October 26, 2005 – Cross Country Canada (CCC) is implementing minimum mandatory training for all individuals coaching children in all CCC-affiliated clubs. After several years of development, implementation was launched last year with the commencement of coaching training under the new competency-based National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP ). This is the program that was referred to last year as “CBET”.

CCC Policy: Minimum Mandatory Coaching Qualifications

Coaches must have completed the Introduction to Community Coaching workshop* in order to supervise, instruct or coach ski activities for children six years of age and younger, or assist with the supervising, instructing or coaching of ski activities for children six to sixteen years of age;

and

Coaches must have completed the Community Coaching workshop* in order to supervise, instruct or coach ski activities for children six to sixteen years of age;

or

Coaches must have completed the NCCP Level 1 Technical course* in order to supervise, instruct or coach ski activities for children under the age of 16 years”.


* Please note that the Introduction to Community Coaching workshop and Community Coaching workshop refer to training delivered under the new competency-based NCCP, and that the old NCCP Level 1 Technical course is still considered a valid qualification for this purpose.