Posted 5 months ago
Ski Patrol (Winter)
@ Panorama Mountain Village
Panorama, British Columbia
Overview
Panorama Mountain Village is hiring a temporary winter Ski Patrol member to keep the mountain reasonably safe for skiers. The work covers on-mountain first aid and evacuation, search and rescue support, trail checks and equipment maintenance under high-stakes decision making. A High School Diploma or equivalent and a current first aid certificate are expected.
Responsibilities:
- First aid assessment, treatment and evacuation
- Establish a reasonably safe skiing environment
- Lift evacuation during breakdowns
- Incident investigation and record keeping
- Preventive equipment maintenance
Requirements summary:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 80+ hour OEC, OFA Level 3 or Wilderness First Aid preferred
- Advanced skier or better
- Ability to lift and carry 60 lb toboggans
- Previous patrol or medical experience an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · dayforce-feed
- Employer posting date
- 2026-06-15
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-26
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Security & protective services |
| Schedule | day |
| Seasonal | Yes |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Client sites |
| Position | On the move |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 60 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | OEC, OFA Level 3, Wilderness First Aid |
| Education | High school (required) |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Panorama Mountain Village
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 45 |
To provide for and ensure a reasonably safe skiing environment. To provide on mountain first aid assistance and evacuation, skier safety, search and rescue support, trail work, lift evacuation, equipment maintenance, and other assigned duties. Each task requires a high level of decision making.
Essential Functions:
- First aid assessment, treatment, and evacuation.
- Perform detailed incident investigation procedure, preservation of the facts, forms, and records.
- Establish a reasonably safe skiing environment, i.e. Trail checks, trail openings/closings, early season preparation, boot packing, maintenance, obstacle marking, signage, sweeps, and special race preparation.
- Be familiar with the terrain at Panorama Mountain where avalanche search and rescue are likely.
- Be responsible for evacuation of people from the lift in the event of a breakdown.
- Enforcement of Alpine Responsibility Code
- Visible to the public for skier information.
- Preventive maintenance inspections of equipment
- Ability to respond to varying emergency situations.
- Responsibility for Others:
- Accountability for the care and safety of the skiing public as well as all other Panorama Mountain Village employees on the Mountain.
- Dispatcher records tasks for a given workday to include incident response, tasks, snow safety, general work, and special projects.
Experience/Requirements:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 80+ hour Outdoor Emergency Care Certificate (OEC) preferred or
- 80+ hour OFA level 3 or Wilderness First Aid certificate.
Job Experience:
- Previous patrolling experience or previously employed by Panorama Mountain Resort, mountaineering experience and previous medical training are an asset.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift and carry toboggans weighing as much as 60 lbs.
- Other tasks include skiing in difficult conditions, working in cold and often inclement conditions, high elevations, carrying and transporting unwieldy materials such as tower pads, medical equipment, etc.
- Must be able to hear and speak clearly to hear beacon signals and skiers requesting assistance, and for communication to occur using radios and telephones.
- Must be an advanced skier or better.
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