Coordinator
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Luís Filipe Gonçalves Fernandes
Relevant Areas
Qualification in the relevant area(s) for this course (Article 40-F of Decree-Law n.º 65/2018), must be demonstrated with the approval in the following subject, attested in the certificate of secondary education or legally equivalent qualification:
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Biology or
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DGES Registry
Course registered at the General Directorate of Higher Education with the number R/c 63/2016
Area of Education and Training
813 - Sports
Publication in the Official Gazette
Notice nº 3549/2018 - 2nd series, n.º 55, of 19 March.
Dispatch nº 9801/2018 - 2nd series, n.º 201, of 18 October
Study Program Evaluation
This Higher Technical Professional Course is a vocational training course taught as part of polytechnic higher education and lasts 4 semesters, corresponding to 120 ECTS.
The course is organised into general and scientific training, technical training and on-the-job training (internship), and each student is awarded
with a Higher Technical Professional Diploma at level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.
Professional profile
The Higher Technical Professional Course in Youth Sports Coaching aims to train professionals who are able to draw up, manage and supervise, with autonomy and using specialised knowledge, the planning and execution of coaching, learning, personal development and sporting development processes for young athletes in different sports.
Professional opportunities
Sports coach for children and young people at training clubs and schools; coordinator for technical teams and for the coaching planning and competition process; manager of technical teams specialising in assessing performance ability in young sportspeople; sports department coordinator; manager for teams to promote physical activity and sport and recreational and training actions for a wide range of groups; coordinator and manager of facilities connected to sport.
Entry requirements (one of the following)
- Having completed a secondary education course qualification or a legally equivalent qualification.
- Having passed the special exams for assessing capacity to attend higher education for people over 23 (Decree-Law no. 64/2006 of 21 March).
- Holding a technological specialisation diploma, a higher technical professional diploma or a higher education qualification.
Notice:
The Youth Sports Training HTPC makes it possible to obtain the Grade I Sports Coaching course through double certification, duly framed and credited with the IPDJ, in some modalities: Handball; Soccer ; Swimming (in the accreditation process); Rugby and; Volleyball.
Completing the course and obtaining the diploma of higher professional technician in Youth Sports Coaching does not, in itself, lead to recognition for the purposes of attributing any professional title of sports coach by the competent entity – the IPDJ.
Recognition for the purpose of access to the Professional Title of Sports Coach, carried out by the IPDJ and respective sports federations
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