If you want to prepare for a career in the sport and leisure industry, particularly in a community role, then this qualification is ideal.
Aims and objectives
This qualification aims to:
- give you the introductory skills and knowledge you need to start a career in sport and progress within your employment in the sector.
- gain and develop essential skills that are valued by employers and higher and further education institutions.
- prepare you for higher or further education, or onto a Level 3 Sport qualifications, through full-time or part-time study.
- offer a pathway and units that reflect your career or academic aspirations.
To be awarded the Level 2 Diploma in Sport (Sports Coaching), you will be required to successfully complete three mandatory units (below) and four optional units, which you will be able to choose. The compulsory units are:
- Participating in sport (6 credits)
- Sports coaching (6 credits)
- Developing sporting skills and tactical awareness (6 credits)
To achieve the Level 2 Certificate and Diploma in Sport, learners must successfully demonstrate their achievement of all learning outcomes and assessment criteria of the units as detailed in this qualification specification.
What you'll learn
Essential skills
These range from familiar ‘key skills’ such as team working, independent learning and problem solving, to more tricky-to-measure skills such as:
- an appreciation for appropriate behaviour and dress
- appropriate interpersonal skills
- communicating with professional colleagues/peers and/or hierarchical seniors
- supporting other aspiring employees
- personal manners and deportment
- understanding work practices and how different roles and departments function within an organisation
How you'll learn and be assessed
This qualification consists of 42 credits. You will study six, core units and four optional units. The range of optional units will enable you to focus on a particular strand of learning and interest, whilst the mandatory units provide a good introduction to support progress into the workplace or further study.
When you have successfully completed this programme, you can progress to a level 3 programme.
Entry requirements
You need to have 4 GCSEs at grade 3 or above, including English Language and maths.
