Our Training Facility
Our Boot Camp Technician Training Facility offers a dedicated winter sports training centre for all aspects of working in the ski and snowboard industry.
Experience of giving and going
on training courses has helped us to identify
what is important for our own dedicated training
facility: The workshop facility contains
custom finished work areas with ski and snowboard
vices. We have a floating workshop desk to
allow several candidates to work safely, and
to watch demonstrations in comfort without
straining to see what is going on. All the
core tools from irons to P-tex guns are available,
along with a variety of waxes to demonstrate.
The facility has a ski and snowboard base
grinding machine, combined with a side edge
tool for setting of side edge angles. And
we have one of the few fully working and calibrated
binding test machines in the UK. We want you to be comfortable,
and to be honest we want to be comfortable
too! So we have custom built the facility
from a shell, even selecting paints that reduce
eye strain (Despite the bright green colour!).
We have a built in air extraction facility
that is normally found in buildings with 7
rooms, to ensure that when working with fluorocarbon
waxes that any fumes are extracted as quickly
as possible. Room temperature is controlled
by a modern air conditioning system allowing
us to drop the temperature to as low as 15
degrees or as high as 38 degrees. We also
had the chairs which we carefully selected
fitted with comfortable bases with decent
foam, to reduce numb-bum to a minimum. There is a kitchen facility
so you can bring your own packed lunch if
you wish, and we provide tea, coffee and soft
drinks throughout the training sessions. There
is built in audio too, although we can't be
held responsible for the trainer's poor taste
in music.
The floor has been fitted with 7mm stress
reducing rubber workshop matting, which is
durable and reduces foot impact, and areas
of this have been further enhanced with 10mm
rubberised protection mats.
There is a dedicated boot fitting bench with
spaces for 2-5 boot fittings at one time,
which are high up to allow you to see the
processes being demonstrated to you without
having to strain too much.
We have fitted daylight bulbs to our suspended
ceiling, which has been set at a higher height
than normal to allow us to throw skis at each
other without damaging the ceiling.
Parking is available a few metres away (Park
outside unit 15-16 which is our sister business
Edge & Wax) and we have secure bicycle storage
should you wish to ride in rather than take
the car.
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