Plan confidently with the industry experts
Choose 1st4sport as your awarding organisation and you can:
- enjoy a supportive and personal approach to implementing and managing new 1st4sport provision
- save time with industry recognised delivery, assessment and quality assurance resources
- plan with confidence your current and future apprenticeship offerings.
And best of all – save money with free recognition and qualification approval.
For many of the apprenticeships in the Active in the Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being sector you use, 1st4sport has a range of qualifications that will benefit you and your learners – take a look at what we can offer you and your apprentices.
What do the new SASE apprenticeship frameworks look like?
Intermediate Level Apprenticeship Frameworks
Advanced Level Apprenticeship Frameworks
Benefits of choosing 1st4sport
How you can offer 1st4sport’s qualifications
What do the new SASE apprenticeship frameworks look like?
1. Competency
Occupational qualifications (typically NVQs) that provide learners with an opportunity to be assessed in the workplace, over a period of time, in both practical and theoretical aspects of a specific area of employment.
2. Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding (technical) qualifications that underpin and support the achievement of the competency qualification and provide additional knowledge required to facilitate progression to higher education or higher levels of working.
3. Combined
In some frameworks a decision has been made by the industry to combine the competency and knowledge aspects of the framework into one qualification. This is not an option, but determined by the framework concerned (eg 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Spectator Safety).
4. Employee rights and responsibilities
Apprentices must complete a mandatory industry and organisational awareness qualification, covering all nine of the national outcomes of the employee rights and responsibilities under employment law.
5. Functional Skills
Available as an alternative to Key Skills as a mandatory component, Functional Skills qualifications in both English and maths are commonly needed for success in a range of activities in education and training, work and life.
6. Additional employer requirements
While the achievement of additional employer requirements is not a mandatory requirement for some apprenticeships, the sector and employers recognise the value and the need for these, and completion of them will make the apprentice more employable. The qualifications selected have to be relevant to the organisation, linked to the competence element and relevant to the apprentice’s role.
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Intermediate Level Apprenticeship Frameworks
Find out more about 1st4sport’s qualifications included within the following intermediate level apprenticeships:
Advanced Level Apprenticeship Frameworks
Find out more about 1st4sport’s qualifications included within the following advanced level apprenticeships:
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Benefits of Choosing 1st4sport
Choose 1st4port and you can:
Plan with confidence
Our unique working relationships with industry experts, such as the Lawn Tennis Association and Amateur Swimming Association, help us to develop the most up-to-date and relevant qualifications and supporting resources in the industry.
Enjoy time-saving support
Unlike many other awarding organisations, we go that extra mile providing a complete learning and assessment package for our qualifications. This includes providing you with:
- comprehensive Learner Packs that contain not only the qualification criteria but also a full set of structured learning and assessment tasks, helping your learners achieve in the most effective way
- tutor, assessor and verifier guidance packs, which support your workforce in the delivery, assessment and quality assurance of our qualifications.
In addition to the above, some of our qualifications contain a series of additional learning resources, such as e-learning, DVDs and handbooks.
Make best use of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Where possible, 1st4sport’s qualifications try to provide additional guidance on where the use of RPL can used in the most effective manner and, in some cases, provide you with the resources and mapping tools to support this process.
Save money
Delivering 1st4sport’s qualifications is easy on your budget as there are no costs involved in becoming a recognised centre and qualification approval is also free.
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How You Can Offer 1st4sport’s Qualifications
Non-1st4sport recognised centres
If you are not already a 1st4sport recognised centre, you need to apply to become one by completing a Centre Recognition Application Form. You can now do this online through Athena, the 1st4sport online Quality Assurance System, where you can also apply to become approved for the qualification(s) that interest you. To access Athena simply call us on 0113-290 7610 to receive a unique access code or fill in the Request for Centre Recognition Application Form and we will send you one.
Existing 1st4sport recognised centres
If you are already a 1st4sport recognised centre and would like to seek approval to deliver any additional qualifications that can be used as part of an Intermediate or Advanced Level Apprenticeship, please access Athena and complete the qualification approval process for the qualification you are interested in. If you cannot remember your username and password, please contact us at qmt@1st4sportqualifications.com
1st4sport is constantly developing new qualifications that are being added to apprenticeship frameworks. Keep checking the website for details.
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