1st4sport
Level 3
QN: 610/4368/0
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1st4sport Level 3 Certificate in Coaching
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by 1st4sport. Classified as a Other Vocational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 396 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
1st4sport
Syllabus Units
12 Units
Guided Hours
396 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Coaching and Communities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the compositions of communities
- Understand community spaces and places
- Understand community networks and stakeholders
- Understand organisations within the local community
- Understand community cultures and customs
- Understand factors that influence participation in sports and physical activities within the local community
- Understand the benefits associated with different nations and populations participating in sport and physical activities
- Understand targeted groups in relation to sport and physical activity within communities
- Understand ways to influence behavioural change in sports and physical activities
- Understand how motivation can promote participation in sports and physical activities
2
Deliver inclusive, safe, and progressive coaching programmes and sessions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Prepare the coaching environment for coaching session delivery
- Be able to prepare participants to participate in coaching sessions
- Be able to deliver inclusive coaching sessions
- Be able to deliver safe coaching sessions
- Be able to perform coaching demonstrations, explanations, and activities during the delivery of coaching sessions
- Be able to encourage participant engagement during delivery of coaching sessions
- Be able to support the individual needs of participants during session delivery
- Be able to monitor participant progress
- Be able to engage with others during delivery of their coaching sessions
- Be able to conclude coaching sessions
3
Developing own Coaching Practices
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the professional codes of conduct for coaches
- Understand the ethical roles and responsibilities of a coach
- Be able to comply with professional and ethical codes of conduct
- Be able to develop own coaching motivations and philosophy
- Be able to adopt self-care strategies to support own coaching practice
- Understand how to evaluate own coaching practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance as a coach
- Understand ways to develop own coaching practice
- Be able to develop own coaching practice
4
Developing Safe and Inclusive Coaching Environments and Practices
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand an inclusive coaching environment
- Understand equality, diversity, and inclusivity within coaching environments
- Understand inclusive coaching practices
- Understand safe coaching environments for different populations
- Understand behaviour management strategies
- Understand safe coaching practices
- Understand common hazards in coaching environments
5
Engaging with others through Coaching
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to work with stakeholders within their coaching environment
- Understand communication methods and techniques to engage inclusively with others
- Understand how to adapt communication methods and techniques
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of key professionals within own coaching environment
- Understand ways to support the development of own coaching team
- Be able to support the development of own assistant coach
- Understand ways to engage others within the delivery of coaching programmes
- Understand ways to engage with key stakeholders to achieve coaching objectives
- Understand ways to develop community engagement
- Be able to engage with stakeholders within their coaching environment
6
Evaluate inclusive, safe, and progressive coaching programmes and sessions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key components of a coaching programme evaluation
- Understand ways to involve others in the evaluation of their coaching programme
- Be able to plan a coaching programme evaluation
- Be able to monitor the performance of their coaching programme
- Be able to obtain feedback to support coaching programme evaluation
- Be able to carry out an evaluate own coaching programme
- Be able to analyse and implement the outcomes of their coaching programme evaluation
- Understand when to adapt coaching sessions
- Be able to adapt coaching sessions and activities
- Understand the key components to evaluate coaching sessions
- Understand ways coaching sessions outcomes can be used to improve future coaching sessions
- Be able to conduct coaching session evaluations
7
Plan inclusive, safe, and progressive coaching programmes and sessions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of coaching programme design
- Understand how the sport and physical activities can influence the coaching programme design
- Understand how data and information can inform coaching programme design
- Be able to collate information and data to inform the coaching programme design
- Understand ways to include others in the planning of their coaching programme
- Be able to engage with others to support the planning of their coaching programme
- Be able to produce a safe, inclusive, and progressive coaching programme
- Understand the key components of coaching sessions
- Understand the technical components of delivering coaching sessions
- Understand the principles of planning coaching sessions
- Understand ways to design coaching sessions to support participant development and goals
- Be able to plan coaching sessions
- Be able to produce inclusive, safe, and progressive coaching sessions
8
Safeguarding Adults and Adults at Risk
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand safeguarding adults and adults at risk legislation
- Understand professional and industry standards and codes of practice when working with adults and adults at risk
- Be able to recognise signs of ab
- use, harm and neglect in adults and adults at risk
- Be able to record and report safeguarding concerns and disclosures when working with adults and adults at risk
- Understand how to respond to safeguarding concerns and disclosures when working with adults and adults at risk
- Be able to comply with legislation and organisational policies and procedures when working with adults and adults at risk
9
Safeguarding Children and Young People
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand safeguarding children and young people legislation
- Understand professional and industry standards and codes of practice when working with children and young people
- Be able to recognise signs of ab
- use, harm and neglect in children and young people
- Be able to record and report safeguarding concerns and disclosures when working with children and young people
- Be able to respond to safeguarding concerns and disclosures when working with children and young people
10
Supporting Participant Engagement and Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to support participant progress and development
- Understand ways to empower participants
- Understand ways to support participant engagement
- Be able to engage with participants
- Understand how to prepare participants to participate in coaching sessions
- Understand ways to obtain participant feedback
- Understand the key stages and domains of participant development
- Understand coaching development models
- Understand ways theories of learning can support personalised learning
- Understand ways to support the individual needs of participants
- Be able to use data to support participant development
- Be able to set participant goals
11
Supporting Participants’ Mental Health and Well-being
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to evaluate the credibility of information sources
- Understand physical activity guidelines for different populations
- Understand the components of a healthy and balanced lifestyle and diet
- Understand the relationship between nutrition and physical activity
- Understand the role of a coach in relation to promoting active and healthy lifestyles to others
- Understand mental health problems, disorders, and conditions
- Understand ways mental health problems, disorders, and conditions can influence participation in sport and physical activity
- Understand ways to support participants with mental health problems, disorders, and conditions in coaching environments
- Understand how to respond to participants with mental health problems, disorders, and conditions
- Understand the role of a coach in relation to mental health problems, disorders, and conditions in coaching environments
12
The Coaching Sector, Industry and Organisations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the coaching sector and industry
- Understand coaching legislation and regulatory requirements
- Understand the key components of own organisation
- Understand the role of a coach in relation to own organisational policies and procedures
- Be able to comply with coaching legislation, organisational and regulatory requirements
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/4368/0
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- 1st4sport
- Qualification Type
- Other Vocational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2024