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Apply participant profiling techniques to establish baseline needs

URN: SKAASPC1
Business Sectors (Suites): Advanced sports coach
Developed by: SkillsActive
Approved on: 2022

Overview

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This standard is about the competence that advanced practitioners require to apply participant profiling techniques. Participant profiling is a tool you as an advanced practitioner will use to develop a participant's self-awareness and knowledge about how behaviour is similar or different to others. Building self-awareness is the foundation of emotional intelligence and is used to understand how behaviour impacts performance and how a participant works with others. You will use this technique to provide important information on your participants, which is used to implement realistic goal setting strategies and help maximise their intrinsic motivation. It will help focus the participant on the key aspects of their goals and help direct their training to the areas of perceived need.

This standard is for all advanced practitioners that have responsibility for a range of participants with specific requirements, where advanced levels of knowledge and technical skills are required.

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

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1. select a suitable environment to perform the participant profiling
2. explain the idea of profiling to the participant and how it can help direct in areas of specific need
3. establish effective ways to engage and develop a relationship that are conducive to the process
4. promote an honest appraisal of your participant to facilitate a more productive outcome
5. apply a person-centred approach to meet the needs of the participant
6. use appropriate strategies to elicit relevant information
7 discuss the participants current feelings regarding their preparation
8. obtain appropriate information which could measure the effectiveness of the participants goals to create the baseline profile
9. encourage the participant to provide an analysis of their performance through self-reflection
10. critically analyse the participants gathered information to use as a comparison with their results, benchmarking and creditable norm values.
11. identify discrepancies of opinion between yourself and the participant
12. implement intervention strategies reflective of the participants circumstances and preferences.
13. plan and implement an effective goal setting strategy based on the profiling results 
14. conduct a review of the participants profiling based on the initial results at the agreed times
15. maintain and respect confidentiality within the legal requirements
16. operate within your scope of practice and in accordance with the guidelines
17. follow current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

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1. the most suitable environments to perform a participant profiling
2. relevant theories of human and social development, physical literacy and models of psychology involved in conducting a participants profile
3. the principles of participant profiling
4. why the participant needs to understand the importance of profiling
5. the strategies and techniques to engage and develop an effective relationship during the profiling
6. how to perform a participant profiling effectively
7. a broad range of suitable communication tools, strategies and techniques that will support the participant to meet their needs
8. methods of differentiating in order to respond to participants different learning and communication preferences
9. what a person-centred approach is and how to apply this to the profiling of a participant
10. the strategies and techniques to elicit relevant information from the participant
11. profiling and enquiry methods designed to measure cognitive, social, emotional, physiological capabilities, biopsychosocial factors, behavioural, psychomotor, motives, technical, tactical and sustainability development
12. how and why to encourage the participants to apply a level of autonomy and independence during the analysis 
13. techniques and strategies to critically analyse the participants gathered information against goals, benchmarking and creditable values
14. how to apply a high level of emotional intelligence
15. the principles of behaviour change 
16. a range of motivational factors that could impact a participant’s ability to perform
17. how to implement intervention strategies 
18. the importance of effective goal setting 
19. how to develop an effective goal setting strategy
20. the importance of reviewing the participants profiling based on the initial results
21. suitable timescales to conduct an effective review of the participants profiling
22. the scope and limitations of your own competence, responsibilities, and accountability as it applies to your job role
23. current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere.  

Scope/range

Scope Performance

Scope Knowledge

Values

Behaviours

Skills

Glossary

Links To Other NOS

​This standard links to SKAASPC2, SKAASPC3 and SKAASPC4

External Links

Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

2025

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

SkillsActive

Original URN

n/a

Relevant Occupations

Coach / Instructor, Advanced Sports Coach

SOC Code

3442

Keywords

participant profilling; advanced practitioners; sports coaching;