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Operators who don’t use large buses to transport guest need drivers to shuttle guests to and from the airports and around the resort in the morning.
Salary
£90 to £110 plus a week with the normal winter workers package of accommodation, food, season lift pass and medical insurance supplied.
Only small and occasional tips form guests.
Qualifications
Aged at least 21.
Clean driver’s licence held for a minimum of 2 years.
If you have a driver’s licence issued in the UK you must have passed the mini bus qualification if passed after Jan.1st 1997 (Please note that the 12 seater Land Rover Defender is legally a mini bus and you must have a valid qualification to drive such a vehicle) Significant driving experience in the type of vehicle supplied (normally a VW Carravelle or Land Rover Defender).
Experience of driving under difficult conditions such as snow and ice required.
Vehicle maintenance experience is desirable as is an ability to work and drive anti social hours.
Hours
Hard to specify but could be as much as 7 or 8 hours a day driving depending on the location of the resort to the airport and the chalets or hotels to the lifts! You’ll definitely be working 5 to six hours a day for 6 days a week at least.
Driver's Duties
Up at around 7.30 am to clean mini bus of snow and load up with skis and snowboards
Drive guests around the resort and to the ski lifts in the mornings between 8am and 10.30am.
Shuttle supplies and staff around the resort and make deliveries where needed.
Pick up skiers in the afternoon and return to chalets
On change over days, and other special days if required, drive the guests and luggage to the airports, often requiring early starts up to 4 or 5 hours before the early morning flights!
Meet flights and guests and if necessary drive to other airports if flights are diverted due to unforeseen weather.
Drive safely and responsibly at all times!
Make sure the vehicle is in a safe and secured position at all times.
Must be able to comply with foreign driving rules and parking regulations!
Have a sensible attitude towards alcohol and driving!
Maintain the vehicles in a clean and serviceable manner (light maintenance duties only).
Keep all log books, mileage and fuel cost accounts up to date
Some companies also get their drivers to help out with chalet maintenance so a flexible attitude to un-blocking loos and changing light bulbs is essential!
Special Duties
In November drive the vehicles down to the Alps and back again at the end of the season, normally full of chalet staff and their luggage.
Take the mini buses to franchised dealers for maintenance when required.
Pros
Can be amazing driving through the Alps! You’ll see more sunrises and sunsets than most resort workers.
Chance to get out of the resort on a regular basis.
Challenging conditions can be both fun and frightening.
Cons
Long drives and exhausting waits at airports
Very early starts with grumpy guests.
French Drivers!!!
You will be the one that has to stop drinking early because you have a 5am start to drive to the airport.
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