Oxford Cambridge RSA Qualifications

About Oxford Cambridge RSA
Oxford Cambridge RSA (OCR) is responsible to the Government as one of the UK's leading awarding bodies providing qualifications to students at school, college, in work or through part-time learning programmes.

Vocationally-Related Certificates are assessed differently according to the approved specification, but may include practical assessments and/or OCR-set and marked assessments. They are offered across the National Qualifications Framework from Level 1 to Level 4.

OCR qualifications
OCR awards fitness related qualifications to a number of key subjects, namely GCSE Physical Education, AS/A Level Physical Education, OCR Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Exercise and Fitness and a number of Sport, recreation NVQs.

OCR Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Exercise and Fitness
Candidates are required to complete four units in order to achieve the full award - three mandatory units and one optional unit. It can be taken in five different exercise and fitness contexts as follows:

• Exercise to music
• Gym
• Circuits
• Step
• Aqua

This qualification is appropriate to those people who are new to teaching exercise and fitness.

OCR National Vocational Qualification (NVQ)
NVQs are assessed in the workplace through observation of performance, evaluation of evidence and questioning. They are offered at Level 1 to Level 5 of the National Qualifications Framework in a wide variety of occupational sectors. These qualifications are targeted at anybody who is currently working and wants recognition of their performance in the workplace.

• Sport, Recreation and Allied Occupations NVQ Level 1
• Sport, Recreation And Allied Occupations: Coaching, Teaching and Instructing (Adults Exercise And Fitness) NVQ Level 3
• Sport, Recreation and Allied Occupations: Coaching, Teaching and Instructing NVQ Level 2

Reference: www.ocr.org.uk

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