No licence is needed to coach sport in BC, but sport organizations often require the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). You take multi-sport modules plus your sport’s own modules.
Steps from source.
| Detail | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuing body · Url | Official page | source |
| Credential | INDUSTRY-STANDARD (often required by sport organizations): NCCP trained/certified | source |
| Licence status | industry-standard | source |
| Streams | Multi-sport modules (online, in person or home study) plus sport-specific modules from the provincial sport organization; streams include Competition Introduction and Competition Development | source |
| Program cost | $150 per Part A/B home study; $65 per module | source |
| Pay | Coaches (NOC 53201), B.C.: low $18.50/hr, median $30.00/hr, high $42.31/hr (2025 Job Bank wage data) | source |
| School and city | Program and approval | Length | Intakes | Cost | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaches Association of BC | NCCP multi-sport home study Delivers NCCP home study source | Price not published, ask provider | Price not published, ask provider | $150 per Part A/B course; $65 per module | Program page |
We could not confirm these on an official page, so we left them out: Program length.
No. Many sport organizations require it for their coaches.
WorkBC (NOC 53201): $18.50 low, $30.00 median, $42.31 high per hour.
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