Sports Development Officer promotes sports and skills development, and oversees the participation of young people and other special groups in sport.
Occupation description
Sports Development Officer promotes sports and skills development, and oversees the participation of young people and other special groups in sport.
Sports Development Officer is a VETASSESS Group C occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher.
Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.
*If employment is prior to the completion of the qualification at the required level, an applicant must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining three years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.
Qualification & Employment criteria
Qualification
Sports development is a field of study which is concerned with the provision and enhancement of opportunities to participate in sport and to develop performance and enjoyment of sport and physical activity.
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Employment Criteria
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Provides administrative and organisational support to schools or clubs
- Advises teachers and coaches, conducts coaching clinics and training camps, and gives out information and materials from sporting bodies
- Develops training exercises to improve skills
- May act as coach of individuals or teams in representative competitions
- May act as a talent scout for clubs with parent sporting bodies
- May schedule competitions and arrange and allocate venues
- May be responsible for the maintenance of sports grounds, courts and venues
- Manages the finances of approved programs and projects including the administration of grant programs
- Gathers information to increase the understanding of community sport and recreational issues
- Develops and coordinates the delivery of sport and recreation programs, services and initiatives to address equity, social justice and community issues
- Promotes sports and skills development, and oversees the participation of young people in sport
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