Premier League champions, Liverpool Football Club, and Pearson, the world's learning company, proudly present the new BTEC International Level 3 qualifications, short courses (coming June 2021) and digital teaching and learning resources which are now available to international centres and schools on Pearson Learning Hub.
This qualification, its digital content and resources aim to transform the learning experience for young people and adults who want to gain a career-focused, high-quality education or aspire to careers in the global sports industry. It includes real-life content from Liverpool Football Club and offers learners multiple pathways and vocational career opportunities in the sport and leisure industries, within which new careers are emerging and developing all the time.
Unit 1: Health, Wellbeing and Sport​
Unit 2: Careers in the Sport and Active Leisure Industry​
Unit 3: Research Project​ in Sport (coming in May)
Unit 4: Ethics​, Behaviours and Values
Unit 5: Self-employment in Sport and Physical Activity
Unit 6: Exercise and Fitness​ Skills Development (coming in May)
Unit 15: Developing Coaching Skills (coming in May)
Unit 18: Sport and Leisure Facilities Management​
Unit 21: History of Liverpool Football Club (coming in May)
Unit 22: Liverpool Football Club as a Business (coming in May)
Unit 24: Applied Sports Anatomy and Physiology (coming in May)
Unit 26: Nutrition for Physical Performance
Unit 27: Sports Psychology​ (coming in May)
Unit 34: Sport Development​ (coming in May)
Unit 37: The Liverpool Coach – Employability Skills
Unit 38: Coaching Football the Liverpool Way
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As the sports industry continues to grow around the world, more jobs and career pathways are being created to meet the demand for individuals with specific skills.
This pathway is designed to provide an overview of the sector, giving learners the opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the sport industry. Learners will study a range of mandatory units such as Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Self-employment in Sport and Physical Activity. This pathway is suitable for learners who either want to progress directly into industry or onto further or higher education.
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This pathway will help learners gain skills for progression into areas in Sports Business and Sports Journalism. This pathway provides a good range of skills for learners to study further in higher education. Mandatory units include areas such as Marketing Communications and Sports Business allowing progression to higher education or a range of careers in the sporting industry.
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This pathway is intended to help learners progress to roles in the fitness industry, such as a gym instructor or personal trainer. Learners will study mandatory units such as exercise and fitness skills development and personal training and programming.
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The Sports Coaching and Development pathway is intended to help learners progress on a path to becoming a multi-sport or skills coach. Learners will develop their practical coaching skills through mandatory units such as Inclusive Coaching and Developing Coaching Skills.
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This pathway enables learners to understand more about working in different areas in the leisure and fitness industry. For example, working in a leisure centre, facilities management and for a local authority. Mandatory units studied cover areas such as sport and leisure facilities operations and business and technology in personal training, depending on the size of the qualification taken.
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