Coaching Certificate Level 3

The Level 3 Certificate in Equestrian Coaching is a vocational qualification that provides you with the opportunity to learn and be assessed on the practical and theoretical aspects of coaching riding.

To be accredited as a Level 3 Equestrian Coach the Assessor must be satisfied that you are at the required level in both your technical knowledge and your coaching skills for the Level 3 qualification. This qualification is made up of four separate Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) units as follows:

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• Analyse Participants’ Needs and Plan a Coaching Programme: Equestrian

• Manage a Coaching Environment: Equestrian

• Deliver a Coaching Programme: Equestrian

• Manage and Develop Personal Coaching Programmes and Practice: Equestrian

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On successful completion of the Level 3 Certificate in Equestrian Coaching, you will be able to:

• Establish participants’ current and potential needs and key performance factors within the coaching programme

• Design and plan coaching programmes that support participants’ needs

• Produce an evaluation which takes account of changing needs and aspirations pf participants and others

• Establish and maintain a safe coaching environment for participants and others

• Establish and maintain supportive working relationships with the participants and others involved in the coaching environment

• Manage participants and others behaviour to ensure a safe and effective coaching environment

• Prepare participants and others for the coaching programmes

• Deliver the coaching programme with the involvement of participants

• Develop participants’ performance within the coaching programme

• Conclude the coaching programme

• Monitor, evaluate and refine the goals of the coaching programme

• Monitor and evaluate participants’ performance and development

• Assist others to develop their own coaching practice

• Develop personal coaching practice

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If you are interested in doing a discipline specific Level 3 then you will need to contact that discipline before applying.

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Level 3 Documents

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