Pearson
Level 3
QN: 603/3338/8
Curriculum Active
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Sporting Excellence
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Pearson. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 780 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
Pearson
Syllabus Units
19 Units
Guided Hours
780 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Communicate effectively with other people to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to communicate effectively with other people
- Be able to work effectively with other people
- Be able to present a positive image of self, own organisation and own sport during public appearances
2
Culture, values and behaviours in a sport pathway
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the values and culture of the talent and elite sports system and pathway
- Be able to apply the behaviours, personal and organisational standards required to be successful as an elite sports person
- Understand and plan how to manage transitions through the pathway
- Understand how to train and prepare for competition in a healthy, safe and ethical way
- Understand the types of support and help available to elite performers to prepare for competition in a healthy, safe and ethical way
3
Develop own career in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan own sporting career
- Be able to implement own career plan
- Be able to manage own finances
4
Develop own nutritional programme to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to a nutritional programme to improve own performance
- Be able to implement and review a nutritional programme to improve own performance
5
Develop own physical capability to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to developing a programme to improve own physical capability
- Be able to implement a programme to improve own physical capability
- Be able to apply own physical capability before and during competition
- Be able to contribute to evaluating own physical performance during competition
6
Develop own psychological skills to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to developing a programme to improve own psychological skills
- Be able to implement a programme to improve own psychological skills
- Be able to apply own psychological skills before and during competition
- Be able to contribute to evaluating own psychological performance during competition
7
Develop own tactical skills to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to a programme to improve own tactical skills
- Be able to implement a programme to improve own tactical skills
- Be able to apply tactical skills before and during competition
- Be able to contribute to evaluating own tactical performance during competition
8
Develop own technical skills to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to a programme to improve own technical skills
- Be able to implement a programme to improve own technical skills
- Be able to apply technical skills before and during competition
- Be able to contribute to evaluating own technical performance during competition
9
Manage own lifestyle to achieve excellence in a sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan and manage own sporting commitments
- Be able to plan and manage time outside of sport
10
Understanding communication and teamwork to achieve excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand communication skills as an elite athlete
- Understand how to take part in discussions with other people
- Understand the importance of good working relationships in sport
- Understand how to maintain effective working relationships with others
- Understand how to deal with problems with working relationships
- Understand how to improve working relationships with other people
- Understand how an elite athlete presents a positive image of themselves, their organisation and their sport
- Understand how to handle public appearances
11
Understanding health and safety at training and competition venues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand health and safety requirements for training and competition venues
- Understand how to maintain health and safety at training and competition venues
- Know how to respond to emergencies
- Understand how to support people who have been involved in an emergency
- Understand how to report incidents and emergencies
12
Understanding how to develop own career in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how an elite athlete plans their sporting career
- Understand how an elite athlete implements and develops a career plan
- Understand how an elite athlete plans own finances
- Understand how an elite athlete manages own finances
13
Understanding lifestyle to achieve excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how an elite athlete plans own sporting commitments
- Understand how an elite athlete manages own sporting commitments
- Understand how an elite athlete plans and manages own time outside of sport
14
Understanding nutrition to achieve excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how an elite athlete can contribute to a nutritional strategy
- Understand how to implement and review a nutritional strategy for an elite athlete
- Know about the risks of drugs in own sport
15
Understanding physical capability to achieve excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the physical demands and capability requirements of an elite athlete’s role in a sport
- Understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own physical conditioning needs
- Understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own physical development
- Understand about injury, injury prevention and recovery in own sport
- Understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a physical conditioning programme
- Understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies their physical capability for competition
- Understand how an elite athlete can improve their physical training through evaluation
16
Understanding psychological skills in relation to excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the psychological demands of own role in sport
- Understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own psychological needs
- Understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own psychological development
- Understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a programme to improve psychological skills
- Understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies their psychological skills in competition
- Understand how an elite athlete can improve their psychological skills further through evaluation
17
Understanding tactical skills to achieve excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the tactical demands and skill requirements of an elite athlete’s role in sport
- Understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other support staff to identify own tactical needs
- Understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for own tactical development
- Understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a tactical skills programme
- Understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies tactical skills for competition
- Understand how an elite athlete can improve their tactical performance through evaluation
18
Understanding technical skills to achieve excellence in sport
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the technical demands and skill requirements of an elite athlete’s role in sport
- Understand how an elite athlete works with coaching and other staff to identify own technical needs
- Understand the importance of an elite athlete setting goals for their own technical development
- Understand how an elite athlete applies themselves to a technical skills programme
- Understand how an elite athlete prepares and applies technical skills for competition
- Understand how an elite athlete can improve their technical performance through evaluation
19
Work in a healthy and safe way at training and competition venues
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to work in a healthy and safe way at training and competition venues
- Be able to respond to accidents and emergencies
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/3338/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Pearson
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2018
- Operational End
- Jul 2029