Swimming teacher to ice-skating coach
A swimming teacher already meets 47% of what the ice-skating coach role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
52/ 100
1 How much of what an ice-skating coach is expected to do is already part of a swimming teacher’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the ice-skating coach role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ice-skating coach role treats 6 of its required skills as things a swimming teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to target group
- apply risk management in sports
- develop sports programmes
- instruct in sport
- personalise sports programme
- plan sports instruction programme
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ice-skating coach role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a swimming teacher background worth leading with.
- already held attend sports training communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held exercise sports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop sports programmes management skills
- already held sports nutrition services
- already held personalise sports programme management skills
- already held sport and exercise medicine health and welfare
All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the ice-skating coach role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assess performance in sport events required
- still to learn develop opportunities for progression in sport required
- still to learn organise training required
- optional, not held contribute to the development of a sporting estate optional
- optional, not held manage athletes optional
- still to learn ice-skating required
- optional, not held skateboard optional
- optional, not held sporting equipment usage optional
- optional, not held sport games rules optional
- still to learn correct potentially harmful movements required
- still to learn adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
- optional, not held sports ethics optional
- optional, not held sports competition information optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ice-skating coach role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ice-skating study this
- 02 assess performance in sport events practise this
- 03 correct potentially harmful movements practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to target group skill
- already held apply risk management in sports skill
- already held develop sports programmes skill
- already held instruct in sport skill
- already held personalise sports programme skill
- already held plan sports instruction programme skill
- already held attend sports training skill
- already held exercise sports skill
- already held motivate in sports skill
- already held sport and exercise medicine knowledge
- already held sports nutrition knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held adjust sporting equipment optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adjust sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held contribute to the development of a sporting estate optional
- optional, not held manage athletes optional
- optional, not held skateboard optional
- optional, not held sporting equipment usage optional
- optional, not held sports ethics optional
- optional, not held sport games rules optional
- optional, not held sports competition information optional
10 held skills the ice-skating coach role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply latest sport science findings skill
- not needed by the target role coach during a sports competition skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
- not needed by the target role execute sports training programme skill
- not needed by the target role follow trends in sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role give swimming lessons skill
- not needed by the target role swim skill
- not needed by the target role swimming pool safety guidelines knowledge
- not needed by the target role swimming styles knowledge
- not needed by the target role work with different target groups skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn ice-skating required
- optional, not held skateboard optional
- optional, not held sporting equipment usage optional
- optional, not held sports ethics optional
- optional, not held sport games rules optional
- optional, not held sports competition information optional
Common questions about this move
Can a swimming teacher become an ice-skating coach?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A swimming teacher already covers 47% of what an ice-skating coach is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 6 of which the ice-skating coach role treats as required.
What skills does a swimming teacher need to become an ice-skating coach?
6 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is ice-skating.
How hard is the move from swimming teacher to ice-skating coach?
Its learning distance is 52 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.