Take your career in sports coaching to the next level with this 2-year foundation degree programme offered in partnership with the University of Sunderland.
The course is quite practical in nature but also focuses heavily on the theory behind sport and exercise. Topics include fitness testing, sports coaching, anatomy, sports injuries and psychology in sport.
Want a career in coaching or teaching PE? East Durham College are constantly looking at what employers' needs are and because of this, offer this L3 BTEC Sport in Coaching and Development. You'll spend some time in the classroom, doing practical sessions in the sports complex and fields and then gain some real work experience working with our coaching company partners.
Want to teach PE? This sports studies course will get you on your way covering subjects such as sports nutrition, sports psychology, anatomy and physiology, sports injuries and research methods.
This course covers both tree pruning (formally CS40); aerial pruning operations and looks at crown thinning, crown pruning, crown reduction and pollarding, and aerial tree rigging (formally CS41).
This course is designed for any person employed in arboriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscaping and grounds maintenance who is or will be required to operate wood chippers.
The course aims to provide you with the knowledge to understand the principles of best practice in maintaining and operating a stump grinder and to prepare them to take their assessment.
This qualification, formally known as CS30, is about the maintenance of a chainsaw and cross cutting trees is delivered through theory and practical sessions. The course covers safety features, preparing the chainsaw for use with correct fuel and lubrication and cross cutting timber accurately. This unit must be completed before progressing on the further chainsaw courses.