National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Core Skills)

This qualification is designed for people wanting to explore employment pathways in the recreation and sport industry. It includes standards that cover the core skills required for employment in the recreation and sport industry and also allows the choice between standards relevant to a range of employment pathways in this industry.

The Compulsory section includes standards which cover core skills and knowledge which relate to providing customer service, maintaining personal presentation and a positive attitude in a workplace, workplace health and safety, completing an incidence report, communicating with people from other cultures, participating in a group or team, describing recreation, and demonstrating professional behaviour in a recreation workplace.

Elective 1 allows people to select standards from the Recreation and Sport - Aquatics, Recreation and Sport - Coaching and Instruction, Recreation and Sport - Programmes and Events, Recreation and Sport - Core Skills, Exercise Prescription, Fitness Education, Fitness Assessment and Individual Fitness Instruction, Group Fitness Instruction, and Fitness Industry Education domains. In this way, they can gain skills and knowledge which are relevant to their areas of interest or their workplace.

Elective 2 allows people to select standards from anywhere on the Directory of Assessment Standards. In this way, they can choose from a wide range of standards which cover skills and knowledge relevant to their recreation workplace practice.

Candidates can pathway from this qualification to the National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Level 3) [Ref: 1711], National Certificate in Sport Officiating (Level 3)

[Ref: 1607], National Certificate in Recreation and Sport - Coaching and Instruction with strands in Cycle Skills Instructor, and Developing Coach [Ref: 1626], or the National Certificate in Community Recreation (Aquatics) (Level 3) [Ref: 0937].

Everyone has heard of the YMCA but not many know all the things we do. Perhaps it is because we do so much! What we do know is that most people are really surprised when they learn the extent of the work done by the Y in New Zealand.

The first thing we at the YMCA would like everyone to understand is that we are first and foremost a national community organisation. We work for every New Zealander and we want to engage with every New Zealander in a way that is positive. Sure, at heart we are youth centred but we work with people of all ages. It’s summed up in our by-line:

We Build Strong Kids, Strong Families, Strong Communities.

It's not just a slogan – we really believe that by helping children and young people to thrive, they will make great adults and parents. By working together with families, we strengthen that most important relationship of all – family/whanau.

Building on that, we believe that connected communities are strong communities and strong communities make a great New Zealand society.