Crowd-pleasing qualifications
From football matches to pop concerts, you can make sure spectators enjoy coming back again and again to well-managed events, free from safety concerns. All you have to do is become a 1st4sport recognised centre and apply to deliver the qualifications within the 1st4sport Spectator Safety Suite.
Raising the bar in the field of spectator safety the Suite consists of:
The 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Understanding Stewarding at Spectator Events offers learners a qualification that provides the knowledge and skills required to steward legally and effectively. This makes it a perfect introduction for those with no experience of stewarding. The NVQs take learners to the next stage by providing confirmation of their competence in the workplace.
These qualifications give stewards the flexibility to work at any type of live event meeting the minimum requirements for stewards’ competence for employment, as detailed in the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (Green Guide).
Find out how to apply for these qualifications.
There are no costs involved in applying or becoming a 1st4sport recognised centre.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why deliver the qualifications?
How do I apply?
Why Deliver the Qualifications?
Time-saving support
Unlike many other awarding bodies, which just supply you with the basic qualification standards, we go a step further by providing:
full and comprehensive Learner Packs, which include a full set of structured learning and assessment tasks to help you deliver and assess the qualification tutor/assessor guidance notes, which support you and your staff in the delivery, assessment and quality assurance of the qualifications.
Comprehensive package of training and assessment
Choose to offer this Suite of qualifications to provide your learners with a totally flexible, streamlined and progressive approach, and make running your courses more straightforward.
Flexible: A choice of qualifications to suit each learner’s individual circumstances. Streamlined: The recognition of prior learning (RPL) option of integrating the underpinning knowledge and components of assessment from the 1st4sport Level 2 Award in Understanding Stewarding at Spectator Events to the 1st4sport Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Spectator Safety means that much of the evidence required to achieve the NVQ has already been generated (through RPL) – reducing the duplication of work and saving you time and money. Progressive: Whether learners are new to the industry or experienced and looking to advance to a more senior role, the qualifications within the Suite provide a progressive pathway for them to follow.
Don’t just take our word for see what some existing centres have had to say:
“By offering the Spectator Safety Qualifications: 1st4sport L2AUSSE, 1st4sport L2NVQSSQ and 1st4sport L3NVQSS, 1st4sport has provided us with an excellent training and assessment package that has made delivering the courses straightforward and enabled us to access more funding.”
Peter Swordy
Head of Centre of Excellence, National Skills
Academy, Wembley National Stadium Limited
“Introducing 1st4sport’s qualifications at Chelsea Football Club has moved stewarding to a new level.”
Jill Dawson, Safety Officer, Chelsea Football Club
Administration making your life simpler
The registration and certification of learners could not be simpler, with our time-saving online system giving you access to your learners’ records at the click of a button!
For more information on this Suite of qualifications, download the 1st4sport Spectator Safety promotional flyer.
How do I Apply?
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 qualifications 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 qualifications within the 1st4sport Spectator Safety Suite, please access Athena and complete the qualification approval process. If you cannot remember your username and password, please contact us at qmt@1st4sportqualifications.com.
We don’t charge you any fees to apply to deliver these qualifications or become a 1st4sport recognised centre.
