Course description
NCFE Sport Coaching: Reading FC Level 2 Diploma
Pursue a career in football with a college study programme that mixes playing and training with coaching and learning.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
You need a minimum of four GCSEs at grade 3 (D), including maths and English, or Functional Skills Level 1 in maths and English.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
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 the Level 3 Sport qualifications, through full-time or part-time study
- choose a pathway and units that reflect your career or academic aspirations
Training Course Content
What you'll learn
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.
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
Continuing Studies
When you have successfully completed this programme you can progress on to a range of Level 3 courses:
- Coaching in the Community (Reading FC) Level 3 Diploma at Reading College
- Sport, Enterprise and the Community Level 3 Diploma
- Sport Performance BTEC Level 3 Diploma
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