Becoming a ski instructor in New Zealand

Our upcoming 12 week ski instructor course in New Zealand is really starting to take shape, and it looks like we're going to have a great group of skiers on board!

Based in the Porters and the Club Fields region of New Zealand, our course has access to some of the best Freeskiing in the Southern Hemisphere. Plus, making the course even better this year, you can now work towards your level 2 NZSIA over the course of the 12 weeks, which will really set you up for a ski instructor jobs around the world!

Everyone who goes to Porters falls in love with the place and there's no surprise that many of our past NZ course participants have gone on to work there. So, we recently asked Porters Ski School how some of them have got on, and we're pretty pleased with what they had to say:

Letter from Porters Ski Area:

Since our initial involvement, there hasn’t been a season during our association with NONSTOP that we have not employed graduates from the programme the following year. Because they train on our mountain and spend time developing their skills in a genuine teaching environment, we are able to see the instructors improve their own skiing and their ability to teach. We are always impressed by the personal calibre, work ethic and professionalism these graduates demonstrate.

The big success story on Porters from the programme is Dan Walbeoff, who began his career teaching with us after gaining his Level 1 in 2006. Since then Dan has worked every season for Porters, always challenging himself to gain higher qualifications. Now as a fully qualified instructor, Dan has become our Ski School Director. This is a testimony to Dan’s grit and determination and the excellent mentoring of NONSTOP’s programme director, Jason Collins. Other instructors have worked many seasons with us and now live the dream- instructing year round in both hemispheres.




U. Dinsenbacher
General Manager
Porters Ski Area

What more can we say?! If you're interested in joining us out in New Zealand, give us a buzz on +44 (0)207 720 6500, email info@nonstopsnow.com