Boot Camp Ski/Board Tech 1 Day Certified Course

This course is for those wanting to prepare for employment in a ski/snowboard shop, whether in resort or the UK. Getting a job in a winter sports workshop is highly rewarding and also very difficult without any prior experience. PLEASE NOTE: If you want to attend a specific course from our course diary please contact us BEFORE making payment to check availability :o) We offer this course to give you that initial experience, and lay foundations for you to become a fully competent and much loved ski tech! This course is certificated, and we also hold records of all attendees and offer confirmations to potential employers of your attendance at no additional cost. This course can be combined with the BSBA Ski Boot Fitting 101 Course, which runs the day before this course.     COURSE
CONTENT Introduction to ski techs role Health And Safety in a winter sports workshop Ski and Snowboard construction and technology New Ski Preparation Stage 1 - Inspection Stage 2 - Preparation and Repairs (inc grinding) Stage 3 - Waxing techniques and selection Stage 4 - Finishing techniques Stage 5 - Free practice of techniques and Q&A Ski and Snowbaord care and storage Conclusion and issue of certificate   FACILITIES Our workshop facility contains custom finished work areas with ski and snowboard vices. We have a floating workshop desk to allow several candidates to work safely, and to watch demonstrations in comfort without straining to see what is going on. All the core tools from irons to P-tex guns are available, along with a variety of waxes to demonstrate. The facility has a
ski and snowboard base grinding machine, combined with a side edge tool for setting of side edge angles. And we have one of the few fully working and calibrated binding test machines in the UK.   Environment   We want you to be comfortable, and to be honest we want to be comfortable too! So we have custom built the facility from a shell, even selecting paints that reduce eye strain (Despite the bright green colour!). We have a built in air extraction facility that is normally found in buildings with 7 rooms, to ensure that when working with fluorocarbon waxes that any fumes are extracted as quickly as possible. Room temperature is controlled by a modern air conditioning system allowing us to drop the temperature to as low as 15 degrees or as high as 38 degrees. We also had the chairs
which we carefully selected fitted with comfortable bases with decent foam, to reduce numb-bum to a minimum. The floor has been fitted with 7mm stress reducing rubber workshop matting, which is durable and reduces foot impact, and areas of this have been further enhanced with 10mm rubberised protection mats. There is a dedicated boot fitting bench with spaces for 2-5 boot fittings at one time, which are high up to allow you to see the processes being demonstrated to you without having to strain too much. We have fitted daylight bulbs to our suspended ceiling, which has been set at a higher height than normal to allow us to throw skis at each other without damaging the ceiling.   Other stuff There is a kitchen facility so you can bring your own packed lunch if you wish, and we
provide tea, coffee and soft drinks throughout the training sessions. There is built in audio too, although we cant be held responsible for the trainers poor taste in music. Parking is available a few metres away (Park outside unit 15-16 which is our sister business Edge & Wax) and we have secure bicycle storage should you wis