Mt Dobson Ski Area is one of many skifields desperate for border exemptions to bring in overseas staff for the 2022 winter. Lazor said the industry is focused on locking in exemptions for next winter, as they try to make the best of the final weeks of this season. “It was showcased again this year – snow safety officers, groomers operators and instructors – we just don't have Kiwis with the qualifications or who even want to do the job. It seems like that’s the part the Government doesn’t understand.”He believes part of the problem is the lack of recognition of career ski staff who do winter-to-winter work, travelling from one hemisphere to another. iStock An existing skill shortage in the ski industry has been made vastly more difficult thanks to border closures.

Source: Stuff September 20, 2021 23:37 UTC