Annexes II

PROGRAMME OF COMMON TRAINING TESTS FOR THE THIRD-DEGREE STATE CERTIFICATE IN SPORTS EDUCATION (BREVET D'ÉTAT D'ÉDUCATEUR SPORTIF DU TROISIÈME DEGRÉ)

(art. A212-120 and A212-131)

MANAGEMENT

The optional management test is designed to assess the candidate's ability to manage a department, a sector or a team within a structure of a certain size and/or influence.
Strategic management;
Structure and organisation;
Administration;
Planning;
Decision-making;
Marketing approach;
Internal and external communication;
Team management;
Management control.
At institutional level:
- either the candidate's management skills through the knowledge and know-how required to successfully implement the management and technical development policy defined by the management of the federation in which he/she works,
- or his/her knowledge of public finance.

PROGRAMME

1. Management of a federation.
1.1. General information:
- decision-making and management;
- planning and programming;
- contracts;
- internal and external communication;
- team management.
1.2. Aspects specific to sports federations:
- management of licences;
- management of top-level sport;
- relations between federations and the State...
These aspects will be considered from a triple point of view:
- legal;
- organisational, administrative and technical;
- financial.
2. Public finance:
- budgetary principles;
- the nature and nomenclature of expenditure by the State and local authorities;
- general information on the financing of physical and sporting activities;
- public financing of physical and sporting activities;
- the budget of the Ministry responsible for sport;
- the budget of the départements and regions in the field of physical and sporting activities.

COMPUTING

The programme should enable candidates to acquire skills and knowledge in the use of IT tools in order to:
- prepare publications (documents, federal reviews, scientific articles, etc.);
- use IT applications in their discipline (files, competition management, etc.).
Candidates should be able to:
- create a simple database;
- master DTP software;
- know and use IT applications in their discipline and those that are useful in their research.

PROGRAMME

1.1. Advanced use of professional software:
- advanced functions, statistical and financial calculations;
- importing and exporting data;
- constructing and displaying graphics;
- constructing advanced models applied to management or training.
1.2. File and database management.
1.3. Computer-aided presentation.
1.4. Scientific statistical processing.
1.5. Project management.
2. Programming languages.
2.1. Preliminary studies:
- initial analysis of the situation to be computerised;
- the objectives pursued;
- internal and external constraints;
- information decision-making.
2.2. Specifications:
- information file;
- technical file;
- legal file.
2.3. Functional analysis.
2.4. Programming.
2.5. Different types of language.
3. Telematics:
- telematics consultation
4. The use of interactive images:
- video and computer coupling.
5. Applications specific to sport.
5.1. General objectives:
- design specifications to develop specific software.
5.2. General areas of applications:
Management:
- Administrative and financial management;
- Field management;
- Information and consultation systems (telematics);
- Systems for collecting and analysing sports data:
- observation tools, statistical processing, interpretation, simulation, modelling;
- tools designed for research in a specific field;
- tools integrated into the practice of systematic evaluation or functional exploration;
- interfacing tools, sensors, telemetry;
- decision support systems;
- training support systems.
6. Legal, tax and social aspects of IT.
6.1. The world of IT, administration and business:
- manufacturers;
- users;
- IT service and consultancy companies (SSCI and SSII).
6.2. Invitations to tender:
- justification for invitations to tender;
- invitation to tender procedure.
6.3. Contracts for the supply of equipment and intellectual services.
6.4. Software and hardware maintenance.
6.5. Data protection (technical and legal aspects).
6.6. Information technology and civil liberties (CNIL).