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Recreation Leadership

Applications open for:

Waswanipi (SRVTC): TBD

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Lead recreational activities, sports leagues, and events in your community with a career in Recreation Leadership!

Learn how to:

  • Organize recreational activities and events
  • Use recreational equipment and facilities
  • Set up sports leagues and exercise leadership
  • Give first aid

1290 hours (full-time, 52-weeks)
86 credits
Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS)

Program Content

  • Determine their suitability for the occupation and the training process
  • Facilitate recreation activities
  • Exercise leadership
  • Give first aid
  • Adopt preventive behaviours in matters of health and safety
  • Use a computer
  • Carry out a promotional campaign
  • Support volunteerism
  • Organize ongoing activities
  • Set up sports leagues
  • Communicate in the workplace
  • Determine the costs and methods of funding of activities
  • Solve technical and organizational problems
  • Perform accounting tasks related to recreation activities
  • Manage the use of recreation equipment and facilities
  • Organize special events
  • Supervise occasional work
  • Be the trainer for a sports team
  • Plan a job search

Do you have the prerequisites?

  • Secondary III language of instruction, second language and mathematics 
    or 
  • Successful completion of the General Development Test

Related Programs

Categories: Art, Culture, Recreation, Sport

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How do I Apply?

1

Identify the courses or program you wish to take

Review your options and build a learning plan with the adult education guidance counsellor.

2

Bring documents to your local Adult Education Office

Bring your birth certificate, social insurance number, and school reports/transcripts to your local Adult Education office. If you are applying for a vocational program, please contact your Local Education Consultant for more details on necessary documents. Find my local adult education office.

3

Fill out an application

If you applied for General Education classes, welcome! You may be able to start immediately after submitting your application. If you applied for a Vocational Program, you will be contacted following the selection process.