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].

Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui ā Kiwa was established in 1986 to promote and support the Iwi of Tūranganui ā Kiwa being Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga ā Māhaki. However in accordance with Tikanga ā Iwi we provide for all within our rohe.

I whakapūmautia Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui ā Kiwa i te tau 1986 hei whakatairanga , hei tautoko i ngā iwi o Tūranganui ā Kiwa, arā ko Rongowhakaata, ko Ngāi Tāmanuhiri me Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, engari ahakoa nō iwi kē, ka tuku rātonga atu i runga i ngā tikanga ā iwi.

Tūranga Ararau is the Iwi Tertiary Education provider of Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui ā Kiwa and provides and promotes the skills, knowledge and qualifications to enable Iwi to manage, advance and control their cultural and economic resources being the land, the forests, the sea and, most importantly, our people. We are measured on quality outcomes of qualifications, employment and advanced learning.

Ko te kaupapa o Tūranga Ararau he tuku akoranga hei whakatairanga , hei whakapiki I ngā pūkenga, mātauranga me ngā Tohu e taea ai e te iwi te whakahaere, te tiro whakamua, te whakarite tikanga me ngā rauemi, rawa, ohanga o te whenua , o te moana engari ko te mea nui ko ngā iwi. Ka whakataungia ngā uara ki ngā putanga o ngā Tohu, te whiwhinga mahi, me te whakapiki ake akoranga.

Haere mai ki Tūranga Ararau kia kite koutou i ngā āhuatanga whakahaere, āhuatanga akoranga hei whakatairanga, hei āwhina i a koutou ki te eke ki ngā taumata o te mātauranga, me te whakauru atu ki ngā mahi e hiahiatia ana me te whakarite I ō whaiaro. Whakauru mai ki ngā akoranga i āwhina i te nui, i te rahi kua puta ki ngā mahi o te rohe, me te hapori, me ētahi hoki kua whai Tohu Mātauranga e whiwhi ai rātou i ngā mahi e kaingakautia e rātou.

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