NOCN / APGAI Ireland : Level 3 Diploma
APGAI Ireland is offering 3 brand new courses accredited to Level 3 Diploma status:
Single-handed Casting Instructor
Double-handed Casting Instructor
Fly Dressing Instructor
The courses are based on 3 days of instruction and revision and over 300 hours of home study and practice, concluding with a one-day practical and written assessment. Units offered include:
• Angling Equipment and tackle
• Specialist technical skills for a specific discipline
• Teaching skills for Game Angling coaches
• Health & Safety procedures for Instructors.
• Entomology for Anglers.
• Essential Tools for fly dressing
• Basic Materials for fly dressing
• Teaching knots and rigs for Game Angling.
• Teaching fish species, habitat and life cycles.
• Angling etiquette and law.
• Bait and spinning rod game angling methods
• First Aid
• Customer Care.
Successful students will receive an NOCN/APGAI Ireland level 3 Diploma and may then be known as a ‘Qualified Instructor’ plus they may avail of our unique specialist insurance, which includes professional indemnity, public liability to £10m and employee liability.
Once a Qualified Instructor, members are encouraged to progress within APGAI Ireland to achieve their Advanced Instructor status.
Costs are inclusive of all assessment fees, NOCN registration and a comprehensive manual.
These awards are OCN Level Three Diplomas, which are equivalent to:
- UK ‘A’ levels/ NVQ Level 3.
- Republic of Ireland Leaving Cert/ FETAC Level 5
NEW Accredited APGAI-Ireland Courses
APGAI-Ireland is an All-Ireland accredited Training and Assessment body that delivers world-class tuition in all aspects of angling to students of all ages and experience. From guides to master casters and fly dressers through coaches to those anglers who just want to learn new skills and techniques, we have a suitable course. Our accredited courses cover:
1. Game Angling Instructor with a single-handed rod: NOCN Level 3 Diploma
2. Game Angling Instructor with a double-handed rod: NOCN Level 3 Diploma.
3. Fly Dressing Instructor: NOCN Level 3 Diploma
We offer three accredited skills course through OCNNI (Open College Network Northern Ireland).
Open College Networks (OCNs) are licensed by the National Open College Network which is a body formally recognised throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe. They comprise locally managed, not-for-profit partnerships committed to providing a flexible and responsive local accreditation service for a wide range of learning activities.
There are more than 2500 centres offering NOCN qualifications and/or OCN accredited provision. They currently have over 100 qualifications on both the National Qualification Framework (NQF) and the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).
The APGAI-Ireland/OCNNI awards cover the three Game Angling skill sets of Single Handed Casting Instructor, Double Handed Casting Instructor and Fly Dressing Instructor.
The awards comprise 8 – 10 modular units, many of which of which are transferable between the three skills sets e.g. First Aid, Coaching, Knots and Rigs etc.
These courses comprise a number of units that range from specific technical instruction and accreditation on specialist disciplines to general units on First Aid, Child & Vulnerable Adult policies, Power Boating, Risk Assessment, Health & Safety, Customer Care, teaching techniques and Angling Law. Successful students will be eligible to become members of APGAI-Ireland and avail of our unique insurance schemes, mentoring facilities and an enhanced Access NI or Garda Child Protection/Vulnerable Adult Clearance Certificate.
These awards equip successful students with the teaching, technical, safety and legal requirements to coach all age groups and offer credible employment opportunities.
Each course carries its own specific award but should a candidate wish to be assessed in a number of disciplines, there are units which are common to all courses that only need to be attained once and thus may carry over into the other disciplines. The average time spent on a Level 3 Diploma Course is 4/5 contact days (classroom & training area based) followed by at least 300-plus hours of home study, project work, tutorials with senior instructors and home practice and finally a one-day assessment day involving both practical and written assessments. Course costs will be subject to numbers enrolled and venues required but as a guide price the Instructor courses will cost circa €500-€600 or £450-£550.
For enrolment enquiries or further information, please contact:
Tom Woods, APGAI Ireland Training Officer training@apgai-ireland.ie
