TS 13300

TS 13300 is a vocational standard for the guide and instructor of water skiing. It defines and classifies the occupation, and it also addresses the characteristics required of the person performing it together with how those characteristics are measured and evaluated. In this way, the standard brings the role and the expected competence profile into a single, structured framework.

A water-skiing guide and instructor is the person who directs participants, organises the learning process, and supports the activity in a controlled, understandable, and safe manner. In vocational standards, “description” explains what the role is, while “classification” places it within the broader occupational system. Measurement and evaluation then help verify knowledge, skills, and work-related behaviours against a shared reference.

How the competence profile is organised

According to the scope of this standard, the focus is on the qualities that a water-skiing guide and instructor should possess. In general technical context, such occupational standards commonly provide a common reference for task knowledge, communication, guidance, participant safety, awareness of operating conditions, and managing the flow of the activity. Water skiing itself is a towing-based water sport, so guiding and instruction may vary according to the participant’s level and the conditions of the session.

• Occupation definition and classification
• Required characteristics
• Measurement and evaluation of those characteristics
• Guidance and instruction in water-skiing activities