Level 3 GMA Certificate in Supervisory Management (Full Course)

Level 3 GMA Certificate in Supervisory Management (Full Course)

What is involved in studying for this qualification?
The five Awards - team motivation, coaching skills, create new ideas, manage meetings and team building – can be studied individually for the GMA Level 3 Certificate in Supervisory Management, totalling around 150 hours of learning. You can enrol on one, or more Awards to suit your needs. On the completion of an individual Award, including passing the online assessment, you will receive a digital Certificate for that Award. On the completion of all Awards, you will receive the Level 3 Certificate in Supervisory Management.

The individual Awards are:

1. Team Motivation
Helps you to understand about the different theories of motivation and how these might be applied to a team situation. 
Course length: 30 hours

2. Coaching Skills
Providing appropriate guidance and coaching to your ground staff can significantly contribute to your effectiveness as a team leader. 
Course length: 35 hours

3. Create New Ideas
Helping you to support team members in identifying, developing and implementing new ideas in the work place can make a huge difference to team morale.
Course length: 25 hours

4. Manage Meetings
Communicating information effectively at meetings is essential in the modern workplace. This course looks at how you can lead and manage meetings to get the most from them. 
Course length: 20 hours

5. Team Building
This Award helps you to understand how to work with your team to set appropriate objectives and provide support in creating an effective team. 
Course length: 40 Hours

Why should I enrol for this qualification?
This new learning route will help to support and develop those managers who have been promoted into management positions without any formal training or experience in issues that are ‘non turf-related’. Content provides a detailed insight into the skills needed to lead, build and manage a team, including the development of coaching skills, improve personal management performance and enhance team motivation. Plus, review practices to meet the challenges involved, by creating better ideas and solutions. These Awards are ideal for assistant head and head grounds managers who wish to develop their own knowledge and understanding of how to be an effective line manager, and as a result, lead your team successfully. 

What are the entry requirements?
This is the GMA’s key Management qualification and is ideal for people wishing to demonstrate their expertise within a sports turf related team. Candidates will ideally have at least 3 years’ experience. Plus, there is no practical work involved with this qualification. Applications will be considered on an individual basis.

What is the cost of the qualification?
Pricing details for the full course and individual Awards are available further down this page. 

How can it be studied?
The course can extend across nine months at a pace that suits the individual and is based on distance/home study learning, with tutor support primarily by email. 

How is the qualification assessed?
Each Award is assessed by online assessment.

What can I do after this course? 
Improve your technical knowledge and understanding with either our Level 3 Technical Diploma in Turf Surface Management, our Level 4 Professional Certificate in Turf Surface Management, or the Level 4 Certificate in Sustainable Turf Management.

Extensions and Deadlines
GMA are here to support you in your studies and understand that everybody’s circumstances are different and change on a frequent basis. Having a formal deadline to work to on your qualification will help you focus on successful completion.

Please read and consider the following statement whilst you complete your application.

These qualifications (excluding the Awards) take 9-11 months to complete – upon enrolment you will receive a welcome email stating your formal start and expected end date.
Whilst these qualifications are based on self-directed study your tutor is there to support your studies should you have any questions.

Should your studies overrun or you believe there are extenuating circumstances* which may prevent you from completing in a timely manner the GMA will allow you access to your qualification for UPTO a further 12 months from the expected end date. Should you not complete your qualification within that period access to the qualification will be suspended and you will need to pay for your qualification again.

*Extenuating circumstances are usually personal or health problems that we define as: “Exceptional, short-term events which are outside of a student's control and have a negative impact upon their ability to prepare for or take (sit) an assessment."

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