Sports jobs and qualifications

Who may coach for pay: the professional card, BPJEPS, DEJEPS, the STAPS degree and volunteering.

The outline, topic by topic

Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.

Qualification requirement: what is it?
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Sport Code rule: teaching, leading or coaching for pay requires a qualification registered in the national directory.
It protects participants' safety.
A student with no coaching qualification wants to teach paid fitness classes. Can he?
- No: he needs a recognised qualification and the professional card
- Yes, if his classes stay occasional
- Yes, if he registers as self-employed
- Yes, with a federation player's licence
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No: he needs a recognised qualification and the professional card
Paid coaching without the required qualification, even occasionally, is an offence punishable by one year in prison and a €15,000 fine (article L212-8).
Professional card: what is it?
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A document issued by the State to paid sports instructors after checking their qualification and record.
It is renewed every five years.
Why does the State regulate paid instructors so strictly?
- To keep coaching for civil servants of sport
- To levy a tax on every hour of coaching
- For participants' safety and the good character of their coaches
- To cap the price of classes given in clubs
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For participants' safety and the good character of their coaches
The qualification guarantees competence in safety (article L212-1); the professional card comes with a good-character check, including the criminal record (article L212-9).