If you have completed ski instructor training in Finland and wish to practise the profession of ski instructor in another EU or EEA country, you may need a ski instructor’s certificate of competency. These certificates are issued by the Finnish National Agency for Education.

 

 

Ski instructor’s certificate of competency

The Finnish National Agency for Education can grant you a certificate of competency if you are a citizen of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland, you have completed Level 3 Ski Instructor (Hiihdonopettaja) training organised by the Finnish National Association of Snowsport Instructors, and meet one of the following conditions regarding acquired rights: 
•    You have at least 200 days of professional experience gained between 14 March 2014 and 14 March 2019, or
•    You have passed both the Eurotest and Eurosecurity test.

 

Professional cards issued under the Memorandum of Understanding

If you hold a professional card issued under the Memorandum of Understanding before 13 March 2014 and want to apply for a ski instructor’s certificate of competency, please contact the Finnish National Agency for Education by email at recognition [at] oph.fi.

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Applying for a decision

To apply for a decision, use the application form that you can print on this website. Attach to your application copies of the following documents:


1.    Certificate of Level 3 Ski Instructor (Hiihdonopettaja) training provided by the Finnish National Association of Snowsport Instructors 

2.    Proof of nationality
If you have changed your name since you completed the training, tests or work experience, also attach to your application documentary evidence of the name change (a marriage certificate, extract from the Population Information System or similar).

3.    Signed consent to the processing of your personal data 
On this form, you give your consent to participating in ski instructors’ Common Training Test and to having your data recorded in the IMI system.

4.    One of the following:
4a. Account of having at least 200 days of professional experience
You should primarily attach to your application employment certificates which identify your employer and position and state the duration of the employment relationship in days. If such certificates of employment are not available concerning all the work you have completed, please provide an account of your professional experience on the attached form.

4b. Certificates of completed Eurotest and Eurosecurity tests 

5. Official translations of the documents

Official translations: An authorized translation is required if the original document is in a language other than Finnish, Swedish or English. The translator must be an authorised translator in Finland or an official translator in the source country, working in the language pair in question. Register of authorised translators: www03.oph.fi/kaantajat.

 
Email your application to the Finnish National Agency for Education’s registry (kirjaamo(at)oph.fi). An electronically signed decision will be sent to you by e-mail, or you will receive the decision by post. The decision will be issued in Finnish or Swedish.

Application form and instructions
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Fee charged for the decision

A fee of EUR 170 will be charged for the decision. The invoice will be sent to you by post once the decision has been made.

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Further information

For more information about applying for a decision, visit recognition(at)oph.fi.

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Information about the processing of personal data

Information about the processing of personal data

1.    Data controller

The Finnish National Agency for Education (Opetushallitus)

P.O. Box 380, 00531 Helsinki, Finland. 
kirjaamo(at)oph.fi, opetushallitus(at)oph.fi, +358 29 533 1000 (switchboard)

Head of information management Jyrki Tuohela
tietosuoja(at)oph.fi, + 358 29 533 1000 (switchboard)


2.    Purpose of the filing system and legal basis for processing personal data

 

Purpose

Legal basis for processing personal data

Decision-making about issue of ski instructor’s certificate of competency 

Act on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications 1384/2015
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/907 on establishing a Common Training Test for ski instructors under Article 49b of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of the professional qualifications

 


3.    Recipients of personal data

Personal data provided in the application and appendices is processed by officials who work in the Finnish National Agency for Education. 

 

4.    Retention of data

The Finnish National Agency for Education keeps the data provided in applications for 60 years.

 

5.    Rights of the registered

A registered person has the right to access his/her personal data, to review his/her data, to demand rectification of data and to limit the processing of his/her data.
A registered person has the right to complain to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Ombudsman), if he/she suspects a violation in the handling of personal data. 

 

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