IT SOUNDS GREAT...

BUT HOW DO APSI MEMBERS BENEFIT?

 

ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT

  • Member Inspiration Seeing the APSI National Team represent the Australian approach provides members with a sense of pride in the Australian industry! It is also important for members to know that we are a part of the international snowsports community. Having access to content brought back by the APSI National Team is inspiring to members and encourages further professional development and training.

  • Staff Inspiration The Interski congress is the pinnacle in an APSI staff member's career. Selection on the APSI National Team is a major motivator for improving and developing as a trainer. Inspired Trainers deliver inspiring courses. Passionate trainers instil passion in APSI members which improves our industry for guests, staff and employers.

 

 

TANGIBLES (often recognised by members)

  • Teaching, Technical and Customer Service approach learned from other countries offers a valuable blueprint for Australia's evolving approach. Knowledge gained from Interski has helped steer research research and development of:

    • CARE Model

    • APSI manuals

    • The APSI App

    • The APSI Pocket booklet

    • and many other resources

  • Interski Library hosting all Interski articles, reports, videos and content from the event. This area allows members to access all of the information learned at Interski in one simple location. Checkout the 2023 Interski Library here.

  • Dedicated Snowpro including articles and reports with interesting information on other countries and their teaching and technical approach.

  • InterskiTV webisodes follow the Team in the work to evolve the organisation along with the preparation and attendce at INTERSKI. These webisodes provide front seat access to the event along with a look behind the scenes on all APSI National team projects.

  • Trainers Coordination dedicated to presenting the information learned at Interski to APSI staff. These Trainers Coordinations are usually run like the Interski event itself offering in-house resort Trainers the opportunity to select the countries they wish to learn about from the Team members who attended.

  • Spring Sessions are operated by APSI National Team members and are an opportunity for members to learn about different technical, teaching and customer service approaches from various countries directly from the Team members who attended the event.

  • In-house training run by Team members is typically operated in all resorts post Interski. This provides members employed by SRA resorts with an opportunity to gain access to valuable information brought back from Interski.

  • Social Media updates and interesting information from the event and what the Team has learned.

  • Provides an opportunity for members to attend the event. 25+ supporters attended Interski 2023 in Levi, many of whom work in an SRA resort in Australia. Attending this spectacle is a major highlight of a snowsport instructor's career and assists with the dissemination of content from the event.

 

 

INTANGIBLES (often not recognised by members)

  • Provides a forum for testing APSI products, processes, content and new initiatives with international industry leaders. An example of this is the APSI App which was first built and presented at Interski 2019 prior to release with APSI members. After much discussion with other organisations and feedback received, the APP was refined for and launched to support APSI members in Australia.

  • Provides comparison and assessment of APSI processes with ensuring APSI delivers products in line with international “standards”.

  • Calibration of equivalence and RPL. Interski provides forum to discuss standards, processes and curriculum guiding APSI's RPL program. This is turn assists the SRA resorts when employming of staff holding foreign certifications.

  • International recognition and brand awareness. Australia’s attendance at Interski gives ISIA member countries the opportunity to learn about the Australian approach. This recognition supports the employment of APSI members in the northern hemisphere.

  • Networking & Employment opportunities Interski is often used to promote snowsports employment opportunities around the world. These opportunities are shared with APSI members through the website benefiting all members wishing to work in the northern hemisphere creating a sustainable career in snowsports.

  • The APSI learns from foreign industry trends. Often the larger overseas snowsports industries often experience change before the Australia industry. This provokes anticipation and preparedness within our industry. Examples of this learned from Interski Presentations:

    • Guest trends (the increase of guests taking lessons on fat skis in the USA or, the decline in adult group lesson participation in Switzerland)

    • Technology and online learning

    • Terrain based learning

    • Evolution of equipment (skis, indoor slopes, sensor technology etc.)