• Check this page again 2 weeks prior to course start date.
• You will be mailed a package containing a variety of resources. Make sure to arrive at the course having completed the mandatory readings and pre-course questions found under the Lesson Outlines & Pre-Course Materials tab of your student manual. 
• Until you receive your student manual, please refer to your online registration confirmation email for a view-only link to the manual. 
• We encourage students to review the optional pre-course tasks and readings. This includes the CAA online weather resource webpage. Learn what weather information websites present, how they present the weather information and how you as a user can read it. Come to the course with questions.

Start time: 8:00 am sharp on November 6, 2020

Location: The course will be held at the Executive Suites Hotel and Resort, Garibaldi Room, 40900 Tantalus Rd, Squamish, BC. V8B 0R3 Phone: 604-815-7247. Executive Suites Hotel and Resort, Squamish, B.C.

Students are responsible for bringing their own personal protective equipment. Student must have a personal sized container of hand sanitizer which they carry with them at all times, two or more face masks*, and an extra pair of gloves for field based courses.

*COVID-19 Health and Safety: Selecting and using face masks in a non-health care setting.

The Advanced Weather course is a classroom-based course. Come prepared with your laptop, power cable, student manual and pen/notepaper. As this is a classroom course and most of you will be used to being active during your day, mentally prepare yourself for a classroom setting and come to class having exercised in the morning or plan to exercise at lunch if needed. Snacks and any specific hydration needs should be organized in advance and brought to class. There is a lunch break but it is not long so having a prepared lunch is beneficial.

View a Sample Schedule for the Advanced Weather course.

There will be a written exam at the end of the course which you will be required to pass with 71%. The exam will pertain to the readings and classroom lectures. The exam is “open book”, including access to the internet, but does have a time limit of one hour.

Plenty of opportunities are presented for students to ask questions of instructors over the duration of the course. We encourage students to make use of these opportunities to clarify any necessary materials.

All students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the course location. Carpooling is only recommended for students who are from the same household.

There are a lot of options for accommodation in Squamish. You can visit Tourism Squamish for information on local hostels, hotels, motels, campgrounds, and B & B’s.

Go to our ITP COVID-19 Information webpage to familiarize yourself with the most up to date COVID-19 Industry Training Program information. 

Students are required to complete a Release of Liability and Waiver at the start of each course. A link to the Release of Liability and Waiver is found below. Please note that the document has two pages:

• Release of Liability and Waiver

Go to our Student Resources webpage to familiarize yourself with the Student Policies.