Minimum Mandatory Coaching Qualifications

Approved: May 1996; revised February 2004; revised January, 2010; revised October 2024  

• All coaches and instructors, for any age group, must have a Nordiq Canada Coaching License and be coaching/instructing on behalf of a club; and
• Coaches must be active NCCP Community Coaches 'in training' (must have completed the ICC Workshop) in order to supervise, instruct or coach ski activities for children six years of age and younger, or assist with the supervising, instructing or coaching of ski activities for children six to nine years of age; and
• Coaches must be active, 'trained' NCCP Community Coaches (must have completed the Community Coach Workshop) in order to supervise, instruct or coach ski activities for children six to nine years of age, or assist with the supervising, instructing or coaching of ski activities for children nine to sixteen years of age; and
• Coaches must be active, 'trained' NCCP CCI coaches (must have completed the L2T (Dryland) & L2T (On-Snow) Workshops & L2T Experience Form) in order to supervise, instruct or coach ski activities for children nine to sixteen years of age; and
• Coaches must be active, 'trained' NCCP CCI coaches plus have completed the CCI/L2T module for coaching athletes with a disability) in order to supervise, instruct, coach or assist with the coaching of ski activities for skiers with a disability 13 years of age and older.

Please note that there are liability insurance implications associated with policies that establish standards of practice.

CANADA WINTER GAMES

NCCP CCD certification (Cross Country Skiing) for the Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Team Manager and Wax Technician
NCCP CCD certification in the Para Context for the Para-Nordic Coach

BC WINTER GAMES

NCCP CCI-L2T 'certified' for all coaches

Link: https://www.crosscountrybc.ca/22-minimum-mandatory-coaching-qualifications