Paragliding Pilot's Course
Yomps
Learn to paraglide safely and successfully, fly above the stunning Swiss Alps in your paraglider, study French, see amazing scenery on cross country flights, gain the internationally recognized IPPI 3 licence qualification that can take you paragliding anywhere in the world, and have the thrills of a lifetime experiencing one of mans oldest dreams, that of human flight!
For maore information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk/trip-search/trips/12415
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Ski and Snowboard Instructor
Yomps
Learn to become a ski or snowboard instructor with a training company that has 100% pass rate, get a BASI level one and two instructor qualification (previously called the BASI level three qualification), take a BASP first aid course and avalanche and mountain safety course, get offered a job at Verbier’s top ski school and help teach students, and ski or snowboard in the breathtakingly beautiful Swiss Alps!
Want to learn to become a ski or snowboard instructor and spend a gap year or career break teaching students anywhere in the world? With Yomps amazing instructors course you can! Whether you are looking for an awe-inspiring way to spend your gap year or just want to improve your snow skills, this ten week course based in the breath-taking Swiss Alps will give you the memories of a lifetime! Yomps has teamed up with a British Ski School based in Switzerland’s most renowned instructor school. With a 100% pass rate and instructors who ski competitively on the European tour, or used to ski for or teach the Great Britain ski team; on this skiing and snowboarding instructor course you will be taught by the finest in the business! This is no ordinary ski school (sub-contracting to a foreign company to train you); this is the best ski and snowboard school in Verbier Switzerland, and is fully endorsed by BASI (British Association of Snowboard Instructors).
Your base is at Verbier, one of the Alps premier off-piste resorts and justifiably one of the most beautiful ski locations in Europe, sitting with awesome views of Mont Blanc to the west and Matterhorn to the east. Here amid the frosted mountains and glacial river valleys you will live in warm wooden chalets that overlook the hills and mountains where you will learn to become ski and snowboard instructors. The ten weeks you will spend here will take you on a learning adventure with over 220 hours of snow coaching, 75 hours of classroom work, and 70 hours of shadowing professional instructors to give you a BASI level 1and 2 instructor qualification, a BASP first aid qualification, plus much more! This ski and snowboard instructor course is a truly amazing way to improve your own technique whilst you gain brilliant qualifications that will enable you to teach skiing and snowboarding to others. With some top people teaching you, some new friends to meet, and some awesome slopes to ski and snowboard down, what’s stopping you?!
For more information, please visit: http://www.yomps.co.uk
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International Volunteer
Concordia
Concordia is a charity committed to international volunteering as a means to promoting intercultural understanding and peace.
Our International Volunteer Programme offers volunteers aged 18+ the opportunity to join international teams of volunteers working on short-term projects in over 60 countries in Europe, North America, Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia. A selection of projects is available for teenagers aged 16 and 17. Types of international volunteer projects include conservation, restoration, archaeology, construction, arts, children’s play-schemes and teaching.
Projects last for 2-4 weeks with the main season from June to September. Volunteers pay a registration fee of £150 and fund their own travel and insurance.
Board and accommodation is free of charge for projects in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea. For projects in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa volunteer pay an extra on arrival fee of approx. £100 that covers food and accommodation, as well as funding the programme in the country.
http://www.concordia-iye.org.uk
Nationalities accepted: Residents in the UK only |
