Work/Ski balance

[Pakanaka]

hey guys thinking about getting my act together and doing an apprenticeship for carpentry. used to do ski instructing but the pay was bad and found it to be kind of stressful. now im just wasting my time working at a petrol station during summer. just worried that I won't be able to ski much anymore and I was planning on doing another season working on the mountain but all my applications have been unsuccessful. last year got 63 days of skiing. any skier tradies out there who can help?

 

[Lenny-]

I skiied 150 days just in Aspen/Snowmass not to mention days at loveland and A bay last season and 119 the season before. Ive been working overnights cooking/bartending/serving and whatever tf else they want for hotels. My ski pass is paid for by the company I work with every year and we get tons of discounts on equipment with alot of brands. I dont make a ton of money just about 45k a year but I only work 45ish weeks per year because we have offseasons right before aspen opens and after the mountain closes. That allows you to get a Loveland or Abasin pass and ski their early open and late close for cheap if you are willing to car camp. 200 days in north america is prob around what a perfect season would be.

 

[twinkle_toes]

Yep

I’m an HVAC apprentice and I got 130+ days in this season while working full time 40 hours/week.

My company is amazing though and my boss let me work Monday-Wednesday 10/12 hour days so I can ski Thursday-Sunday. Only did that for about 2 months, but the rest of winter I was working 5 days a week. Coming up to night ski almost every night.

It’s fucking tiring and not for the faint of heart I’ll tell ya that. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. Builds character and toughens me up. Taught me how to manage my time and responsibilities in order to do what I love. I also love my job, damn happy that I’m not sitting in a desk all day.

Financially speaking - I paid off all my debt last week. Took out a student loan to get me through first year but the rest of it is paid training so I’m golden. (Plus e.i payments when ur in school).

and if you’re like me and hate acedemic work, each level of school only lasts like 6-8 weeks, then you’re back in the field. So you just gotta tough it out and get your head in the game, pass all your weekly exams and get your ticket.

Jobs are always in demand especially carpentry(do some research on job demand where you live, it may be different) Ya can’t go wrong with a trade. Highly recommend it. There’s a skilled worker shortage and people are hurtin for good guys n gals.

also just outta curiosity, why carpentry ?

 

[Pakanaka]

Sounds good. Im doing carpentry becuase its the only apprenticeship out there that is located at my home mountain and its a pretty rare opportunity.

Yep

I’m an HVAC apprentice and I got 130+ days in this season while working full time 40 hours/week.

My company is amazing though and my boss let me work Monday-Wednesday 10/12 hour days so I can ski Thursday-Sunday. Only did that for about 2 months, but the rest of winter I was working 5 days a week. Coming up to night ski almost every night.

It’s fucking tiring and not for the faint of heart I’ll tell ya that. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. Builds character and toughens me up. Taught me how to manage my time and responsibilities in order to do what I love. I also love my job, damn happy that I’m not sitting in a desk all day.

Financially speaking - I paid off all my debt last week. Took out a student loan to get me through first year but the rest of it is paid training so I’m golden. (Plus e.i payments when ur in school).

and if you’re like me and hate acedemic work, each level of school only lasts like 6-8 weeks, then you’re back in the field. So you just gotta tough it out and get your head in the game, pass all your weekly exams and get your ticket.

Jobs are always in demand especially carpentry(do some research on job demand where you live, it may be different) Ya can’t go wrong with a trade. Highly recommend it. There’s a skilled worker shortage and people are hurtin for good guys n gals.

also just outta curiosity, why carpentry ?

**This post was edited on May 8th 2022 at 11:11:23pm

 

[twinkle_toes]

Sounds good. Im doing carpentry becuase its the only apprenticeship out there that is located at my home mountain and its a pretty rare opportunity.

**This post was edited on May 8th 2022 at 11:11:23pm

Oh what, that sounds sick ! Take advantage of the opportunity hell ya

Idk if ur in Canada or the states but if ur in Canada make sure they sign off on all ur hours and get registered with ITA. Good luck dude

**This post was edited on May 8th 2022 at 11:30:30pm

 

[Pakanaka]

Im in new zealand lol

Oh what, that sounds sick ! Take advantage of the opportunity hell ya

Idk if ur in Canada or the states but if ur in Canada make sure they sign off on all ur hours and get registered with ITA. Good luck dude

**This post was edited on May 8th 2022 at 11:30:30pm

 

[RobKatz]

We now offer a minimum wage of 15 USD an hour at all of our properties. Come join the “like nothing on earth” family now at Vail.

 

[isaacwrong]

Is this a troll? How much did you pay off ns to give you an orange name? Pshh bet you can’t even kfed and zeech everything

We now offer a minimum wage of 15 USD an hour at all of our properties. Come join the “like nothing on earth” family now at Vail.

 

[weastcoat]

We now offer a minimum wage of 15 USD an hour at all of our properties. Come join the “like nothing on earth” family now at Vail.

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