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].

Leaders in Sport and Fitness Education in New Zealand

NZIS provides specialist courses in sport management, exercise prescription, personal training and pre-police training.

We also offer fees free study pathways with our courses in Auckland, Otahuhu, Christchurch and Wellington for students aged 16-19 years.