Bridging Packages

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Sports Leaders UK offer a bridging package that will allow a learner who has successfully completed a Sports Leaders UK qualification at a certain level to complete another Sports Leaders UK qualification at the same level, where both qualifications share a number of identical units.

Being able to bridge from one qualification to another will mean that learners will not have to duplicate learning, whilst giving them the opportunity to expand their knowledge and potential as a leader in different environments.

Bridging is only relevant between qualifications that sit at the same level, and share units.

It is currently possible for a learner:

• who has successfully completed the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership to 'bridge' to complete the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership.
• who has successfully completed the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership to 'bridge' to complete the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership.
• who has successfully completed the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership to 'bridge' to complete the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership.

It is important to note that bridging gives a learner the opportunity to use units that they have already successfully completed as part of one qualification, towards the completion of another qualification at the same level.

Bridging from the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership (DWL) to the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership (BEL)

Bridging from the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership (SL2) to the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership (CSL) or vice versa

Bridging from the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership (DWL) to the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership (BEL)

Units	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
DWL	Plan a walk for a group in lowland countryside	Prepare for a walk in lowland countryside	Establish and maintain safe practice during walks or expeditions	Lead sessions that impart the knowledge and skills required to walk in lowland countryside	Lead a walk in lowland countryside	Navigation for the walk leader	Manage and develop personal walking leadership experience	Management of unaccompanied groups in the countryside	Blank
BEL									Campcraft for the expedition leader

There are eight units that make up the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership. In order to achieve the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership, learners must successfully complete these eight units plus Unit 9 of the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership: Unit 9 - Campcraft for the expedition leader.

As the eight 'common' units have previously been completed, the bridging course will only consist of Unit 9 - Campcraft for the expedition leader.

As both qualifications share the same tutor resources and Record of Achievement, there will be no need to obtain additional copies in order to complete the bridging course.

In order to bridge from the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership to the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership, the following process must be followed:

• The Centre Course Manager applies for the bridging course using the normal Course Application Form. State that the course being applied for is the Level 3 Certificate in Basic Expedition Leadership, tick the 'bridging' box on Page 2, and indicate how many learners will be part of the bridging course.
• Devise a course programme showing how Unit 9 - Campcraft for the expedition leader, will be covered, and submit this along with the Course Application Form.
• Sports Leaders UK will send the relevant number of Bridging Learner Registration Forms and Bridging Learner Certificate Forms, along with a Bridging Independent Assessor Form. Please Note: Learner Records of Achievement will not be sent as learners will already have these from their Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership course.
• The Centre Course Manager returns the completed Bridging Learner Registration Forms to Sports Leaders UK.
• Sports Leaders UK will check that every learner has previously been certificated for the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership.
• The Tutor/Assessor will deliver the bridging course (Unit 9) to the learners, using the guidance and resources from the Tutor Resource Pack to help.
• The bridging course will be internally assessed as normal, and the Tutor/Assessor will record their assessment decisions on the Internal Assessment Record. This may mean completing Unit 9 of the Internal Assessment Record that was used for the Level 3 Award in Day Walk Leadership course, or downloading and completing a new Internal Assessment Record.
• The bridging course will be internally verified as normal. The Internal Verification Record will be downloaded in the usual way.
• The bridging course will be independently assessed as normal, with the Independent Assessor completing the Bridging Independent Assessor Form that was sent by Sports Leaders UK at the start of the course.
• For each learner who successfully completes the bridging course, the Tutor/Assessor will complete a Bridging Learner Certification Form confirming the following, and return it to Sports Leaders UK:
  • Unit 9 has been achieved
  • the learner has a current and valid First Aid certificate (eight hours)
  • the Independent Assessor has been involved
  • the Leadership Log has been completed.
• Sports Leaders UK will send certificates for each successful learner.
• The bridging course will be externally verified as part of Sports Leaders UK's sampling system.
• The Tutor/Assessor will be expected to retain copies of minimum evidence for the bridging course for at least three years.

Bridging from the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership (SL2) to the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership (CSL) or vice versa

Units	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
SL2	Plan, lead and evaluate a sport/activity session	Developing leadership skills	Lead activities that promote a healthy lifestyle	Making activity sessions inclusive	Positive role models in sport	Organise and deliver a sports event or competition	Pathways in sport and recreation	Using leadership skills
CSL			Lead a session to improve fitness	Adapting sports activities	Establish and maintain a safe sport/activity session			Blank

• Units 1, 2, 6 and 7 are common to both qualifications, therefore a learner wishing to bridge from one Level 2 qualification to another will not have to repeat these units.
• In order to gain the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership, a qualified Level 2 Sports Leader must complete Units 3, 4 and 5 from the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership.
• In order to gain the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership, a qualified Community Sports Leader must complete Units 4, 5 and 8 of the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership.
• Learners wishing to bridge from the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership to the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership will not have to complete Unit 3 - Lead activities that promote a healthy lifestyle, as this is a Level 1 unit and they will already hold a Level 2 equivalent to this unit.
• All learners who are bridging from/to either Level 2 qualification must carry out 10 hours demonstration of leadership in either the wider or immediate community. This gives them the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge, experience and skills they will have learnt during the additional units. These 10 hours must happen at the end of the bridging course.
• Learners who are bridging from the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership to the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership must gain a current and valid First Aid certificate.

In order to bridge from the Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership to the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership or vice versa, the following process must be followed:

• There are different tutor resources for each Level 2 qualification, so the Tutor/Assessor will need to make sure they obtain the relevant activation codes for the Qualifications That Change Lives CD-ROM Tutor Resource in order to have access to the necessary teaching materials and resources.
• The Centre Course Manager applies for the bridging course using the normal Course Application Form. State the name of the course being applied for, tick the 'bridging' box on Page 2, and indicate how many learners will be part of the bridging course.
• Sports Leaders UK will send the relevant number of learner Records of Achievement, Bridging Learner Registration Forms and Bridging Learner Certification Forms.
• The Centre Course Manager returns the completed Bridging Learner Registration Forms to Sports Leaders UK.
• Sports Leaders UK will check that every learner has previously been certificated for the Level 2 qualification they are bridging from.
• The Tutor/Assessor will deliver the bridging course to the learners, using the guidance and resources from the Tutor Resource Pack as normal.
• The bridging course will be internally assessed as normal and the Tutor/Assessor will record their assessment decisions on the Internal Assessment Record.
• The bridging course will be internally verified as normal. The Internal Verification Record can be downloaded in the usual way.
• The bridging course will be independently assessed as normal, with the Independent Assessor completing the Independent Assessor Form in the learner Record of Achievement.
• For each learner who successfully completes the bridging course, the Tutor/Assessor will complete a Bridging Learner Certification Form confirming the following, and return it to Sports Leaders UK:
  • all/some of the bridging units have been achieved
  • the learner has a current and valid First Aid certificate (if bridging to the Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership)
  • the Independent Assessor has been involved
  • the Leadership Log has been completed.
• Sports Leaders UK will send certificates for each successful learner.
• The bridging course will be externally verified as part of Sports Leaders UK's sampling system.
• The Tutor/Assessor will be expected to retain copies of minimum evidence for the bridging course for at least three years.