Ski instructors have three main responsibilities - Safety, Fun, and Learning. It is up to a ski instructor to dictate what is safe and what is not safe. For example a beginning skier shouldn't straight line a bump run until they learn the necessary skills to do so.Ski Teacher Working photo This may mean putting your foot down with demanding clients. It is important to make things fun. If someone enjoys skiing, they are more likely to return for more lessons. Ski instructing depends on repeat business. In fact much of ski instructing is building your clientele and then you are essentially managing your own schedule because of great service and good skiing.