AMGA/PSIA Out-Of-Bounds Ski Instructor 5 Day
This AMGA training and certification program has been created for PSIA and AASI Level III Certified Ski Instructors to guide advanced skiers outside the boundary of the ski area. It has been determined by Professional Ski Instructors Association for the AMGA to conduct the training and certification of ski instructors working as ski guides for out-of-bounds skiing beginning at the ski resort.
This process entails a 5-day training course followed by 10 days of touring/mock guiding, then a 4-day certification exam. This OBSI will be an AMGA Contract Course offered by ASI, taught by Bela G. Vadasz and Peter Leh, AMGA Ski Discipline Coordinator and Instructor Pool Member. Both are PSIA Level III Certified Ski Instructors.
This course takes the curriculum items directly from the AMGA Ski Guide Course that are pertinent to out-of-bounds ski guiding in cooperation with the ski resort and its available resources.
A follow-up course after certification will be created by the AMGA for candidates choosing to go on toward AMGA Ski Mountaineering Guide Certification.
Cost: $895
Dates:
Mar 15-19, 2010 (Mon-Fri)
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Prerequisites:
- PSIA Level III Telemark or Alpine Certified or AASI Level III Snowboard Certified
- Minimum of 10-days touring experience with climbing skins in or around avalanche prone terrain
- AIARE Level 2 Avalanche course completion (or equivalent)
- Must have current Wilderness First Aid (2-day, 18hr.) training and CPR prior to the certification exam
- Previous experience with rope belaying, rappeling and lowering
Curriculum Outline:
Day 1
Interpreting Hazard Analysis - 1 Hour
Avalanche Bulletin
Ski Patrol Assessment outside of groomed and
patrolled areas and areas of skier compaction
Risk Management Planning - 1 Hour
Emergency Response
Self-Rescue
Assisted Rescue
Transceiver, Probe, Shovel and Pack Presentation to clients
(phase 1) - 0.5 Hour
Transceiver Practice as with clients - 1.5 Hours
Off-Piste Downhill Guiding - 4 Hours
Group Management Strategies and Techniques
Evening Presentation - 1 Hour
Ski Guides Auxiliary Gear
Day 2
Guides Meeting Process - 1 Hour
Teaching Rescue to Clients (phase 2) - 1 Hour
Rescue Practice, dual burial - 2 Hours
Downhill Guiding Out-of-Bounds
Uphill Guiding
Route Finding
Track Setting
More Downhill Guiding
Evening Guide Meeting
Evening Presentation- 1 Hour
Route Planning, field notebook entries, time estimates
and time management.
Day 3
Morning Guides Meeting - 0.5 Hour
Avalanche Rescue Practice - 2 Hours
Multi-pitch burials
(3 transceivers, 7 minutes, 100m x 100m)
Uphill and Downhill Guiding - 2.5 Hours
Spotting and Bracing Techniques both for uphill and
downhill - 2 Hours
Boot track Setting - 1 Hour
Uphill
Downhill
Evening Guide Meeting
Evening Presentation - 1 Hour
Whiteout navigation and group management
Day 4
Morning Guides Meeting - 0.5 Hour
Communication Systems - 0.5 Hour
Radio
Cell Phone
Rope Handling- 2 Hours
Anchors
Belays
Lowers
Emergency Rescue Sled System - 2 Hours
Uphill Guiding Practice - 1 Hour
Downhill Guiding Practice - 1 Hour
Rescue Practice - 1 Hour
Evening Guide Meeting
Evening Assignment
Route Plan for next day
Day 5
Morning Guides Meeting - 0.5 Hour
Ski Tour - 4 Hours
Pre-exam Assessments
Evaluations - 4 Hours
Student Evaluations
Course/Instructor Evaluations
Course Close
Certification Exam Information:
 Full Course Outline
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