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This qualification will enable you to develop the essential knowledge and skills needed for building a career in the sports industry with a specific focus on physiology, fitness training, practical sport and careers in sport. The qualification will give you a broad base of the sector and can be linked with other BTEC Nationals or A Levels.
You will gain an insight into the various different occupational routes you can take, helping you progress in employment, or move on to further study.
Title: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Sport (equivalent to one A Level)
Type: Vocational
Entry Requirements: Standard entry requirements.
Course Length: 2 Years
Unit 1: Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 1 is an examined unit that enables students to gain an appreciation of the body systems and explore the structure of the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory and energy systems as well as additional factors that affect sport and exercise performance.
Unit 2: Fitness Training & Programming for Health, Sport & Wellbeing
This topic will guide students to develop an understanding of the effects of lifestyle choices on an individual’s well-being then act upon this through lifestyle modification techniques, nutritional requirements and training methods to an individual’s needs and goals. This guides students to understand an individual from lifestyle choices, right through to implementing a tailored training programme.
Unit 3: Professional Development in the Sports Industry
Exploring career and job opportunities in the sports industry through auditing own skills and undertaking a recruitment activity to demonstrate the processes that can lead to a successful job offer in a selected career pathway. This presents the opportunity for practical development of skills suited to real-world scenarios, equipping students for their next steps.
Unit 7: Practical Sports Performance
Understanding rules and regulations of sports and demonstration of skills, tactics and decision making within these sports. Students will then be tasked with performing in these sports and reflecting upon performance using selected assessment methods.
1 hour 30 minutes externally assessed exam
2 hour 30 minutes externally assessed exam
Internally assessed through presentations, reports and practical performance
Internally assessed through presentations, reports and practical performance
This course leads to a range of careers including nutritionist, physiotherapist, sports scientist and PE teacher. Many of our students have progressed to study subjects such as sports science, sports rehabilitation, sports therapy and PE at degree level. The qualification also develops a range of techniques, personal skills and attributes essential for successful performance in both working life and higher education.
“Studying BTEC sport taught me valuable life skills and independence.”
