BASI Adaptive Ski Level 1

BASI's introductory adaptive ski instructor qualification develops teaching for disabled skiers, with assessment of the instructor's skiing and teaching and a foundation for further adaptive training.

Adaptive snowsport · British Association of Snowsport Instructors

What This Qualification Covers

  • BASI's current qualification overview describes introducing beginners under the responsibility of a snowsports school or club, at non-mountain facilities or on suitable mountain terrain. That conditional teaching setting is distinct from independent practice or a destination's legal permission.
  • The adaptive ski course develops teaching activities for beginner and intermediate disabled skiers. Its broader course content should be distinguished from the introductory award overview; confirm the actual assessed equipment, learner needs, and intended lesson with BASI.
  • Entry skiing tasks include parallel skiing, short turns, and carving. Personal Alpine skiing competence is not evidence of a separate Alpine qualification, every adaptive equipment specialism, or the distinct Adaptive Snowboard or Mono-Ski award.

FASS country rules

These are the active qualification conditions configured on FASS. They do not confirm that a person has met them or has permission to teach. Local professional and immigration requirements still apply.

No active FASS rule is recorded for these qualifications. This does not establish permission to teach or lack of recognition.

Training and Progression

  • The course combines adaptive-specific on-snow training and assessment with preparatory online modules. Check current entry requirements and the final award record rather than relying on attendance alone.
  • Adaptive Ski Level 2 expands work across equipment and learner needs. Its entry alternatives and assessed components require their own evidence; Level 1 is not that later qualification.

Check the awarding body's current syllabus for entry requirements, course dates, fees, and assessment rules.

Sources and Further Reading

Official source review

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BASI's official public qualification descriptions and discipline-specific course specifications were read on 17 October 2026. These are the descriptions supplied to its public course pathway; they were available without an account. Course components and the completed qualification are distinguished below. Confirm current award-completion, licence, and destination requirements with BASI.