Snow-Camp Excel

Read the Press Release from the latest Excel Programme just returned from France!

Overview of the Programme

The Excel Programme is the final course offered by Snow-Camp, and the final piece in the jigsaw. Having completed the London, Graduate and Scotland programmes, those young people who wish to complete the full Snow-Camp programme and leave with a Level 1 Instructor certificate, have the opportunity to do so with Excel.

8 Days Intensive Instruction at the SNO!zone and a week in the French Alps

The programme is run in partnership with Snowsport England, and is a significant challenge for 20 young people each year who wish to take their skiing and snowboarding to this high level. Based at Milton Keynes SNO!zone the Excel programme is split into two sections:  8 days at Milton Keynes working on all elements of the training and a week in the mountains shadowing instructors and undertaking the final assessment. The young people go through the full Snowsport England training programme covering all aspects of teaching snowsports, alongside the essential first aid and child protection courses required to achieve the qualification.

Gaining a Level 1 Qualification with Snowsport England

The Excel programme is a fantastic opportunity for young people to gain a recognised qualification and reach a level of snowsports ability that they would never have thought possible a year ago on their first Snow-Camp London course. As always their journey is reflected upon in the sessions after each of the slope lessons, but this time with a view towards clear opportunities for work experience, placements and employment in the ski industry. A further week in the mountains as understudies to real instructors provides the real life experience needed to help young people see they could do this job, and gives them the confidence to seek employment in the ski industry. With a Level 1 qualification these opportunities are now very real, and scholarships and jobs through Snow-Camp contacts in the ski industry are discussed. Snow-Camp itself offers a range of opportunities to the newly qualified young people to teach their peers the on next Snow-Camp London courses.

Click here to download our 2011/12 Snowsports Course Overviewor read the Excel Press Release