Ice Skating Coach Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Plan and deliver skating lessons.
• Assess ability and support safe progression.
• Manage group position and rink conduct.
• Check teaching aids and report ice hazards.
• Record attendance incidents and safeguarding concerns.

A realistic working scenario

A weekend public session where the coach runs three consecutive classes: confirm register via the booking system, set session plans and groupings, inspect skates and rink surrounds against the facility and equipment log, deliver coaching progressions, record attendance and coaching notes, withdraw a participant or equipment when unsafe, log any incident in the incident log, and hand over outstanding actions to the sports or facility manager on shift.

Outputs to agree

• Session plan and participant grouping for each class entered in the session booking system
• Participant attendance and coaching progression records updated after each session
• Facility or equipment defect report logged in the facility, equipment and incident log
• Incident report and escalation note submitted to the sports or facility manager and safeguarding lead when required

Records and evidence

• Session, class or fixture booking entries (session time, coach assigned, capacity).
• Participant attendance and coaching records (progress notes, ability groupings, medical or supervision notes).
• Facility, equipment and defect log (skate condition, dasher boards, ice surface hazards).
• Incident log entries (falls, collisions, equipment withdrawal, first-aid given).
• Escalation records (notifications to sports/facility manager or safeguarding lead and follow-up actions).
• Work records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• Authorised to set session plans, group participants and withdraw a participant or item of equipment from use when they judge it unsafe. Must escalate any safeguarding disclosure, suspected facility or equipment defect, emergency incident or where planned sessions cannot be delivered to the sports or facility manager and the safeguarding lead. Cannot authorise venue closures, repairs, or changes to published schedules without manager approval.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Workplace context

• Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

• Maintain accurate session booking, attendance and coaching progression records after each class
• Carry out pre-session facility and equipment checks and log defects promptly
• Withdraw unsafe equipment or stop unsafe activity and record the action in the incident log
• Escalate safeguarding disclosures, emergency incidents and facility defects to the sports/facility manager and safeguarding lead
• Use workflow systems and company devices only for authorised coaching and operational records

Information the employer should prepare

• the rink sessions and skating disciplines
• the qualification checks and teaching scope
• the skate equipment and ice-maintenance boundary
• the event test and competition duties
• the first-aid safeguarding and evacuation route