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 Mahi Ako is a Private Training Enterprise (PTE) funded by the government to create world-class, nationally-recognised programmes linked to qualifications that staff can complete on the job. The benefit of on-the-job training is that you are earning an income, gaining a qualification, and getting real-life experience, all in one go. And because Te Mahi Ako’s programmes are government-subsidised, they are very affordable.

Te Mahi Ako works with a wide range of facilities throughout New Zealand, from small to large. Te Mahi Ako or the facility will provide learning resources and assessment tasks for the staff member, and supporting materials will help the workplace to deliver the training. In some cases, an organisation’s own in-house training programme will be aligned to a Te Mahi Ako programme, so staff members who complete the in-house training will simultaneously earn a national qualification. Te Mahi Ako also has a Recognition of Current Competency process, which means that you may be able to get your existing skills and experience recognised through a qualification.

To enrol in a Te Mahi Ako on-the-job qualification, you must be employed in the industry or be a volunteer. Make sure to check with the business that you’re working in, or would like to work in, to see if they are already registered with Te Mahi Ako.

For more information go to: www.temahiako.org.nz