#SPOV2613963AFrance updates qualification rules for sports instructors
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This order updates the list of qualifications that allow people to supervise and teach certain sports activities in France. It adds military-issued sports educator diplomas for general physical and sports activities, updates the wording and scope of the BP JEPS qualification for multi-sport instruction, and revises the rowing qualification entry. It also removes an expired canoe-kayak qualification linked to rafting and white-water swimming. Sports clubs, training bodies, employers, and instructors should check that staff qualifications still match the activities they supervise.
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Key Changes
- Adds military-issued sports educator diplomas to the accepted qualifications for general physical and sports activities.
- Updates the BP JEPS multi-sport qualification wording and removes the previous expiry reference.
- Revises the rowing qualification entry and removes an expired canoe-kayak qualification for rafting and white-water swimming.
Obligations
What this law requires
Sports employers and clubs must recognize the military-issued 'Educateur sportif opérationnel' diploma as a level 4 qualification for conducting discovery, initiation, and learning sessions or cycles in physical or sports activities, excluding competitive practice.
Sports employers and clubs must recognize the military-issued 'Chef d'équipe éducateur sportif opérationnel' diploma as a level 5 qualification for conducting discovery, initiation, and learning sessions or cycles in physical or sports activities, excluding competitive practice.
Holders of multi-activity physical or sports qualifications listed under this entry may supervise only non-competitive discovery, initiation, and learning sessions or cycles, and must not use those qualifications to supervise competitive practice.
Sports employers must apply the updated BP JEPS 'éducateur sportif' mention 'multi activités physiques ou sportives pour tous' scope, which authorizes discovery, initiation, and learning sessions or cycles in physical or sports activities, excluding competitive practice.
For rowing activities, sports employers and clubs must apply the updated BP JEPS 'éducateur sportif' mention 'activités de l'aviron' qualification, limited to discovery, initiation, and learning sessions or cycles in rowing.