical Team member Claire Dooney.