SKI RESORT OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT

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Selkirk College for lift operations personnel. Through
the LIFT 150 portion of the course you will have

the opportunity to earn the LIFT 150 certificate, a
credential required by the BC Safety Authority to train
lift operators in British Columbia.

SROM 280 - SKI AREA CONSTRUCTION
AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

$280, Ski Area Construction and Project Management
builds on topics previously introduced in three related
courses: S171 Ski Area Planning, S172 Lift Functions,
Maintenance and Regulations, and S166 Ski Resort
Facilities Maintenance. S 280 focuses on ski area
construction projects with trail construction and

lift installation receiving the most emphasis. As a
part of examining construction techniques and best
practices, students will study environmental impact
mitigation practices, including measures to reduce
impact on natural water courses. Students will
review government acts and regulations that affect
construction decisions around water courses. S280
also reviews project planning techniques and tools
including Gantt Charts and PERT/CPM.

SROM 288 - SKI RESORT
WINTER WORK TERM

Each student arranges work as a paid, full-time
employee at a ski resort. For certain students,

the employment may be at a cat-skiing operation,
heli-skiing operation or industry product and

service supplier. With assistance from ski program
instructors, a suitable work opportunity is arranged
commensurate with the experience and work term
goals of each student. Some resort operators
recruit Year II students directly at Selkirk College.
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.

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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.

— Lift 150 Train the Trainer Information Sheet
— Lift 150 (Fax in) Registration Form

PARKSCAPERS

The ParkScapers program is Canada’s only

National terrain building initiative that focuses on
disseminating industry best practices when building
terrain parks, air sites, cross tracks and mogul fields.

BUILD BETTER FREESTYLE/CROSS
TERRAIN WITH PARKSCAPERS

Over 6 years ago a group of like minded snow
industry professionals got together and started
considering opportunities for the development of
educational sessions focused solely on freestyle
terrain development. The committee consists of ski
area managers, snowcat drivers, park designers/
builders, snow school staff and other industry
representatives. The committee has developed a
curriculum which includes industry trends (GPS snow
mapping Riglet parks), risk management, as well as
design-build-maintain (site selection, earth works,
build technique, layout, signage).

The program is offered through an on line session

in the pre-season and two days on-snow where
participants go out and build a terrain park and cross
track features from the ground up. The intention is to
allow participants to learn through guided discovery
while maintaining an aspect of creativity in the
design.

PARKSCAPERS & COMPETITIVE
SNOWSPORTS WORKING TOGETHER

In 2011/12 the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association,
Canada Snowboard and Alpine Canada formed the
Snowsports Terrain Group(STG), to partner with
ParkScapers and support the development of high
quality terrain at clubs across Canada through
better informed resort staff, officials, and coaches.
ParkScapers curriculum creates stage appropriate
terrain for recreational users, snowschools and
competitive clubs. ParkScapers has trained over 150
participants from 100 resorts across the country. The
program continues to grow this year as Can West in
conjunction with ParkScapers delivers a fully revised
version of the CWSAA Terrain Park Guidelines.

SKI RESORT PASSENGER
ROPEWAY MECHANICS

This year’s program for the CWSAA Operations and
Maintenance Seminar in Whistler April 27th-29th,
2015 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
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 798-07 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.

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