9/13/2023 0 Comments Basecamp 3 trainingThe majority of the training from BASS focuses on the technical and teaching aspects which are the most demanding and challenging of the exams. How have BASS & the BEST Program been helping you to achieve these qualifications? And a total of 200 hours teaching experience.Common theory (theoretical knowledge of the movements, anatomy of skiing).Race coach (introduction to coaching kids to race).A second discipline (level 1 in either snowboarding, telemarking, nordic or adaptive/ teaching the disabled).Mountain safety (which involves ski touring, navigation, and avalanche safety knowledge eat).A technical exam and teaching exams (strands that are also assessed at level 2, but split into 2 separate exams for level 3).What do you need to complete in order to pass your Level 3?Ī total of 7 exams are required to complete level 3. Gaining your Level 3 qualification isn’t as straight forward as the 1 Exam you have for Level 2. Having been one of the stronger skiers on Basecamp and being used to training at a lower level it was exciting and challenging to be pushed to the standard of performance that is expected at level 3 and 4. ![]() However, I relished this new experience and the challenge it brought. This season, the Basecamp graduates from last year were thrown into the deep end with people who had been training for level 3 and 4 for several years so naturally the intensity was much higher and we had to work hard to train at the same level as the more experienced skiers. There were some stronger skiers compared to others but no one had ever trained for a full season before. Last year the groups were people who have never trained at a serious level and were casual skiers. The training involves similar technical and teaching inputs however at a much higher intensity. You returned to begin your Level 3 training, how does this compare to the Level 1 & 2 BASI training and exams you’d done in the past? They offer scholarships to trainees that have shown promise and commitment to become a level 4 instructor with a view that these candidates could end up working for BASS when they pass level 4. Congratulations on the award, can you give us a bit more information on what the Scholarship is?īasically, it’s a discounted rate on the training from BASS ski school. ![]() On the level 1 & 2 you were awarded ‘Best Skier of the Season’ and you were offered the BASS BEST Scholarship. Not only has the training totally transformed my skiing from an average leisurely style to a high performance instructor level but I have met some incredible people pursuing the same goals as me. The course was absolutely unbelievable and has genuinely changed my life. Having completed your Level 1 & 2 successfully, how did you find the Level 3 course? This changed pretty quickly when I fell in love with the lifestyle and became more aware of the pathway to level 4 and wanted to push myself to reach the highest level. I went into Basecamp thinking it would be a gap year and possibly lead to a couple of years being a ski instructor but I wasn’t thinking that it would be a long term career. Hi Dave, did you have your eyes firmly set on being an instructor when you joined the Basecamp Ski Instructor course last year? Ever wondered how to progress further from BASI Level 2 and what life at BASI Level 3 is like? Gwil our Meribel Resort Manager caught up with Dave Hudson who has made that step, to discuss what life is truly like having progressed through from the Basecamp Level 1 & 2 Ski Instructor Course, onto Level 3, and onwards.
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