IASI Telemark Level 1

IASI's introductory Telemark instructor award develops lesson planning and delivery through competent linked Telemark turns. Its normal teaching setting is an artificial slope or indoor snow dome, with a separately stated condition for holders of another discipline's Level 2 award.

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What This Qualification Covers

  • The October 2022 workbook describes planning and delivering lessons through competent linked Telemark turns, with modern technique, equipment knowledge, group management, and safety appropriate to artificial venues.
  • The stated setting is an artificial surface or indoor snow dome. The workbook excludes work in the open mountain environment unless the holder has Level 2 in another discipline. Telemark Level 1 alone does not establish that exception: confirm the exact additional award, IASI's current interpretation, and destination requirements before relying on it.
  • Training develops the instructor's Telemark skiing, demonstrations, learner progressions, analysis, and feedback. Personal skiing ability on natural snow is distinct from the conditions under which the holder may deliver a lesson.

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 October 2022 workbook describes associate membership, pre-selection, training, shadowing or ski-school experience, first aid, and assessment before the certificate is awarded. Confirm the current sequence and completion requirements with IASI rather than treating attendance as the qualification.
  • The official Telemark page also requires child-protection training for Level 1 candidates and names a separate Level 2 course. The page does not provide enough Level 2 detail to infer its full teaching scope from this Level 1 award.
  • The workbook requires a current first-aid certificate to keep the award valid. IASI's education page also sets continuing-professional-development conditions for licence renewal; check these separately from the historical award certificate.

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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IASI's official Telemark and education pages and the linked Telemark Level 1 workbook were read on 17 October 2026. The workbook is dated October 2022 and remains linked from the pathway. Its open-mountain exception explicitly depends on Level 2 in another discipline; confirm the relevant additional award and current conditions directly with IASI.