New Zealand Certificate in Mountain Facility Operations (Level 3)
This programme is for people who keep skiers and snowboarders safe on the mountain's lifts, roads and in its carparks.
Completing the Mountain Facility Operations certificate will furnish you with the skills and knowledge to work under indirect supervision as a lift operator or road and carpark attendant on a mountain facility, including snowsport areas.
Please note that this programme is only available through specific employers. Get in touch with us for more information.
To enrol in this programme, you need to be working in an eligible organisation, in a paid job, self-employed, or as a volunteer with regular and consistent shifts.
This 40-credit qualification is designed to be completed in 6 months.
You'll be trained, observed and assessed in the workplace.
You will complete core modules and choose from one of two electives.
The core modules are:
- Applying safe working procedures and practices
- Identifying and responding to risks and hazards
- Customer service.
The electives are:
Lift operations
- Safely operate aerial lifts and maintain a safe lift station
- Manage queuing, crowd control and lift access.
Road and carpark services
- Identify and respond to road and carpark conditions and capacity, weather, terrain and hazards
- Provide safe and effective road and carpark services including alpine conditions driver technique advice.