Career Coaching (Level 3 Diploma)

Career Coaching (Level 3 Diploma)

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Level 3 Diploma in Career Coaching. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Diploma in Career Coaching is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Level 3 Diploma in Career Coaching course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

This Quality Assured Level 3 Diploma course is designed for those who are considering becoming a career coach, working for yourself, or who are committed to coaching within their working environment or organisation. This field of work is fairly new, it has only been in operation for approximately 15 years, despite having historic origins that span more than a century.

All Students must be 16 years of age or above.

The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course.  This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Career Coaching and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

How is the course structured? 
The OLQA Level 3 Career Coaching course is divided into seven comprehensive modules:

Module1: Beginnings: Life Purpose 
The first module examines the role that a career coach plays along with the individually specific needs of the client. In addition life purpose, values and motivators will be examined in relation to core skills of evaluation and critical thinking. Throughout this module students will take a detailed look at the psychology of experience in order to contextualize the working environment, culture and experience. This unit will form a basis of knowledge for which subsequent modules will build on.

Module 2: Establishing the coaching relationship
This module will look at ethical considerations and standards, together with the different coaching models and how to apply them to individual clients. Assessment, planning and implementation of the coaching models will be explained in detail, together with core coaching competencies.

Module 3: Levels of coaching
This module will cover the topics of insight, intuition, listening, questioning, interpretation and feedback processes; it will also deal with ending the coaching relationship. There are several recognized levels of coaching appropriate and relevant to different situations that may be encountered, client needs and scenarios; the principles and techniques for these levels will be explained throughout this module.

Module 4: Using Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) in career coaching
This module will take a brief look at the principles and practices of NLP in relationship to career coaching and give definitive examples of application.

Module 5: The job search
Within this module the student will study the areas of marketing plans, strategies and organizational skills that are all vital for the process of searching for a job. The processes of tactical searching and networking, together with curriculum vitae design and promotion will also be explored that will lead onto the following modules. Definitive and relevant examples will be given.

Module 6: Interviews and interview strategies
This module will help prepare an individual for the interview process and run through strategies that can be followed and used during the interview process. Skills will range from pre-interview preparation such as researching the organization who is conducting the interview, interview techniques such as how to act whilst in the interview, and the post interview follow up. This module will also teach the student how to react and cope with offers and rejections.

Module 7: Bringing it all together
This module looks at how to put the coaching models into practice within the working environment, together with summarizing and collating relevant key concepts. Example worksheets will also be featured in this module.

OLQA Level 3 Career Coaching Diploma 
This course leads to a Level 3 Diploma for successful learners. This means that it is accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3). In accrediting the programme at level 3, OLQA attests that its learning outcomes are at an equivalent level to a level 3 national qualification.

In Scotland this course is equivelant to a Level 6 for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 6 on the Qualifications Framework for Scotland.

In Ireland this course is equivelant to a Level 5 for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 5 on the Qualifications Framework for Ireland.

Accreditation by OLQA is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by experienced educational professionals and is quality assured by OLQA.

The enrolment fee for the Diploma in Career Coaching home study course is £456.25, though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £365 which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.