Level 1 gets you in the door. You can teach beginners in the beginner zone and start earning, but your lesson allocation will be limited. Level 2 is where you become a proper instructor — you can teach intermediate skiers, your pay goes up, your hours increase, and ski schools around the world will hire you on the strength of it alone. On the teaching side, Level 2 requires a much more structured understanding of lesson progressions. On the skiing side, you need dynamic, controlled carving across varied terrain, not just groomed runs. Most of our internship programmes include both in the same season, because Level 1 on its own is a bit like passing your theory test and stopping there.