Policy A12 - Guide Training

Purpose

To ensure that first and second-year guides are adequately trained to guide visually and mobility-impaired skiers competently and safely and to ensure that alumni guides maintain an adequate knowledge of guiding techniques and current organizational policy.

Policy

First and Second-year Guides: All first and second-year instructor/guides are required to attend the entire one-and-one-half day training program offered by SFL. This training shall include:

• Information on role of the guide.
• Schedule for the week.
• Overview from SFL President, Event Chair, MIP Coordinator, and First Aid Coordinators.
• Overview of disability awareness issues.
• Review of instructing and guiding techniques.
• On-and off-snow training with simulations of guiding scenarios.

Alumni Guides: Each year at the beginning of the SFL event, an alumni guide meeting shall be held for a duration of at least one-half hour. This meeting should review any changes to the guide training manual, special considerations for the current venue, and getting started with a beginning skier.

Alumni Guides who have been away from the International Event for three or more consecutive years will be required to go through guide training again. Some discretion will be exercised by the Guide Applications Coordinator and President on an individual basis.

Guides assigned a beginning skier will be required to attend the Monday morning skills session for new skiers with their skier.

Upon request, alumni guides may go through guide training at SFL expense.

Dignitaries may guide as a third person with a guide/skier pair.

January 27, 2023