Volunteer Support Downloads

Coaching Award Scheme

Licensed Coaches

Coach Education Staff

Coaching Support

Controller's Supporting Information

Mapper's Supporting Information

Organiser's Supporting Information

Planner's Supporting Information

Volunteer Awards

Volunteer Training

Coaching Award Scheme

Young Leader Award

• YLA Information Pack
• YLA Tutor Pack Application for Schools
• YLA Tutor Pack Application for non-School organisations

UKCC Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Orienteering

• UKCC Level 1 - Information Pack

UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Orienteering

• UKCC Level 2 - Information Pack

Old Level 4 * This is likely to be replaced by UKCC Level 3

• Level 4 Assessment Requirements
• Level 4 Application for Assessment Form
• Level 4 Assessment Outcome Form

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Licensed Coaches

• British Orienteering Code of Conduct for Coaches
• Continuing Professional Development

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Coach Education Staff

Coach Education Courses

• Course Definitions         

Mentoring and Verification

• Tutor/Coach Educator Observation Checklist
• Tutor/Coach Educator Self Evaluation Form

Teaching Orienteering Part 1 and Part 2

• Qualification Pathway for trainee Teaching Orienteering Tutors
• Administration Procedure
• Course Registration Form
• Example Medical Form
• Resource Order Form
• Delivery Note
• Candidate Registration Form
• Course Evaluation Form
• Registering Participation Numbers for External Activities

UKCC Level 1

• For further information please email the Coaching Department.

UKCC Level 2

• For further information please email the Coaching Department.

Old Level 4 * This is likely to be replaced by UKCC Level 3

• For further information please email the Coaching Department

Certificate in Tutoring Sport (CTS)

• Certificate in Tutoring Sport (CTS) Course Outline

Introduction to Assessment Practices in Sport (IAPS)

• Introduction to Assessment Practice in Sport (IAPS) Course Outline

Coach Education Newsletters

• Number 1 January 2009   
• Number 2 September 2009

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Coaching Support

Coaching Safety

• Safety Guidelines for coaching activities in Orienteering
• Safety Guidelines table of 'area types'
• Risk Assessment for Orienteering Coaching sessions
• Accident Report Form for Coaches
• Medical Data and Parental Consent Form for under 18s
• Criminal Records Bureau disclosure for Scotland
• Criminal Records Bureau disclosure for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
• O-Safe Protection Policy and Procedures for safeguarding Children and Vulnerable adults

Coaching Logbook

• Contents
• Step System
• Course Planning
• Session Planner 1
• Session Planner 1-Example
• Session Planner 2
• Session Planner 2-Example
• Medical Data and Parental Consent Form for under 18s
• Safety Guidelines
• Accident Report Form
• Personal Details
• Course Attendance
• Experience Summary
• Experience Summary continued.

Coaching Kit

• Coaching Kit Order Form

General Coaching Information

• Coaching qualifications, skills and area progression summary (Hilary Palmer)
• British Orienteering Step System of learning Orienteering skills
• Advice on how to plan easy Orienteering courses
• Technical Difficulty 1 Summary (Carol McNeil)
• Technical Difficulty 2 Summary (Carol McNeil)
• Technical Difficulty 3 Summary (Carol McNeil)
• Technical Difficulty 4 Summary (Carol McNeil)
• Technical Difficulty 5 Summary (Carol McNeil)
• Advice for those debriefing athletes after a race or coaching session
• Advice to coaches shadowing juniors around technical courses (Keith Marsden)
• Ideas for indoor Orienteering training exercises
• OCAD advice for Coaches (Oli Johnson)

Newsletters

• Coaching Edge - Spring 2010 Newsletter

Useful Documents from past Coaching Conferences

2008 Conference:

• Coaching and British Orienteering (Mike Hamilton)
• UK Coaching Framework (Colin Allen) Please note this is a large file
• UK Coaching Certificate (Colin Allen)
• Coach Education Update (Keith Marsden)
• Talent Identification (Gareth Candy)
• Physio Session-Knees (Phillip Newton-Lilleshall)

2007 Conference:

• Ankles for orienteering coaches (Jane Ashbrook)
• Flexibility for orienteering coaches (Jane Ashbrook)
• Assessing O in GCSE (Fran Stone)
• RouteGadget for coaches (Lynne Walker)
• RouteGadget what is it (Paul Frost)
• Regional squad fitness testing (Jon Carberry)

2006 Conference:

• World Class (Vroni Konig-Salmi)

• Junior Potential (Jason Inman)
• Practical Physiotherapy (Clare Pederson)
• Strength Exercise (Clare Pederson)

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Controller's Supporting Information

• Tips for Controllers - Sport Ident
• Tips for Controllers - Emit punching
• Event Official Newsletters Summary-Planners and Controllers
• Checklists for Badge and National Events – specifically section 11
• Graham Nilsen's Course Planning Guide (First published in 1995 and updated in 2006) NOTE: File is 2MB

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Mapper's Supporting Information

Normal Orienteering Map Symbols (ISOM 2000):

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for map scales 1:15000 V3
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for map scales 1:15000 V3

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for map scales 1:10000 V3
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for map scales 1:10000 V3

Course Setting Symbols:

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for map scales 1:15000
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for map scales 1:15000

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for map scales 1:10000
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for map scales 1:10000

Sprint Map Symbols (ISSOM 2007)

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for sprint map scales 1:5000
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for sprint map scales 1:5000

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for sprint map scales 1:4000
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for sprint map scales 1:4000

School Map Symbols:

• School Mapping Specifications

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for map scales 1:2500 - 1:4000
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for map scales 1:2500 - 1:4000
• OCAD 7 Symbol set for map scales 1:2500 - 1:4000
• OCAD 6 Symbol set for map scales 1:2500 - 1:4000

• OCAD 9 Symbol set for map scales 1:250 - 1:2500
• OCAD 8 Symbol set for map scales 1:250 - 1:2500
• OCAD 7 Symbol set for map scales 1:250 - 1:2500
• OCAD 6 Symbol set for map scales 1:250 - 1:2500

Mapping Support:

• Map Registration Form MR1
• ISOM 2000
• ISOM 2000, formatted to print out on A4 for an A5 booklet
• ISSOM 2007 International Specification for Sprint Maps
• British Orienteering-A guide to good looking maps (Thanks to Brian Mee)
• Professional Mappers
• Map tendering
• Mapping Awards
• Check list for controlling the map making of major IOF events (via IOF Website)
• Defective Colour Vision Explanation

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Organiser's Supporting Information

• Major Event Handbook
• Major Event Sponsorship
• Event Official Newsletters Summary-Organisers
• Event Official Newsletters Summary-Controls and Punching
• Checklists for Badge and National Events
• British Orienteering Equipment List

Environmental Concerns:

• Forestry Commission Agreement (2006-2008)
• EU Habitat Regulations and orienteering
• Environmental Outline for Organisers
• Environmental Guidance for Organisers and Planners
• Environmental Aims
• Environmental Audit
• Environmental Contacts

   (The documents below are all courtesy of IOF website)

• Numerical methods of calculating environmental impacts of sports activities
• Comparison of the environmental impact of orienteering and other off-track recreations in the Dartmoor National Park
• Environmental sustainability project at the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2004
• Research into the ecological impact of orienteering
• The effect of an orienteering event on breeding wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) at Titterstone Clee, Shropshire
• World Champs 2001environmental audit report

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Planner's Supporting Information

• Rules and Appendices - Specifically Appendices A: Control Descriptions and B: Planning
• Event Guidelines – Specifically Guideline A (section 3) and B (section 4)
• Checklists for Badge and National Events – Specifically 6 to 10
• Graham Nilsen's Course Planning Guide (First published in 1995 and updated in 2006) NOTE: File is 2MB
• Event Official Newsletters Summary-Planners and Controllers
• Event Official Newsletters Summary-Junior Events
• Advice on planning white courses - Thanks to Barry Elkington
• Advice on planning yellow courses - Thanks to Barry Elkington
• Advice on planning orange courses - Thanks to Barry Elkington
• Advice on planning light green courses - Thanks to Barry Elkington
• Advice on planning green-black courses - Thanks to Barry Elkington
• What's different about Sprint? - Thanks to David May (Please note file is a 3MB PDF)
• What's different about Sprint?  - Thanks to David May (Please note file is a 4MB PPT.  This is the full presentation and contains commentary and several animated slides)

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Volunteer Awards

• Club of the Year Nomination Form
• Young Volunteer Award Nomination Forms
• Silva Award Nominations Form
• Services to Orienteering Nomination Form

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Volunteer Support

• Runningsport Instant Information Guide
• Runningsport Volunteer Role Descriptions
• Runningsport - Rewarding Volunteers

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