Active IQ
Level 3
QN: 601/1152/5
Curriculum Active
Active IQ Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Sports Development
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Active IQ. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1023 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
Active IQ
Syllabus Units
22 Units
Guided Hours
1023 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Allocate and monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan work for colleagues
- Be able to brief colleagues on planned work
- Be able to monitor colleagues’ work
- Be able to support colleagues in their work
- Understand own sector context for allocating and monitoring work in own area of responsibility
- Understand own organisational context for allocating and monitoring work in own area of responsibility
- Understand how to plan work for colleagues
- Understand how to brief colleagues on planned work
- Understand how to monitor work carried out by colleagues
- Understand how to support colleagues in their work
2
Apply for external funding for sport and physical activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to identify sources of funding for sport and physical activity
- Be able to identify sources of funding for sport and physical activity
- Know how to prepare bids and tenders
- Be able to prepare bids and tenders
- Know how to negotiate and agree funding
- Be able to negotiate and agree funding
3
Contribute to evaluating, developing and promoting services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of service provision
- Be able to develop and improve services
- Be able to contribute to the promotion of services
- Understand how to carry out evaluations
- Understand how to make improvements to services
- Know which individuals in the organisation to work with in relation to different activities
4
Contribute to strategic development in sport and active leisure
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to contribute to strategic development in sport and active leisure
- Be able to contribute to strategic development in sport and active leisure
5
Contribute to the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know and understand how to prevent and manage abusive and aggressive behaviour
- Know and understand the forms, causes and effects of abusive and aggressive behaviour
- Be able to deal with incidents of abusive and aggressive behaviour
- Be able to contribute to minimising the risk of abusive and aggressive behaviour
6
Develop productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
- Understand the organisational context for working relationships
- Understand how to identify key stakeholders
- Understand conflict resolution in relation to colleagues and stakeholders
- Be able to establish working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
- Understand how to work with colleagues and stakeholders
- Be able to work with colleagues and stakeholders
- Understand how to monitor and review relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
- Be able to review relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
7
Ensure the health, safety, welfare and security of customers and staff
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to ensure the health, safety, welfare and security of customers and staff
- Know how to identify hazards and assess risks to health, safety and security
- Be able to identify hazards and assess risks to health, safety and security
- Know how to contribute to developing and maintaining normal and emergency operating procedures
- Be able to contribute to developing and maintaining normal and emergency operating procedures
- Know how to contribute to maintaining and improving procedures for the protection of vulnerable participants
- Be able to contribute to maintaining and improving procedures for the protection of vulnerable participants
8
Facilitate community-based sport and physical activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to facilitate community-based sport and physical activity
- Know how to research the community and establish working relationships
- Be able to research the community and establish working relationships
- Know how to plan and deliver sport and physical activity programmes in the community
- Be able to plan and deliver sport and physical activity programmes in the community
- Know how to enable communities to organise and sustain opportunities for participation and progression
- Be able to enable communities to organise and sustain opportunities for participation and progression
9
Involve, motivate and retain volunteers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the value and role of volunteering
- Understand how to promote volunteering to potential volunteers
- Be able to promote volunteering to potential volunteers
- Understand the principles of involving and motivating volunteers in an organisation
- Be able to involve volunteers in the organisation
- Understand how to respond to volunteers wishing to change or conclude their volunteering role
- Be able to support volunteers in changing or concluding their volunteering role
- Understand the principles of supporting and supervising volunteers in order to retain their contribution
10
Lead and motivate volunteers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand good practice and legal requirements when working with volunteers
- Understand communication with volunteers when leading and motivating them
- Be able to brief volunteers on work requirements and responsibilities
- Understand the principles of involving and motivating volunteers
- Understand the principles of evaluating the work of volunteers
- Be able to provide volunteers with feedback on their work
- Understand the principles of supporting and supervising volunteers
- Be able to support volunteers in solving problems during volunteering activities
11
Manage a project
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of project management
- Understand how to establish the scope, aims and objectives of a project
- Be able to establish the scope, aims and objectives of a project
- Understand how to plan a project
- Be able to plan a project
- Understand how to implement a project
- Be able to implement a project
- Understand how to close a project
- Be able to close a project
12
Manage information for action
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to manage information for action
- Know how to gather required information
- Be able to gather required information
- Know how to inform and advise others
- Be able to inform and advise others
- Know how to hold meetings
- Be able to hold meetings
13
Manage own resources and professional development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the relationship between the management of personal resources and performance in own work role
- Understand how to identify the requirements of a work role
- Know how to set work objectives to meet the requirements of a work role
- Know how to evaluate personal resources against work role requirements and agreed work objectives
- Understand how to develop personal resources to meet work role requirements and improve performance
- Be able to identify learning needs in the context of own work role
- Be able to plan own continuing professional development
- Be able to engage in continuing professional development
14
Plan and organise services
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to plan and organise services
- Know how to plan services and operations to meet requirements and expectations
- Be able to plan services and operations to meet requirements and expectations
- Know how to monitor and maintain services and operations
- Be able to monitor and maintain services and operations
15
Promote equality and diversity in sport and physical activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to promote equality and diversity in sport and physical activity
- Know how to identify issues of equality and diversity that impact on communities
- Be able to identify issues of equality and diversity that impact on communities
- Know how to ensure that equality and diversity are integrated into the delivery of sport and physical activity
- Be able to ensure that equality and diversity are integrated into the delivery of sport and physical activity
16
Provide leadership in sport and active leisure
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own personal context for leadership
- Be able to establish the conditions for effective leadership in a sport and active leisure context
- Understand how to lead other people
- Be able to lead people in a sport and active leisure context
- Understand how to empower other people through leadership
- Be able to empower other people through effective leadership in sport and active leisure
17
Provide learning opportunities for colleagues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to encourage learning and development
- Be able to help colleagues identify their learning needs and styles
- Be able to help colleagues to plan and implement learning and development
- Be able to help colleagues to implement learning opportunities
- Be able to help colleagues to review and update learning and development plans
- Understand how to encourage learning and development
- Understand how to help colleagues identify their learning needs and styles
- Understand how to help colleagues to plan learning and development
- Understand how to help colleagues to implement learning and development
- Understand how to help colleagues review and update learning and development plans
- Understand the sector in which they provide learning opportunities to colleagues
- Understand the context in which they provide learning opportunities to colleagues
18
Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Recognise indications of substance mis
- Assess and monitor risk., Handle information and maintain records., Refer individuals to appropriate services.
19
Recruit, select and keep colleagues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify recruitment and selection needs
- Be able to plan a recruitment and selection process
- Be able to contribute to a recruitment and selection of people for identified vacancies
- Be able to contribute to the retention of colleagues
- Understand own sector context for recruitment, selection and retention
- Understand own organisational context for recruitment, selection and retention
- Understand how to identify recruitment and selection needs
- Understand how to plan recruitment and selection processes
- Understand how to contribute to the recruitment and selection of people for identified vacancies
- Understand how to contribute to the retention of colleagues
20
Support the development of sport and physical activity in education
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to support the development of sport and physical activity in education
- Understand the policies and strategies around the development of sport and physical activity in education
- Know how to work with key stakeholders to develop sport and physical activity in education
- Be able to work with key stakeholders to develop sport and physical activity in education
- Be able to support the educational community to develop sport and physical activity
21
Support the efficient use of resources
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to support the efficient use of resources
- Know how to make recommendations for the use of resources
- Be able to make recommendations for the use of resources
- Know how to contribute to the control of resources
- Be able to contribute to the control of resources
22
Work with others to improve customer service
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- improve customer service by working with others
- monitor their own performance when improving customer service
- monitor team performance when improving customer service
- understand how to work with others to improve customer service
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/1152/5
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Active IQ
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2013
- Operational End
- Mar 2026