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- The centre assesses, and Pearson Education Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Pearson Education Ltd.
BTEC Nationals are level 3 vocational qualifications that provide specialist, work-related learning in a range of sectors.
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Anatomy and Physiology in Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the function of the musculoskeletal system and analyse how it responds to exercise.
- Examine the function of the cardiovascular system and analyse how it responds to exercise.
- Examine the function of the respiratory system and analyse how it responds to exercise.
- Explore the different types of energy systems and analyse how they are used in exercise.
Applied Coaching Skills Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess participant needs and goals to inform the development of a coaching programme
- Plan a sport coaching programme that is tailored to the needs of the participants
- Lead a coaching programme, demonstrating effective communication and motivational skills
- Monitor progress and adapt the coaching programme based on participant feedback and performance
Careers in the Sport and Active Leisure Industry Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the organisation of the sport and active leisure industry and its provision in the UK, considering different sectors and roles.
- Investigate a range of careers in the sport and active leisure industry, identifying required skills and qualifications.
- Explore recruitment processes for a specific job role in the sport and active leisure industry, including application and interview techniques.
- Reflect on own performance in a simulated or real recruitment process to prepare for a career in the sport and active leisure industry, identifying areas for improvement.
Corporate Social Responsibility in Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore CSR issues in relation to sports organisations/businesses and individuals.
- Explore the benefits and drawbacks for sports organisations/businesses and individuals of adopting a CSR policy.
- Investigate the CSR of an organisation/business and its impact on the community.
Developing Coaching Skills Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the various responsibilities associated with the role of an assistant coach in different sporting contexts.
- Prepare well-structured and engaging sport and activity sessions, taking into account participant needs and safety considerations.
- Explore and develop a range of assistant coaching skills, including communication, motivation, and feedback techniques.
- Review sport and activity sessions effectively as an assistant coach, identifying areas for improvement and reflecting on personal performance.
Ethical and Current Issues in Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the ethical considerations and principles that underpin sport and physical activity, including fair play, integrity, and respect.
- Explore the positive and negative effects of media coverage and influence on sport and physical activity, considering its impact on participation and perception.
- Understand how current issues, such as doping, inequality, and sustainability, affect sports participation and the wider sporting landscape.
Fitness Testing Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine a range of laboratory-based fitness tests
- Examine a range of field-based fitness tests
- Use health screening techniques for a specified purpose
- Use fitness tests for a specified purpose
- Interpret the results of fitness tests for a specified purpose
- Interpret the results of health screening techniques for a specified purpose
Fitness Training Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the components of fitness training, different training methods, and the benefits of each for various fitness goals.
- Plan and prepare a safe and effective fitness training programme for a specified purpose, considering individual needs and risk assessments.
- Deliver and monitor a fitness training programme, providing guidance and support to participants while tracking their progress and making necessary adjustments.
Functional Sports Massage Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the importance of the sports massage profession and its role in supporting sports performers.
- Undertake a thorough client consultation and assessment process specifically tailored for a sports performer, identifying their needs and goals.
- Carry out a range of sports massage techniques on a sports performer, adapting the treatment to their individual requirements and the demands of their sport.
Health, Wellbeing and Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the importance of physical activity and sport for overall health and wellbeing, considering the benefits for physical, mental, and social health.
- Investigate the importance of physical health, including the role of nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices in maintaining a healthy body and preventing disease.
- Explore the concepts of mental health and social wellbeing, considering the factors that contribute to positive mental health and the importance of social connections.
- Undertake health and wellbeing screening procedures, accurately record data, and provide constructive feedback to individuals to support them in improving their overall health status.
Influence of Technology in Sport and Physical Activity Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore how different types of technology, including equipment, software, and data analysis tools, are used in sport and physical activity.
- Explore the role of technology in improving sport and physical activity performance and experience, considering its impact on training, competition, and rehabilitation.
- Propose a strategy to improve performance or enhance the experience in a selected sport or physical activity through the effective application of relevant technology.
Marketing Communications Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the purpose of marketing communications in achieving marketing aims and objectives.
- Investigate marketing communications techniques to raise awareness and boost revenue.
- Present a marketing communications plan to a client for a specific product or service.
Nutrition for Physical Performance Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the fundamental concepts of nutrition, hydration, diet, and digestion and their interrelationship.
- Explore the principles of energy intake and expenditure in relation to sports and physical activity, considering individual needs and performance goals.
- Investigate the relevant legislation, guidance, and procedures associated with anti-doping in sport, including prohibited substances and testing protocols.
- Produce a personalised diet and hydration plan to effectively support the demands of a selected sport or physical activity, justifying the choices made with reference to nutritional principles.
Organising Events in Sport and Physical Activities Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the various considerations involved in organising sport and physical activity events.
- Plan and promote a sport or physical activity event, taking into account relevant factors.
- Deliver a planned sport or physical activity event, adhering to safety guidelines and organisational procedures.
Practical Sports Application Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the skills, techniques and tactics required to participate effectively in selected sports
- Apply skills, techniques and tactics in both an individual and a team sport setting
- Review own and other individuals’ performance in an individual and a team sport to identify areas for future development and improvement
Research Project in Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Propose a research project in sport
- Apply investigation skills for a research project in sport
- Draw conclusions from a research project in sport
Rules, Regulations and Officiating in Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the rules of a selected sport
- Explore the laws of a selected sport
- Explore the regulations of a selected sport
- Explore the roles and responsibilities of the officials involved in a selected sport
- Explore the performance of officials in a selected sport
- Officiate effectively in a selected sport
School Sport Delivery Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore physical education within a school setting
- Explore school sport within a school setting
- Explore physical activity within a school setting
- Examine the responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of children
- Examine the responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of young people
- Examine the responsibilities for safeguarding own welfare
- Examine strategies for safeguarding the welfare of children
- Examine strategies for safeguarding the welfare of young people
- Examine strategies for safeguarding own welfare
- Plan a physical education programme
- Deliver a physical education programme
- Review the planning of a physical education programme
- Review the delivery of a physical education programme
Self-Employment in Sport and Physical Activity Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the opportunities and challenges of self-employment within the sports, fitness, and outdoor activities industry, considering legal and financial aspects.
- Design a comprehensive strategy for self-employment in the sports, fitness, and outdoor activities industry, including marketing, pricing, and operational plans.
- Present and review the feasibility of the self-employment strategy, evaluating its potential for success and identifying areas for refinement.
Sport Development Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine key concepts and principles in sport development
- Explore the key providers and stakeholders involved in sport development initiatives
- Investigate sport development in practice through case studies and real-world examples
Sport and Leisure Facility Operations Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the aims, objectives and resources of selected sports and leisure facilities.
- Explore the services and products offered by selected sports and leisure facilities.
- Demonstrate the operational skills needed for working in sports and leisure facilities.
Sporting Injuries Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore different types and causes of common sporting injuries, analysing how they affect sports performers' physical and psychological well-being.
- Explore risk factors for common sporting injuries, and evaluate strategies for their effective management and prevention in various sporting contexts.
- Develop treatment and rehabilitation programmes for common sporting injuries, considering individual needs and evidence-based practices.
Sports Psychology Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the effect of personality on sports performance
- Explore the effect of motivation on sports performance
- Explore the relationship between stress and sports performance
- Explore the relationship between anxiety and sports performance
- Explore the relationship between arousal and sports performance
- Explore the relationship between team dynamics and sports performance
- Plan a psychological skills training programme to enhance sports performance
Sports Tourism Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the characteristics and the economic, social and environmental impact of sports tourism.
- Investigate the opportunities, demand and requirements for a sport tourism enterprise.
- Develop and present a plan for a sports tourism enterprise.
Technical and Tactical Skills in Sport Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the technical skills demanded by selected sports
- Explore the tactics demanded by selected sports
- Investigate the technical ability of elite sports performers
- Investigate the tactical ability of elite sports performers
- Review own technical ability for a selected sport
- Review own tactical ability for a selected sport
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Contribute to developing and maintaining ethics, regulations and requirements for sport
- Standard
Create opportunities for audiences to experience products and services
- Standard
Evaluate marketing communications performance
- Standard
Evaluate or test marketing communications concepts and solutions
- Standard
Manage oneself as an official at the elite level in sport
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Where this can lead
Associate Product Communications Coordinator
It can lead to senior product marketing roles, including managing launches and, later, managing a product marketing team.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Pearson Education Ltd rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Anatomy and Physiology in SportApplied Coaching SkillsCareers in the Sport and Active Leisure IndustryCorporate Social Responsibility in SportDeveloping Coaching SkillsEthical and Current Issues in SportFitness TestingFitness Training
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Marketing Communications” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Research Project in Sport” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Lead it Apply
“Applied Coaching Skills” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Contribute to developing and maintaining ethics, regulations and requirements for sport
- Create opportunities for audiences to experience products and services
- Evaluate marketing communications performance
- Evaluate or test marketing communications concepts and solutions
- Manage oneself as an official at the elite level in sport
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Anatomy and Physiology in Sport, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will examine the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems and their responses to exercise. The unit also explores energy systems and injury prevention relevant to sport and physical activity.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Sports Coaching and Development
25 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Anatomy and Physiology in Sport
- Applied Coaching Skills
- Careers in the Sport and Active Leisure Industry
- Corporate Social Responsibility in Sport
- Developing Coaching Skills
- Ethical and Current Issues in Sport
and 19 more in the full unit list below.
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