OCR Level 3 National Diploma in Sport

OCR Level 3 National Diploma in Sport

This qualification has been designed as a fast-track, intensive one year course, offering you the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in sports for entry into employment and / or onto further study.

What will I be doing?
You will select twelve units (four mandatory, eight optional) from those listed below to study throughout the one year course (four units per term):
Mandatory units

• unit 1: the sports industry
• unit 2: sport and society
• unit 3: principles of sport coaching
• unit 4: sport in the UK

Optional Units (* indicates non-specialist)

• unit 5: learning and developing sport skills
• unit 6: health and safety in sport
• unit 7: anatomy and physiology for sport and exercise
• unit 8: managing and operating outdoor education
• unit 9: technology in sport
• unit 10: exercise prescription
• unit 11: career planning for the sports industry*
• unit 12: work experience in the sports industry*

Sports Performance Specialist Pathway

• unit 13: training and fitness
• unit 14: sport and exercise psychology
• unit 15: injury in sport
• unit 16: analyse and improve performance
• unit 17: nutrition for sport and exercise
• unit 18: optimising performance in sport

Sport Development Specialist Pathway

• unit 19: sport development
• unit 20: sport facility management
• unit 21: sport and disability
• unit 22: sport marketing
• unit 23: advanced sports leadership

How will I be assessed?
You will be assessed entirely through coursework and practical assessments. The course involves independent study and requires additional research to complete the assignments set.

Where do I go from here?
OCR Level 3 with additional short courses (e.g. various coaching awards) could lead you into employment at an operative or supervisory level within a wide range of sport-related environments (e.g. sports coaching, facility operation, gym / fitness instruction, sport development, sports administration or youth work). Alternatively, you could progress to higher education and enter a variety of HNC, HND or degree level programmes in sport and sport-related subjects (e.g. sport studies, management, science or development).