Surf Coach or Instructor
452317 · Heavy Next-day readyExercise instructors coach and train people in physical exercises to improve health and fitness. They may specialise in certain types of exercise or work as personal trainers.
Description
Coaches, trains and instructs surfers by analysing their performances and advising them on how to develop their abilities.
Typical work tasks
Coaches, trains and instructs surfers; motivates and supervises practice sessions; recruits surfers and other coaching staff/consultants; arranges entries into surfing competitions; promotes sports and skills development, and oversees the participation of novices in the sport; officiates at surfing events; co-ordinates and directs surfing activities, and liaises with other officials to interpret and enforce rules and regulations relating to surfing.
Typical work environment
- Employees work outside or indoors as the coaching requires. Typically surfing coaches work predominantly outdoors.
- Utilises protective equipment as required.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Typically a light to medium physical demand with an occasional heavy requirement.
- Employees frequently stand or move about the work area to instruct students and demonstrate techniques.
- Employees may sit when producing reports, researching and planning tactics.
- Stretching or reaching is likely to be required frequently to demonstrate techniques.
- Squatting or crouching is likely to be frequently required, when demonstrating techniques.
- Contact with water or other skin irritants is frequent to constant.
- Twisting of the body or neck is frequently required.
- Light to medium lifting, pulling or carrying is likely to be frequently required to collect and move equipment.
- Bending is likely to be required frequently to move equipment and to demonstrate techniques.
- Repetitive movements are required frequently when demonstrating actions and techniques.
- Use of hand-held objects will be occasional and will include relevant sporting equipment and general office equipment.
- Mental skills needed are communication, planning, analysis and organisation.
Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. A licence may be required for some roles or employers. Flagged next-day ready.
Unverified — this label is model-generated and not yet clinician-reviewed. Confirm against the WTDS before relying on it.
How this was determined (model-generated): Confirmed: surf/sport coach 'registration' is NSO accreditation not statutory; 1yr-experience route supports experience_or_training.
Entry Requirements
An NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)
In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. Note: some roles within this unit group are at a higher ANZSCO Skill Level. Registration or licensing is required.
Further Comments
There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.