Other and supporting awards · International Ski Instructors Association
What This Qualification Covers
- The Stamp standard covers group and private lessons for children through to older adults, with the ability to demonstrate and explain expert-level technique on difficult terrain and to instruct in more than one snowsport discipline. Check the holder's actual national qualification and assessed disciplines rather than treating the Stamp as a separate Alpine or snowboard instructor award.
- Its assessed competencies include teaching methods, winter-weather and avalanche judgement, on-piste and off-piste safety, first aid, environmental awareness, communication, and professional rights and duties. Safety training is not itself a local authorisation to lead off-piste lessons or guided trips.
- ISIA expressly states that meeting its quality standard does not automatically secure recognition of a national professional qualification by another country's authorities. The Stamp does not replace destination-specific registration, professional authorisation, or immigration permission.
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
- Candidates must have completed national instructor training and examinations that meet the Stamp standard, and be entitled to work professionally in their home country. The relevant ISIA member association issues the credential; a similar award title or level number does not prove that a Stamp has been issued.
- For candidates entering with a high technical standard, ISIA specifies at least 320 training hours for the Stamp, with two-thirds on snow and one-third in the classroom. These are international minimum standards rather than the duration of every national course.
- Maintaining active status requires successful further training through the national association: one day each year, two days every two years, or three days every three years. Check the association's record and the holder's current credential, not just an old certificate.
- The ISIA Card is a separate, higher credential with additional training and technical and safety tests. A Stamp alone does not establish Card status.
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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Rewritten from the official ISIA quality standards, read on 17 October 2026. The page identifies its applicable version as the standards amended by the delegates' decision of 7 April 2025. Confirm the holder's national qualification, issued credential, and current status separately.