Outdoor activities instructor to snowboard instructor
An outdoor activities instructor already meets 37% of what the snowboard instructor role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.5/ 100
1 How much of what a snowboard instructor is expected to do is already part of an outdoor activities instructor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the snowboard instructor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A snowboard instructor role treats 4 of its required skills as things an outdoor activities instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply risk management in sports
- demonstrate when teaching
- give constructive feedback
- plan sports instruction programme
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A snowboard instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an outdoor activities instructor background worth leading with.
- already held skateboard services
- already held plan sports instruction programme management skills
- already held work with different target groups communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held motivate in sports management skills
- already held apply risk management in sports information skills
- already held demonstrate when teaching communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the snowboard instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn execute sports training programme required
- still to learn instruct in sport required
- still to learn promote health and safety required
- still to learn adapt teaching to target group required
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- still to learn personalise sports programme required
- still to learn organise training required
- still to learn snowboard required
- optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
- still to learn correct potentially harmful movements required
- optional, not held market trends in sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held follow trends in sporting equipment optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a snowboard instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 snowboard study this
- 02 correct potentially harmful movements practise this
- 03 execute sports training programme practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply risk management in sports skill
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held plan sports instruction programme skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held motivate in sports skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held skateboard knowledge
- already held work with different target groups skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held adjust sporting equipment optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adjust sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held follow trends in sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held market trends in sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
32 held skills the snowboard instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- not needed by the target role assess nature of injury in emergency skill
- not needed by the target role assess students skill
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role belay techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role climb trees skill
- not needed by the target role compass navigation knowledge
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role inspire enthusiasm for nature skill
- not needed by the target role instruct in outdoor activities skill
- not needed by the target role lead hiking trips skill
- not needed by the target role lip reading knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role organise sporting environment skill
- not needed by the target role outdoor activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare lesson content skill
- not needed by the target role protection from natural elements knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
- not needed by the target role rope lashing knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach windsurfing skill
- not needed by the target role team building knowledge
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use geographic memory skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
- not needed by the target role use rigging tools skill
- not needed by the target role use rope access techniques skill
- not needed by the target role water skiing knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn snowboard required
- optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held market trends in sporting equipment optional
Other moves recorded from outdoor activities instructor
Common questions about this move
Can an outdoor activities instructor become a snowboard instructor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An outdoor activities instructor already covers 37% of what a snowboard instructor is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the snowboard instructor role treats as required.
What skills does an outdoor activities instructor need to become a snowboard instructor?
8 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is snowboard.
How hard is the move from outdoor activities instructor to snowboard instructor?
Its learning distance is 59.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.