# Competences — ski instructor

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/812276dd-95ea-428b-b05e-a61c4089063c).

## Essential

- **apply risk management in sports** (skill/competence)
- **develop sports programmes** (skill/competence)
- **execute sports training programme** (skill/competence)
- **instruct in sport** (skill/competence)
- **organise training** (skill/competence)
- **personalise sports programme** (skill/competence)
- **plan sports instruction programme** (skill/competence)
- **promote health and safety** (skill/competence)
- **ski** (knowledge)

## Optional

- adapt teaching to target group (skill/competence)
- adjust sporting equipment (skill/competence)
- communicate with youth (skill/competence)
- develop personal skills (skill/competence)
- features of sporting equipment (knowledge)
- follow trends in sporting equipment (skill/competence)
- give constructive feedback (skill/competence)
- market trends in sporting equipment (knowledge)
- motivate in sports (skill/competence)
- provide first aid (skill/competence)
- skateboard (knowledge)
- work with different target groups (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-19)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- guest service — **57 %**
- snowboarding instruction — **57 %**
- skiing instruction — **57 %**
- snowboard instruction — **43 %**
- ski instruction — **43 %**
- technical skill development — **14 %**
- skill assessment — **14 %**
- class handling — **14 %**
- communication — **14 %**
- customer service — **14 %**

### Methods

- epic service — **14 %**
- epic service training — **14 %**
- health and safety policies — **14 %**
- on hill training — **14 %**

### Responsibilities

- lesson delivery — **43 %**
- guest communication — **29 %**
- equipment fitting — **29 %**
- guest assistance — **14 %**
- delivering guest service — **14 %**
- ensuring safety — **14 %**
- guest greeting — **14 %**
- guest safety supervision — **14 %**
- guest teaching — **14 %**
- instruction delivery — **14 %**
- lesson check-in — **14 %**
- lesson content updates — **14 %**
- lift loading assistance — **14 %**
- lift operation — **14 %**
- mountain safety promotion — **14 %**
- policy implementation — **14 %**
- safety enforcement — **14 %**
- ski/snowboard instruction — **14 %**
- student supervision — **14 %**
- surface lift operation — **14 %**
- teaching guests — **14 %**
- teaching lessons — **14 %**
- teaching skiing — **14 %**
- teaching snowboarding — **14 %**

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