The document provides information on BTEC Sport qualifications offered by Edexcel. It describes the BTEC First Certificate as a 180-hour, level 2 qualification that gives learners basic experience in a vocational area of employment in sport. The BTEC Extended Certificate provides a more in-depth level 2 qualification to prepare learners for work or further education in sport. Course content covers topics like anatomy, health and safety, the sports industry, coaching skills, and more. Assessment is through internal criteria, allowing learners to resubmit work to improve grades before completing. The qualifications can lead to jobs in fitness instruction, coaching, outdoor education or progression to further sport-related study.

1. BTEC Sport
Edexcel Level 2 BTEC First
Certificate
Edexcel Level 2 BTEC
Extended Certificate

2. What is BTEC Sport?
BTEC is a qualification that is
designed to provide specialist work-
related qualifications in a range of
sectors.
They give learners the knowledge,
understanding and skills that they
need to prepare them for
employment.

3. What is BTEC Sport?
The Edexcel Level 2 BTEC First Certificate is a 180
guided learning hour qualification which offers a bite-
sized opportunity for learners to experience a
vocational qualification.
The BTEC First Certificate offers a focused vocational
qualification for learners who wish to follow a shorter
programme of study related to an aspect of
employment that they might wish to move into; or a
taster qualification which can extend their programme
of study and provide an initial experience of a
vocational area.
This will also enable learners to progress to a higher
level qualification relevant to the sector.

4. What is BTEC Sport?
The BTEC Firsts in Sport have been developed to focus on:
•Education and training for those working in the sport sector
•Providing opportunities for those working in the sport sector
to achieve a nationally recognised Level 2 vocationally
specific qualification
•Providing opportunities for learners to gain a nationally
recognised vocationally specific qualification to enter
employment in the sport sector or to progress to further
qualifications such as the Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in
Sport and Sport and Exercise Sciences
•Providing opportunities for learners to develop a range of
skills and techniques, personal qualities and attitudes
essential for successful performance in working life.

5. The sport and leisure industry comprises
leisure and health centres.
Opportunities include;
• Working with sports professionals
• Working in fitness
• Sports coaching
• Outdoor education

6. WHAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF BTEC
•Certificates
• Diplomas in Sport
• Provide a springboard to a university degree
• Provide a springboard to Foundation Degree
in an
appropriate vocational discipline
• Provide a springboard to BTEC HNCs and HNDs
• Provide a springboard to employment

7. EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORT
The annual
contribution of the
sport sector to the
UK economy is over
£8 billion.

8. EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORT
This sector has more than
36,000 employers creating
work for more than 600,000
full-time and part-time
employees

9. EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORT
There are more than 5 million
volunteers. A significant proportion of
the total volunteer workforce is
volunteering in sport, with most of them
involved in coaching or activity
leadership.

10. You know what mark your going to get
before the end of the school year!
In BTEC Sport all units are internally assessed.
All assessment for BTEC Sport is criterion
referenced, based on the achievement of
specified learning outcomes.
Each unit within the qualification has specified
assessment and grading criteria which are to be
used for grading purposes.

11. You know what mark your going to get
before the end of the school year!
A summative unit grade can be awarded at pass, merit
or distinction:
to achieve a ‘pass’ a learner must have satisfied all the
pass assessment criteria
to achieve a ‘merit’ a learner must additionally have
satisfied all the merit grading criteria
to achieve a ‘distinction’ a learner must additionally
have satisfied all the distinction grading criteria.

12. You know what mark your going to get
before the end of the school year!
As you complete work it will be
assessed and given a grade either a
pass, merit or distinction.
If you do not pass or would like to
improve your grade you can go
back over your work make changes
and increase your mark.

13. SOME EXAMPLES OF
TOPICS YOU WILL LEARN
•The Body in Sport
•Health, Safety and Injury in Sport
•The Sports Industry
•Preparation for Sport
•Planning and Leading Sports Activities
•Practical Sport
•Practical Outdoor and Adventurous Activities
•Technical Skills and Tactical Awareness for
Sport
•Psychology for Sports Performance

14. SOME EXAMPLES OF
TOPICS YOU WILL LEARN
• Nutrition for Sports Performance
• Fitness for Sports Performance
• Lifestyle and Sports Performance
• Work-based Project in Sport
• Instructing Exercise and Fitness
• Sport and Leisure Facility Operations
• Leading Outdoor and Adventurous Activities