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Advanced Certificate: Sport and Fitness (Sports Coaching)

This course channels passion for sports, coaching, and fitness into career opportunities. It readies students for Higher National courses or entry-level jobs in the sports and fitness sector, focusing on SCQF level 6 topics. It serves as a pathway to HNC Coaching and Development of Sport or HNC Fitness, Health, and Exercise.

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Level:

Broadly comparable to SCQF Level 6

Duration:

  • One year full-time
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Who is this course for?

This course is designed for individuals passionate about sports, coaching, and fitness, aiming to pursue a career in the industry. It prepares students for Higher National level courses or entry-level employment. The curriculum covers sport and fitness topics, offering a pathway to HNC Coaching and Development of Sport or HNC Fitness, Health, and Exercise.

What skills will I learn?

  • Key concepts of how nutrition, health and wellbeing impact positively on performance in sport and fitness activities
  • Understanding the different sport and exercise science disciplines and their contribution to the study of sport, fitness and coaching
  • Application of theory to real-life situations in sport and fitness environments
  • Information Technology (IT) and Digital Technology for research, problem solving and monitoring and evaluating performance
  • Understanding the benefits of effective leadership, project and team working especially for coaching
  • Maintaining your own and your clients Health, Wellbeing and Safety

What will I study?

  • Exercise and fitness: fixed weight training
  • Exercise and fitness: free weight training
  • Nutrition and health
  • Human physiology in the development of performance
  • Research skills
  • Sports mechanics: an introduction
  • First Aid
  • Sporting activities: Team and Individual
  • Core Skills, Work Ready Skills and Employability Skills will be developed on this course

Optional Units

Sports coaching techniques

  • Sporting activity participation and performance:
  • Sports: Activities in Organisations

OR

  • Exercise and fitness: cardiovascular training
  • Planning personal fitness
  • Exercise and fitness: circuit training

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • HNC: Coaching and Developing Sport SCQF Level 7
  • HNC: Fitness, Health and Exercise SCQF Level 7

What career opportunities are there?

  • Active Schools assistant
  • Sport development assistant
  • Health development specialist
  • Assistant coach (in a variety of sports)
  • Leisure attendant
  • Community/youth work

With further qualifications the following careers may be available to you you

  • Sports coach
  • Personal trainer
  • Pool lifeguard

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