Sports Coaches, Instructors & Officials
Description
Sports coaches, instructors and officials work with amateur and professional sportsmen and women to enhance performance, encourage greater participation in sport, supervise recreational activities such as canoeing and mountaineering, and organise and officiate at sporting events according to established rules.
Tasks
- Coaches teams or individuals by demonstrating techniques and directing training and exercise sessions controls team selection and discipline and recruits ancillary staff such as coaches or physiotherapists monitors and analyses technique and performance, and determines how future improvements can be made deals with administrative aspects such as arranging matches, contests or appearances for athlete or team, and organising required transport and accommodation provides information and develops facilities to encourage greater participation in sport, and to enhance the standards of participants understands health and safety aspects of various activities and ensures any statutory requirements are met inspects and maintains specialised clothing and equipment manages the playing areas and competitors, starts race, competition or match and controls its progress according to established rules
Entry Requirements
There are no formal academic requirements although individuals must have experience in their sport and the relevant coaching and refereeing qualifications. Applicants to coaching courses must normally be over 18 years old and hold a first-aid certificate. Some courses encompass coaching awards within broader programmes of study. Vocational qualifications in coaching are available in the context of certain sports. Background checks including a DBS check are required for those working with children.
Case Study
Jerome Angus
Hospitality Supervision & Leadership - Level 3 Diploma
Jerome says: "I chose to study at Merton College because it has excellent facilities for my Hospitality & Catering course. The College is very welcoming and my tutors are very supportive. As part of my course, I deliver a service to customers that visit the Taste Restaurant and I really enjoy interacting with them. We regularly host events and I like working as a team to co-ordinate these events. For example, we are often visited by members of the local community who come to the restaurant for lunch."
Once Jerome has completed his Diploma, he intends to study a Higher Level Apprenticeship in Hospitality and work for a major restaurant chain. His ultimate goal is to own a chain of restaurants one day.
