Community Sport & Health Officer 

Level 3

Community Sport & Health Officer

Level 3

5 GCSE Qualifications (grade 4-9), or a Level 2 qualification
Level 3 Community Sport & Health Officer
16 months (3 of which will be in EPA)

Standard Overview

The Level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer Apprenticeship will enable your organisation to deliver high-quality provision within sport and community-based programmes.

This apprenticeship provides employers and employees with underpinning knowledge of how school and community-based physical activity and health-related provision are funded and how the role of external organisations can support in the delivery of local and national targets.

Standard Overview

The Level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer Apprenticeship will enable your organisation to deliver high-quality provision within sport and community-based programmes.

This apprenticeship provides employers and employees with underpinning knowledge of how school and community-based physical activity and health-related provision are funded and how the role of external organisations can support in the delivery of local and national targets.

5 GCSE Qualifications (grade 4-9), or a Level 2 qualification
Level 3 Community Sport & Health Officer 
16 months (3 of which will be in EPA)
  • Leisure or fitness centres
  • Sport organisations 
  • Youth services
  • Outdoor education organisations
  • Public health agencies 
  • Sport-for-development initiatives
Typical responsibilities for a Community Sport and Health Officer Apprentice could include:
  • Planning and organising: Plan and organise community events, and develop and deliver sports programmes that are run by the employer or external partners.
  • Promoting behaviour change through sport and wellbeing: Initiating behaviour change in local communities to encourage physical activity and sport through community activation initiatives.
  • Working with external partners: Collaborate with a network of partners and stakeholders with social and community-shared aims.
  • Communicating and reporting: Participating in meetings and building strong communication skills by offering recommendations and support to individuals and groups, while using technology effectively to analyse and report on funding targets and programme outcomes.
  • Marketing and customer insight: Using customer insight to develop and design marketing collateral and update internal social media platforms in line with organisational policy and procedures.
  • Leisure or fitness centres
  • Sport organisations 
  • Youth services
  • Outdoor education organisations
  • Public health agencies 
  • Sport-for-development initiatives
Typical responsibilities for a Community Sport and Health Officer Apprentice could include:
  • Planning and organising: Plan and organise community events, and develop and deliver sports programmes that are run by the employer or external partners.
  • Promoting behaviour change through sport and wellbeing: Initiating behaviour change in local communities to encourage physical activity and sport through community activation initiatives.
  • Working with external partners: Collaborate with a network of partners and stakeholders with social and community-shared aims.
  • Communicating and reporting: Participating in meetings and building strong communication skills by offering recommendations and support to individuals and groups, while using technology effectively to analyse and report on funding targets and programme outcomes.
  • Marketing and customer insight: Using customer insight to develop and design marketing collateral and update internal social media platforms in line with organisational policy and procedures.

Functional Skills

Apprentices must have 5 GCSE Qualifications (grade 4-9), or a Level 2 qualification.

Initial assessments and checks will be done during enrollment.

Functional Skills

Apprentices must have 5 GCSE Qualifications (grade 4-9), or a Level 2 qualification.

Initial assessments and checks will be done during enrollment.

Modules

Modules

Modules

  • The Role of a Community Sport & Health Officer
  • Day in the Life of a Community Sport & Health Officer
  • Safeguarding and equal opportunities
  • Developing customer insight 
  • Social media in sport
  • Case study challenge 
  • Working with colleagues
  • Work-based observation
  • Funded project plan
  • Funded project delivery
  • Community project plan
  • Community project delivery

Employer Testimonials

Employer Testimonials

Where do you see yourself?

This apprenticeship equips you with the skills to go onto:

An Outreach Worker engages with individuals and communities to provide support, guidance, and access to essential services, helping to improve well-being and encourage participation in local initiatives.

Supporting lead coaches, a Coaching Assistant helps deliver training sessions, encourages participants, and ensures a positive and structured learning environment for skill development.

A sports coordinator oversees the planning and organisation of sports programmes and events, ensuring smooth operations, effective resource management, and increased community participation in physical activities.

A Community Sport Coach works to inspire and develop individuals of all ages through sport, creating inclusive and engaging sessions that encourage participation and skill development.

A Sports Development Officer designs and implements strategies to grow and improve sports participation, working with local organisations, schools, and clubs to create accessible opportunities for all.

Where do you see yourself?

This apprenticeship equips you with the skills to go onto:

An Outreach Worker engages with individuals and communities to provide support, guidance, and access to essential services, helping to improve well-being and encourage participation in local initiatives.

Supporting lead coaches, a Coaching Assistant helps deliver training sessions, encourages participants, and ensures a positive and structured learning environment for skill development.

A sports coordinator oversees the planning and organisation of sports programmes and events, ensuring smooth operations, effective resource management, and increased community participation in physical activities.

A Community Sport Coach works to inspire and develop individuals of all ages through sport, creating inclusive and engaging sessions that encourage participation and skill development.

A Sports Development Officer designs and implements strategies to grow and improve sports participation, working with local organisations, schools, and clubs to create accessible opportunities for all.

Want to find out more?

Wondering how an apprenticeship can influence your future? If you’re considering career paths or seeking practical experience, we’re ready to assist you. Contact us today to discuss your choices and move closer to your ideal career!

Want to find out more?

Wondering how an apprenticeship can influence your future? If you’re considering career paths or seeking practical experience, we’re ready to assist you. Contact us today to discuss your choices and move closer to your ideal career!

Understanding the industry (terms & relationships)

  • Health and safety standards including: manual handling, work at height, provision and use of work equipment, construction (design and management), noise, first aid, working hours, electricity at work, fire & emergency procedures, accident reporting and Technical Standards for Places of Entertainment.
  • Security and control of equipment protocols.
  • Management structures within a venue, etiquette and culture, including communication protocols and interdependencies of departments.
  • Relevant industry bodies and their roles e.g. HSE, ABTT, BECTU principles of stage and production management.
  • Creative venue safety systems.
  • The history, styles, architecture, terminology and acoustics of creative venues.

Planning

  • The selection of the correct tools and equipment for tasks such as assembling scenic components and truss and rigging lighting, audio and video equipment.
  • Computer-aided design – viewing, extracting information and realising specifications from system designs e.g. stage plans, lighting plans and sound schematics.
  • Environmental and sustainability protocols e.g. correct disposal of different lamp types and electronic equipment, reduction in use of PVC products.
  • Approaches to problem solving – to achieve the creative team’s requirements within the appropriate venue or production’s resources.
  • Competently use safety and access equipment e.g. personal and fall protection equipment, ladders, access towers and tallescopes.
  • Assemble and configure structures and systems from component parts.

Production Processes, Performance & Maintenance

  • The agreed industry safe working procedure: e.g. The Code of Conduct for Get-ins, Fit-ups and Getouts.
  • Recognition of production design elements – scenic, lighting, audio and visual e.g. means of scenic construction: timber, metal and textile. The properties of electricity, fixed and temporary electrical systems; theory, practice and safety e.g. to enable portable appliance testing of relevant technical equipment.
  • The properties of mechanical and electromechanical systems e.g. to enable the assembly and monitoring of hydraulic systems for scenic effect.
  • Lifting operations; theory and practice e.g. to enable monitoring of a lifting operation in compliance with LOLER such as performer flying.
  • How to identify potential improvements to systems and procedures to better enable the realisation of the creative team’s vision for the production.
  • Housekeeping – keeping venue work and storage areas clean, tidy and free from the build-up of waste materials.
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To be eligible, applicants must be aged 16 or over, living in England and not taking part in full-time education. If they are already employed, they can start an apprenticeship in their current job to help them progress to a higher level position.

Apprenticeships range from Level 2 to Level 7. The levels and their equivalent qualifications are listed below: 

Level 2 = 4 GCSEs

Level 3 = 3 A Levels

Level 4 & 5 = Foundation degree and HNC/D

Level 6 = Bachelor’s Degree

Level 7 = Master’s Degree

Access Industry currently offers apprenticeships up to Level 4, but we continually update available apprenticeships to meet learner needs and industry trends.