Overview
The 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Activity Leadership (QCF) is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed with the support of industry experts. The 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Activity Leadership (QCF) is regulated at Level 2 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). For further information on the regulated status of the 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Activity Leadership (QCF), please log on to The Register of Regulated Qualifications website.
Criteria
If you are over 16 years of age, working in an activity leadership role and would like to gain a nationally recognised qualification in activity leadership, then the 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Activity Leadership (QCF) is designed for you.
Why Study?
It forms part of a structured and progressive programme of activity leadership and other sports-related qualifications, offering you a clear career progression route.
What can I use it for?
- To gain paid or unpaid employment as an activity leader.
- As part of the development of a credible CV for employment in the sport, recreation and allied occupations industry.
- As a stepping stone to other sports-related qualifications.
Outline
Your learning and assessment programme will greatly depend on the area of activity leadership you are working in or have access to. The units within the qualification cover a range of areas:
Mandatory units – you must achieve all of these units:
- Support the work of your team and organisation
- Prepare for activity sessions
- Lead activity sessions
- Conclude and review activity sessions
- Promote health, safety and welfare in active leisure and recreation
- Support equality and diversity in active leisure and recreation
Optional units – you must achieve a minimum of two of these units:
- Administer finance and information
- Contribute to joint working with other organisations
- Support the development of the sport or activity
- Set up, take down and store activity equipment
- Check and service activity equipment
- Contribute to environmental conservation in active leisure and recreation
- Give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation
- Look after participants when they are away from home
- Enable disabled people to take part in activities
- Contribute to adventurous activities
- Contribute to participants’ personal and social development
- Contribute to participants’ exploration and understanding of the natural environment.
How will my learning programme be structured?
Learning programmes are usually designed by the recognised centre that delivers the qualification. They may, therefore, vary in length and format. Depending on your needs, delivery centres can offer intensive courses or a series of learning events over a period of weeks. Whatever the timescale, all learning programmes should include the following phases:
- an induction to the qualification and your programme of learning and assessment
- a learning programme which meets your needs and the qualification requirements
- a programme of assessment, spread throughout the course, including observations of you carrying out your duties as an activity leader.
At the end of the programme, you will be provided with formal feedback on your performance and an action plan for your further development.
Assessment
The 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Activity Leadership (QCF) assessment will require you to demonstrate competence on more than one occasion in all of your chosen units. This will involve a mixture of observation of performance, product evidence, witness testimony and questioning.
Fees
Recognised centres offering this qualification determine their own fees and they will vary from centre to centre. The fees charged should entitle you to a programme of learning and assessment, registration and certification for the qualification, a 1st4sport Qualifications Learner Pack and an appropriate learning resource. For further information on the costs of courses, please contact a recognised centre. Opportunities for funding may be available via a recognised centre, if you are eligible.
Next Steps
The qualification is delivered by 1st4sport Qualifications’ recognised centres, not all of which offer open courses to members of the public. Your first port of call to access a course would therefore be to contact:
1st4sport Qualifications
Coachwise Ltd
Chelsea Close
Off Amberley Road
Armley
Leeds LS12 4HP
Tel: 0113-290 7610
Fax: 0113-231 9606
Email: enquiries@1st4sportqualifications.com
