Focus Awards
    Level 3
    QN: 601/4889/5
    Curriculum Active

    Focus Awards Level 3 Diploma in Leisure Management (RQF)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Focus Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 503 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    Focus Awards
    Syllabus Units
    28 Units
    Guided Hours
    503 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Address performance problems affecting team members

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal requirements, industry regulations, organisational policies and professional codes concerning performance
    • Be able to identify performance problems of team members
    • Be able to discuss performance problems with team members
    • Be able to set a course of action to deal with identified problems with team members
    2

    Continuing professional development in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand continuing professional development and its importance in active leisure
    • Understand how to take part in continuing professional development
    • Be able to take part in continuing professional development
    3

    Contribute to marketing in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop marketing plans for own area of responsibility
    • Be able to implement marketing plans for own area of responsibility
    4

    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
    5

    Develop productive working relationships with colleagues

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues
    • Be able to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues
    • Understand how to improve performance with colleagues
    • Be able to improve performance with colleagues
    • Understand how to communicate with colleagues
    • Understand the sector in which they work with colleagues
    • Understand the context in which they work with colleagues
    • Be able to work with colleagues
    6

    Ensure the health, safety, welfare and security of customers and staff in an active leisure environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify hazards in an active leisure environment
    • Be able to assess risks to health and safety in an active leisure environment
    • Be able to maintain normal and emergency operating procedures in an active leisure environment
    • Be able to maintain procedures for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
    7

    Implement financial procedures in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to manage a budget in own area of responsibility
    • Be able to follow financial procedures for own area of responsibility
    8

    Improve the customer’s experience in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to co-ordinate customer service improvements in an active leisure environment
    • Be able to improve own customer service performance in active leisure
    • Be able to monitor team performance when improving customer service
    9

    Manage own professional development within an active leisure organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to assess own career goals and personal development in active leisure
    • Be able to set personal work objectives in an active leisure job role
    • Be able to produce a personal development plan in an active leisure job role
    • Be able to implement and monitor own personal development plan in an active leisure job role
    • Be able to update personal development plan
    10

    Manage physical resources in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of sustainability when using physical resources in active leisure
    • Be able to identify physical resource requirements for own area of responsibility in active leisure
    • Be able to obtain required resources for own area of responsibility
    • Be able to monitor and review the quality and usage of resources in own area of responsibility in active leisure
    11

    Marketing in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand marketing in the context of active leisure
    • Understand marketing methods in the context of active leisure
    • Be able to develop a draft marketing plan for active leisure services/products
    12

    Operate swimming pool plant

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to start up and shut down plant
    • Be able to maintain plant in working order
    • Be able to ensure the quality of water
    13

    Operating swimming pool plant

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the systems used to maintain the quality of swimming pool water
    • Understand how to monitor and maintain swimming pool plant
    • Understand how to maintain the quality of swimming pool water
    • Understand how to work safely with the chemicals used in swimming pool plant operations
    • Be able to carry out routine (daily/weekly) maintenance procedures to swimming pool plant
    14

    Plan, organise and evaluate active leisure services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan services and operations to meet requirements and expectations
    • Be able to brief team members on planned operations and services
    • Be able to monitor and maintain services and operations
    15

    Promote learning and development in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to encourage learning and development in an active leisure team
    • Be able to assist team members identify their learning needs and styles
    • Be able to assist team members to plan and implement learning and development activities
    • Be able to support team members in implementing learning opportunities
    • Be able to support team members in reviewing and updating learning and development plans
    • Understand how to support learning and development for team members
    16

    Promoting customer care in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand customer care in active leisure
    • Understand how to respond to customer problems in active leisure
    • Understand the role of monitoring and evaluation in relation to customer care
    • Be able to show how an active leisure organisation can deliver and improve customer care
    17

    Sell active leisure services and products to customers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to generate sales appointments
    • Be able to prepare for a sales meeting with active leisure customers
    • Be able to establish an effective relationship with active leisure customers
    • Be able to identify active leisure customers’ needs and expectations
    • Be able to match active leisure services to customer needs and expectations
    • Be able to progress a sale with active leisure customers
    • Be able to deal with sales objections from active leisure customers
    • Be able to close a sale with active leisure customers
    • Be able to follow up unsuccessful sales
    18

    Set objectives and provide support for an active leisure team

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to brief an active leisure team on its objectives
    • Be able to plan work with an active leisure team
    • Be able to support an active leisure team in its work
    • Be able to monitor and evaluate progress and achievements
    19

    Supervise the maintenance of equipment and facilities in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to supervise the maintenance of facilities and equipment in own area of responsibility
    • Be able to supervise repairs and improvements to facilities and equipment
    20

    Understanding Employment Rights and Responsibilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know their employment rights and responsibilities under the law
    • Understand documents relevant to their employment
    • Know key employment procedures at work
    21

    Understanding financial procedures in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand an active leisure organisation’s business objectives
    • Understand budgeted operational plans in an active leisure organisation
    • Understand financial procedures used in active leisure
    22

    Understanding how to deliver objectives through the work of an active leisure team

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to plan and delegate work for a team in active leisure
    • Understand how to brief a team in active leisure
    • Understand how to monitor team members’ work
    • Understand how to support an active leisure team in its work
    • Understand how to help team members improve their work
    23

    Understanding how to lead a team in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the team leadership role in active leisure
    • Understand the role of emotions and behaviours when leading a team in active leisure
    • Understand the value of diversity within a team
    • Understand the role of communication when leading a team in active leisure
    • Understand the role of motivating others when leading a team in active leisure
    • Understand how to provide team members with a sense of direction and common purpose
    24

    Understanding how to manage health, safety and welfare in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the requirements for health, safety, welfare and security in active leisure
    • Understand how to manage health and safety risks in an active leisure environment
    • Understand how to manage health and safety emergencies and other incidents in an active leisure environment
    • Understand the requirements for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
    • Understand how to manage the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
    25

    Understanding how to sell services and products to customers in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand sales in the context of active leisure
    • Understand how to sell active leisure services and products
    26

    Understanding how to supervise facility maintenance in active leisure

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand facility maintenance in active leisure
    • Understand how to ensure active leisure facilities and equipment are maintained to appropriate standards
    • Understand how to supervise the repair and improvement of active leisure facilities and equipment
    27

    Understanding the Active Leisure and Learning Sector

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key features of the Active Leisure and Learning sector
    • Understand the key features of the Active Leisure and Learning subsector in which they work
    • Understand employment and career opportunities in the Active Leisure and Learning subsector in which they work
    28

    Understanding the Employing Organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the structure of their organisation
    • Understand key aims and objectives of their organisation
    • Understand their own contribution to their organisation’s key aims and objectives
    • Understand the opportunities for entry, professional development and progression within their organisation

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    601/4889/5
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Focus Awards
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Dec 2014