New Zealand Certificate in Sport Coaching

Credits 60 (0.5 EFTS)

Campus Mt Albert

Career opportunities

• Special event coordinator

• Professional sport coach

• Sport coordinator

• Health and wellness coach

Highlights

• Flexibility in how you complete this programme with study options available during the day and in evenings.

• Graduates can complete an additional 4 courses to achieve the New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise - Coaching Pathway.

• You’ll be taught by knowledgeable and passionate staff who are highly connected to the industry.

• We’ll help you find an organisation with whom you’ll have the opportunity to complete at least 50 hours of facilitated work experience.

• You’ll have access to a range of sports facilities while you study.

Start dates February or July

Duration Part-time for 18 months

Annual fees $3,500 (NZD)

(Approximate domestic fees only. Includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee levy)

Interested in sports coaching? This programme is for people who currently work, or would like to work, in sports coaching. It’ll give you the skills and competencies required to take the next big step in your career.

Programme overview

You’ll learn about best practice coaching techniques and strategies, and put them into practice by coaching individuals and teams, using your experience to reflect and improve upon your own coaching style within your chosen sports code.

You’ll learn about sports training session design and key facilitation skills that will contribute towards the development and management of athletes and sports teams. You’ll also learn how to manage injury prevention and risk management to ensure the safety of participants during sports coaching sessions.

You’ll develop an understanding of how psychological methods and skills can be used to enhance the performance of athletes and teams, and how to proactively manage conflict to foster a positive sporting environment.

Admission requirements

NCEA:

For this programme, you’ll need the following:

1. At least 48 credits at NCEA Level 2 (or equivalent) in your 4 best subjects

2. Complete a self-declaration of medical conditions form

3. Consent to a mandatory Safety Check, required under the Children’s Act 2014, including:

• Provide two forms of verified ID and evidence of any name changes

• Consent to a police vet check

• Provide the names of two referees who Unitec or your placement provider can contact

• Pass an interview process (if required where we can get to know one another and discuss what pathway you’d like to choose

• Provide a CV detailing a chronological summary of your work history for the past 5 years and the name of any professional organisations, licensing and registration authorities that you have been or are a member of

4. If English is not your first language, you’ll need at least one of the following:

• Have achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University Entrance

• Provide evidence you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency

• Achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years

Other options

• If you do not meet the admission requirements and are over the age of 20 before the first day of your start semester, you may also gain entry by providing sufficient evidence of aptitude, appropriate work or other life experience that would indicate a successful outcome in the programme.

For more information download the programme regulations: unitec.ac.nz/sport