Courses for careers in sport management

In choosing a course for a career in sport, recreation or fitness management, graduates are able to work as sport administrators or manager in schools, clubs and private institutions.  They can also work as a fitness facility manager, event manager or sport team manager.  As well as this, diploma graduates also qualify with the ability to coordinate corporate wellness programmes and manage recreation facilities or work with talent identification and development programmes.

• Check the 2-year Diploma for Sport Management
• Check the 1-year Certificate for Sport Management

Some careers and jobs in sport management

The following gives you an idea of the types of jobs in sport management as well as the required qualifications.

Sport Agent: this person generally represents the interest of athletes with areas such as negotiation of contracts, conditions of employment, payments and methods of remuneration.  This person would require a Diploma in sport, recreation and fitness management.

• Sport Manager: this person is responsible for areas such as event, planning and organisation, marketing, personnel management, facility management and or team management. This person would require a diploma in sport, recreation and fitness management.
• Sport Marketing:  this person is responsible for the marketing of sport events, media liaison and athlete or sport public relations.    This person would require a diploma in sport, recreation and fitness management.
• Facility Manager, Spa Manager:  this person could run a fitness facility, manage a wellness spa or even manage an on-board spa.  Although a sport, recreation or fitness management diploma or certificate is essential, on-board spa managers are often required to be qualified fitness practitioners so a fitness certificate is a bonus and likely to ensure this job.
• Recreation Manager:  this person could run the recreation activities in a hotel, a recreation club or a recreation facility.  A minimum of a sport, recreation and fitness management certificate would be required.
• Sport & Recreation Officer/ Co-ordinator: is often employed by local governments/councils to lead recreational activities in local communities for the general upliftment of the community. Recreation officers could also be employed by the larger corporate businesses or hotel groups. This person would require a diploma in sport, recreation and fitness management.
  
  Where do sporting and fitness professionals work?  At health and fitness facilities; leisure facilities; sport specific environments; private practice; school; sport clubs; rehabilitation centres; hotel spas; luxury cruise liners.  They also work in government in administration or in recreation management with departments of sport.
  

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eta course information Coaching Science graduates can work as sport coaches in schools, sport clubs, sport organisations, sport academies or federations.  Fitness graduates can work as personal trainers, lifestyle coaches, conditioning trainers for athletes, exercise specialists working with pregnant clients, children, adolescents or older adults. Sport management graduates can work as a sport manager in schools, clubs and private institutions, fitness facility manager, event manager or sport team manager.  They are also able to coordinate corporate wellness programmes, manage recreation facilities and also ensure the inclusion of disability in sport environments.

eta prospectus If you are in possession of the eta Prospectus, you are probably a sport or fitness enthusiast and you are looking for the best means to help you realise your ambitions in these areas of your interest. The prospectus contains information that will assure you that you are steering towards the right direction by enquiring about the eta. The eta is an accredited provider, offering approved learning programmes that lead to national qualifications in fitness, sport and recreation.