Overview
The 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Orienteering (QCF) is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed in partnership with British Orienteering. The 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Orienteering (QCF) is accredited at Level 1 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). For further information on the regulated status of the 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Orienteering (QCF), please log on to The Register of Regulated Qualifications website.
Criteria
If you are over 16 years of age:
- can demonstrate a personal ability to perform the skills and techniques up to and including Level 4 of the Step System - either through evidence of achieving Light Green standard at an orienteering event or via a practical skills assessment
and
- would like to develop and improve your coaching skills
...then the 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Orienteering is designed for you.
Why Study?
It forms part of a structured and progressive programme of sports coaching and other related qualifications, offering you access and involvement in introducing others to the sport of orienteering.
What can I use it for?
- To gain paid or unpaid employment as an orienteering coach.
- As part of the development of a credible CV for employment in the sport, recreation and allied occupations industry.
- As a stepping stone to the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Orienteering (QCF).
Outline
Your learning programme will develop your understanding of:
- establishing and maintaining an effective, fair and equitable coaching environment
- the principles of coaching
- establishing and maintaining a safe coaching environment
- planning coaching activities
- planning for a safe coaching environment
- preparing facilities and equipment for coaching activities
- preparing participants for coaching activities
- conducting planned coaching activities
- supporting participants’ behaviour and performance
- concluding coaching activities
- evaluating coaching activities
- developing your coaching practice.
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, focusing on the theory and practice of coaching orienteering
- a programme of assessment, spread throughout the course, including observations of your coaching by an appropriately qualified assessor.
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 1 Award in Coaching Orienteering (QCF) assessment will require you to:
- have an appropriate understanding of the Level 1 knowledge units and the specific technical knowledge underpinning the coaching of orienteering, which will be assessed via performance, simulation, tasks and assignments
- produce an individual session plan for a 20-minute coaching activity in orienteering; the activity must be drawn from the Level 1 Orienteering Technical Syllabus
- produce a written risk assessment for the coaching venue used during the coaching of the above activity
- produce a written evaluation of the above activity
- have been observed delivering an orienteering coaching activity by an appropriately qualified assessor. This session may be simulated and delivered on the course of training. An individual session plan, risk assessment and evaluation should be produced for the activity.
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 should be the appropriate governing body of sport.
For information on where to access a learning programme for the 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Orienteering (QCF), or for more information on the sport of orienteering, please contact:
British Orienteering
8a Stancliffe House
Whitworth Road
Darley Dale
Matlock
Derbyshire DE4 2HJ
Tel: 01629-734 042
Email: info@britishorienteering.org.uk
Website: www.britishorienteering.org.uk
or contact 1st4sport Qualifications via email at enquiries@1st4sportqualifications.com or by calling 0113-290 7610
