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now 6,000 British ski instructors who no longer will have
legal authorization to work as ski instructors in France,
A specialist exchange program does
Germany, Austria, Italy, or Spain. Europe’s loss could
not need to stop at highly certified very well be America’s gain. (See “The Brexit Is Coming!”
foreign ski instructors. Like NSP’s NSAA Journal, winter 2018.)
patroller exchange program, such One last consideration: Since such an international
specialist exchange program would be authorized
a J-1 visa specialist program could
through J-1 visas overseen by the State Department, it
be created for highly trained snow
would eliminate the enormous expense, complication,
groomers and snow makers. and limited availability of work visas under the DOL’s

H-2b visa program.
It’s an idea that is long overdue. For those ski areas
struggling to meet the demand for highly certified
Notably, such a specialist exchange program does instructors—and struggling to attract the international
not need to stop at highly certified foreign ski instructors. tourists’ business when President Trump’s anti-immigrant
Like NSP’s patroller exchange program, such a J-1 visa rhetoric is turning away international guests—this program
specialist program could be created for highly trained has incredible appeal. It would improve overall interna-
snow groomers and snow makers, providing shared tional relations and cultural enrichment between ski
skills, techniques, and insights from European, Japanese, instructors, students, groomers, snowmakers, and the
or Australian ski resorts, not to mention the overall local communities who host them. The overall ski
cultural enrichment for everyone involved, co-workers industry—whether in Europe, Japan, Australia, or the
and guests alike. United States—benefits immensely from the sharing
Indeed, as Britain tries to detangle itself from the and exchange of such insights and skills.
European Union through the Brexit process, there are Best practices really do transcend borders.

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