Pathways to Participation

March 18th, 2010 by swilson in Article, Resources, Training

In the sport industry, the majority of training is delivered for coaches and officials. This supports the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) and National Officiating Accreditation Scheme (NOAS).

The training is delivered by National and State Sporting Organisations (NSOs & SSOs) and uses a competency based assessment model designed by the Australian Sports Commission. Once a coach or official is deemed competent the Australian Sports Commission issues the coach or official with accreditation and registration.

However, this industry based training is not aligned with the National Training System competencies or standards.

This project will see the NSW Sports Federation work with RTOs and targeted NSOs and SSOs to identify the barriers that currently exist in aligning the sport industry training with the National Training System.

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