SKI RESORT OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT

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Some resort operators organize a job rotation plan
that provides for a wide range of ski industry work
experience. A ski-program instructor visits the each
student in January or early February to assess
performance in conjunction with the student?s direct
supervisor. Each student returns to Selkirk College in
late April to do an oral presentation and complete a
written project on their work term experience.

SROM 290 - FIELD STUDY

This course consist of a five day credit bearing field
trip to visit ski areas. Although venues change from
year to year, this field trip normally includes a visit
to Whistler/Blackcomb Ski Resort. The purpose of
these visits is to talk with ski area managers and
supervisors, on location, about their operations and
to inspect those operations. These trips provide

an excellent opportunity for candid conversations
with ski industry personnel from general managers
to line staff, as well as an excellent opportunity to
examine facilities and equipment. Students have the
opportunity to engage in screening interviews with
resorts visited on this final major field trip.

LIFT 150 TRAIN THE TRAINER

This course was developed for ski lift operations
personnel under the direction of the Apprenticeship
and Training Committee of the Canada West Ski
Areas’ Association by the Ski Resort Operations
and Management Program at Selkirk College. LIFT
150 is the first step in developing an integrated,
standardized training program for ski industry
operating and maintenance personnel.

For a number of years, the regulatory authority for
passenger ropeways for the Province of British
Columbia has encouraged the development of formal
ski lift operator training programs at ski areas. The
need for standardized training for ski lift operators
was recommended by the coroner’s report on the
1995 Quicksilver chair lift accident. The intent of the
Apprenticeship and Training Committee is to provide
all ski area operators with high-quality, standardized
training programs.

Start Dates: Continuous intake beginning Nov 15. Last
registration date: March 1.

Course Duration: Three weeks from date of
registration to complete all aspects of the course.

SKI RESORT PASSENGER
ROPEWAY MECHANICS

This year’s program for the CWSAA Operations and
Maintenance Seminar in Whistler April 25th-27th,
2016 will again feature the three Ski Resort
Passenger Ropeway Mechanic courses. These
courses are open to all CWSAA member resorts; in
British Columbia these courses are a requirement for
lift mechanic licensing as specified by the BC Safety

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Authority. Each of the three courses will include a
tutorial on ski lift components and the applicable code
requirements, followed by a one-hour, two-part exam
involving ski lift components and the applicable Z98
Code requirements.

Note: These courses assume that participants have a
level of understanding relative to experienced ski lift
mechanics, therefore knowledge of the 298-07 Code
and knowledge of lift mechanics and maintenance
equivalent to the contents of the Selkirk College

text Ski Lift Functions, Maintenance and Regulations
and the companion Learning Guide will be required.
You can purchase the textbook through the Selkirk
College Bookstore.

In order to register for this year’s courses please
visit the CWSAA website.

SKI RESORT RISK MANAGEMENT - ONLINE

This course is designed for people currently working
in any capacity, in any type or size of ski area
operation. You will learn to assess and manage

the risks ski areas face on a day-to-day basis using
actual case studies and online discussions about
current industry issues and solutions with students
in other resorts across the country. Topics of

study include risk identification and evaluation, risk
control, skier and snowboarder safety, legal liability
and waivers, workplace safety, administration and
documentation, emergency planning, risk financing
and insurance. A series of assignments will lead you
through the development of a risk management plan
for one department of your ski area.

Contacts

CAROL RIDGE

Enrolment Officer

Phone: 250.365.7292 ext 21324
Direct: 250.365.1324

Email: cridge@selkirk.ca

ROBYN MITZ

Program Contact, School of Hospitality and Tourism
Phone: 250.352.6601 ext 11345

Direct: 250.505.1345

Fax: 250.352.5716

Email: rmitz@selkirk.ca

BOB FALLE

School Chair

Phone: 250.352.6601 ext 11317
Direct: 250.505.1317

Email: bfalle@selkirk.ca

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