The Training Academy for Sport and Physical Activity, Progression by CIMSPA offers you the right training in the right place at the right time.
With the Training Academy for Sport and Physical Activity, launched on 2 July, sport and physical activity professionals have access to a library of easily searchable, easily bookable learning opportunities across a range of careers.
The new destination for sector learning was designed in collaboration with employers, training providers and individual professionals from the sport and physical activity workforce.
This teamwork on a national and local level has created a resource that promotes career progression and employability in the sport and physical activity sector.
As well as being flexible and easy to access, all Training Academy learning is:
- Matched to local needs
- Designed to provide key skills
- Quality assured
Local opportunities
We’ve ensured that all courses offered through the Training Academy correspond to employment opportunities in the areas they are delivered in – and we’ve made them easy to search and filter to suit your needs.
This has been achieved through our local skills data collection, followed by the creation of local skills plans. By consulting with local skills accountability boards (LSABs), which bring together employers, education providers and employability-focused organisations in specific regions, we have diagnosed what skills are needed in each area for which jobs.
“We’ve analysed the skills needs of hundreds of employers across the country and have built a picture of skills and recruitment gaps that are impacting the sector in each locality.
“The Training Academy will offer courses and qualifications which have been specifically included because they meet those skills needs. Through the Training Academy, we are helping to ensure that training and professional development has real impact by equipping professionals and employers to deliver on local priorities.” – Natasha Eason, Associate Director – Training Academy
Solid data and real-life feedback from local businesses has shaped the Training Academy. From this strong foundation of local knowledge, we have been able to engage with both national and local training providers to ensure that learning options are available to address the skills needed in a given area.
This benefits the training providers by ensuring that there is genuine demand for their learning, filling courses targeted to each locality depending on its unique need.
The result of this for sector professionals? Better prices for your learning, as consistently full courses means that costs are covered and training providers can offer great value for money.
As well as being cost-effective, finding and gaining locally required expertise offers more long-term value to sector professionals and those looking to begin a career in sport and physical activity. Each course available via the Training Academy will add to your professional skill set in a way that will boost your ability to progress in your career close to home.
Core competencies
All of the training, learning and qualifications offered through the Training Academy are also mapped to the sector’s widely recognised professional standards.
Created by relevant employers, the professional standards set out the skills, knowledge and competencies required to work in sector roles, environments and with certain societal groups.
With all courses mapped to professional standards, you can rest assured that any Training Academy learning opportunity you choose will support you in developing the expertise that employers are looking for, that clients need and that will drive your career forward.
Training you can rely on
You can have confidence in the standard of training, too, as all Training Academy education providers are quality-assured. Only CIMSPA partners who have been identified as three-star quality assured, or ‘Enhancing’, through our Quality Assurance framework are able to offer learning via the Training Academy, so you can be certain that all of your options are quality-assured in terms of content.
Through the Training Academy, you can gain industry-recognised qualifications that advance your professional status and increase your attractiveness to potential employers and clients.