Enrolment: Ages 12–15 (see SITN age rules), medical clearance or parental statement, parental consent, free skiing ability. Organised only by SITN PASS (A+B) licensed ski schools; school registers the course with SITN, buys training index cards and badges. No standalone teaching licence—feeds into Pomocnik pathway.

Where it may run (directory links)

STRAMA Ski and Snowboard School Zakopane

Short introductory course with theory, GS fitness test, and technical skiing exam.

Course fees (school-billed) — Schools set participant fees; SITN charges schools for index cards and badges—see Informator and school booking flow.
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Leads to: Demonstrator Szkolny

POL-SKI Pomocnik Instruktora (alpine) course

Enrolment: Minimum age 16 for part I and 17 (year-of-birth rule) for part II; qualifying course, demonstrator route, regional GS points, III sport class, or legacy instructor qualification as listed on the Pomocnik page. Medical fitness, parental consent if minor, mandatory order of technical then methodological parts; delivered only through SITN PASS (A+B) licensed schools.

Where it may run (directory links)

STRAMA Ski and Snowboard School Zakopane

6 days on-snow

Minimum six days including five on-snow days at six hours and one exam day; parts I and II sequential.

Course fees (school-billed) — Contact a licensed ski school via sitn.pl/szkoly or ‘Szukam kursu’; office fees in Informator.
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Leads to: Pomocnik Instruktora

POL-SKI Instruktor Zawodowy (etap 4) alpine pathway

Enrolment: After etap 2 (Młodszy Instruktor) and etap 3 (POL-SKI Instruktor) per the alpine schemat—see dokument 39 and instruktor-pzn-amator. Requires current SITN avalanche course (or equivalent syllabus), selective exam day, then Centralny Kurs Instruktora Zawodowego (CKIZ, seven on-snow days) plus national GS criterion; unifikacja every three years for active teaching rights and ISIA Stamp renewal. Book central events via SITN kalendarz; etap 2–3 courses via licensed ski schools.

Where it may run (directory links)

STRAMA Ski and Snowboard School Zakopane

8 days on-snow

CKIZ seven days on snow plus one-day selective exam; avalanche and prior etap blocks additional.

Central course, avalanche, and exam fees — Line items per dated SITN registration and school-billed etap 2–3 components.
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Course details ↗ Record updated 2026-04-03

Leads to: POL-SKI Instruktor Zawodowy

Instruktor Wykładowca Narciarstwa Alpejskiego PASS pathway

Enrolment: Functional lecturer grade for training future instructors—not the same as POL-SKI Instruktor Zawodowy (etap 4 / ISIA vocational licence). Requires master’s-level qualification (PRK#7), POL-SKI Instruktor Zawodowy, ≥5 years teaching with documented school reports, MPI technical benchmarks, SL/GS coefficients, slalom-setting course or coaching licence, positive head-of-training opinion, then selective exam, assistantships, and thesis defence per SITN PASS procedure.

Where it may run (directory links)

STRAMA Ski and Snowboard School Zakopane

Multi-year pathway including central courses, assistantships, and conference defence.

Central course and conference fees — Billed per SITN central event registration; see kalendarz and member documents.
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Course details ↗ Record updated 2026-04-03

Leads to: Instruktor Wykładowca

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