What organization is running your L1 program? Is it the Italians? I know PSIA does stuff in Austria this time of year too.
I wish I had known about PSIA in Austria earlier. Out of curiosity, can you point me to more info on that, please?
To answer your question, the org running the L1 clinic I will attend is Slovenian.
The multi level path is more manageable for someone like me who already works and can split the activity exploiting the available yearly vacation time.
AMSI-Italy, differently than nearly every other org, hasn't a multi level qualification program and run programs only in Italy, each regional council runs the program indipendently but the qualified are enabled to instruct every where in Italy . Rather, there is a three days initial "access test" phase where the would-be instructors will be checked for their skiing skills. Topping the three days is a giant slalom test run which could be timed (in which case is already valid for the eurotest) or not.
If one qualifies, and the pass criteria are quite stringent, believe me, then there begins the course itself, which takes about
90 days, divided in clinics or "modules", theory (ski technique, how to teach what, MA and so on) and on the field practice (on piste skiing, freeride, "new school" aka "park skiing") also, the candidates will assist instructors while teaching for a period of time.
If the giant slalom race was not timed at the beginning, roughly mid-course the candidates will need to pass the eurotest.
At the end there will be the final exam.
If candidates pass that, then they can instruct.
After graduation as ski instructor, additional specific clinics can be taken, like qualification o teach the children, but as it goes, after the program and passing the final exam, candidates are already full cert.
Alto-Adige/SuedTirol province being the exception, where two qualification levels are present, "ski instructor assistant" and "ski instructor".
