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Football Education Academy in association with Stoke City FC Community Trust

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QF3SPCFA

Study method

Full Time

Location(s)

Cannock

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Is this course for you?

Our Football Education Academy is our post-16 education programme incorporating football training, matches and development into players education. It allows you to put your best foot forward with a blending learning approach to football and higher education.

The sport and fitness sector is a multi-billion pound industry that services over 1 million jobs within the UK in a range of disciplines, ranging from elite level through to grass roots and community development.

The Level 3 course provides a mix of theory and practical preparing you for your next steps toward industry and/or university. The courses look to build knowledge at an A level standard helping to build academic skills, appliable knowledge and practical experience. Our courses look to focus on your individual passions and prepare you for a successful career in the sports industry, we will look to build your confidence and develop the work readiness skills and wider attributes that will serve you well as a coach, instructor, personal trainer and within many other roles in the industry.
Required qualifications

This course will require applicants to have:
- 4 GCSEs at Grade 4 (C) or above including English or maths
- 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 (C) or above excluding English or maths
- Level 2 qualification in a related subject and English or maths at grade 4 (C) or above
As well as these qualifications, applicants should have a strong interest in sport and demonstrate a commitment to succeed in both practical and theoretical aspects of study.
What skills will I develop?

On this course, you will develop the practical skills and knowledge that is necessary to prepare you for a range of jobs in the sports industry. This course will be undertaken over a period of 1 – 2 years depending on how successful you are in the first year. Across the course you can expect to cover a range of topics such as;
- Exercise, Health and Lifestyle
- Preparing for a career in the sports industry
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Coaching
- Fitness training and programming
Alongside your commitment to studies, players’ represent Stoke City in 11-a-side competitions in the EFL Community and Alliance League. Players train up to twice a week and receive top level coaching and guidance from professional and experienced employees at the Stoke City Community Trust. This will help hone your practical skills and provide you with a platform to develop them within competitive fixtures.
Careers

The sports industry boasts over 26,500 jobs within the West Midlands area with an average salary of around £18,000 a year.

Career opportunities
- Sports Coach
- Fitness Instructor
- Personal Training
- Sports Development
- P.E. Teacher
- Sports Nutritionist
- Sports Scientist
Next steps

Further Education/Higher Apprenticeships – such as: Fitness Instructor/Personal Training/BA Sports Studies.
Work experience

Learners are expected to carry out 40 hours work experience over the academic year. This will be industry based but more information can be provided once learners start the course.

Benefits of work experience

Work Experience placements assist learners in their transition from school/college to work and aim to:
- Provide learners with an opportunity to put college knowledge and skills into a real life environment
- Give learners an insight as to what it is like to work in a realistic environment
- Prepare learners for the demands and expectations of the working world
- Help learners make informed career decisions on what their career path with entail
- Helps learners mature, build confidence, resilience and those ‘all important’ life skills
- Provide learners with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes concerning both paid and unpaid work
Previous candidates have gained this experience from a range of areas in previous years, including volunteer coaching, teaching, physio clinic work and officiating in sports. Real working skills such as organisation, communication, teamwork will be developed of the placement, as well as specific knowledge such as best industry practices and key terminology.
English and maths

English and maths make up a key component of learning across the college, on the course you will be looking at a range of key skills from spelling and pronunciation of key terminology in anatomy and physiology to the use of percentages and volumes in fitness training and testing and many more. Putting these at the core of the subjects help to develop a deeper understanding of the subjects and develop wider key skills in education.
Other important information

We will hold development days in association with Stoke City FC Community Trust to provide you with opportunity to demonstrate current practical skills and commitment to the programme prior to enrolment.

Is this course for you?

Our Football Education Academy is our post-16 education programme incorporating football training, matches and development into players education. It allows you to put your best foot forward with a blending learning approach to football and higher education.

The sport and fitness sector is a multi-billion pound industry that services over 1 million jobs within the UK in a range of disciplines, ranging from elite level through to grass roots and community development.

The Level 3 course provides a mix of theory and practical preparing you for your next steps toward industry and/or university. The courses look to build knowledge at an A level standard helping to build academic skills, appliable knowledge and practical experience. Our courses look to focus on your individual passions and prepare you for a successful career in the sports industry, we will look to build your confidence and develop the work readiness skills and wider attributes that will serve you well as a coach, instructor, personal trainer and within many other roles in the industry.
Required qualifications
This course will require applicants to have:
- 4 GCSEs at Grade 4 (C) or above including English or maths
- 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 (C) or above excluding English or maths
- Level 2 qualification in a related subject and English or maths at grade 4 (C) or above
As well as these qualifications, applicants should have a strong interest in sport and demonstrate a commitment to succeed in both practical and theoretical aspects of study.
What skills will I develop?
On this course, you will develop the practical skills and knowledge that is necessary to prepare you for a range of jobs in the sports industry. This course will be undertaken over a period of 1 – 2 years depending on how successful you are in the first year. Across the course you can expect to cover a range of topics such as;
- Exercise, Health and Lifestyle
- Preparing for a career in the sports industry
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Coaching
- Fitness training and programming
Alongside your commitment to studies, players’ represent Stoke City in 11-a-side competitions in the EFL Community and Alliance League. Players train up to twice a week and receive top level coaching and guidance from professional and experienced employees at the Stoke City Community Trust. This will help hone your practical skills and provide you with a platform to develop them within competitive fixtures.
Careers
The sports industry boasts over 26,500 jobs within the West Midlands area with an average salary of around £18,000 a year.

Career opportunities
- Sports Coach
- Fitness Instructor
- Personal Training
- Sports Development
- P.E. Teacher
- Sports Nutritionist
- Sports Scientist
Next steps

Further Education/Higher Apprenticeships – such as: Fitness Instructor/Personal Training/BA Sports Studies.
Work experience
Learners are expected to carry out 40 hours work experience over the academic year. This will be industry based but more information can be provided once learners start the course.

Benefits of work experience

Work Experience placements assist learners in their transition from school/college to work and aim to:
- Provide learners with an opportunity to put college knowledge and skills into a real life environment
- Give learners an insight as to what it is like to work in a realistic environment
- Prepare learners for the demands and expectations of the working world
- Help learners make informed career decisions on what their career path with entail
- Helps learners mature, build confidence, resilience and those ‘all important’ life skills
- Provide learners with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes concerning both paid and unpaid work
Previous candidates have gained this experience from a range of areas in previous years, including volunteer coaching, teaching, physio clinic work and officiating in sports. Real working skills such as organisation, communication, teamwork will be developed of the placement, as well as specific knowledge such as best industry practices and key terminology.
English and maths

English and maths make up a key component of learning across the college, on the course you will be looking at a range of key skills from spelling and pronunciation of key terminology in anatomy and physiology to the use of percentages and volumes in fitness training and testing and many more. Putting these at the core of the subjects help to develop a deeper understanding of the subjects and develop wider key skills in education.
Other important information

We will hold development days in association with Stoke City FC Community Trust to provide you with opportunity to demonstrate current practical skills and commitment to the programme prior to enrolment.

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Sport, Coaching and Training Certificate Level 3 Yr 1 – SCFC Football Academy

Cannock College

Start Date: September

Code: QCF3SPCFA-Y1

Full Time: 36 Weeks

Day(s): Usually 3-4 days per week

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Football Education Academy in association with Stoke City FC Community Trust

Is this course for you?

Required qualifications

What skills will I develop?

Careers

Work experience

English and maths

Other important information

Apply for a course

Sport, Coaching and Training Certificate Level 3 Yr 1 – SCFC Football Academy