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HP1 Applications Now Open

Applications are now open for the 2023 HP1 Seminar.

HEO AAA Update

The HEO Board Provides Update on New HEO AAA Program for 2023-24

POE Coach Applications

Applications are now open for coaching positions in our U14 and U15 Program of Excellence

Help Support the Craigs

You can help support Mike Craig and his family by visiting the GoFundMe page at the link below.

Assist Fund

Hockey Canada Foundation is now accpeting applications for its Assist Fund. Check out details at the link below.

First Shift is Back

Follow the link below to read more about hosting and registering for a First Shift program in your Minor Hockey Association.

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Certification/Qualification Requirements


To determine the requirements for head coaches, assistant coaches or trainers make the appropriate selections from the lists below.

IMPORTANT NOTE - please refer to the HEO Bench and OnIce Staff Certification Requirements policy for more detail and clarification

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Trained Status vs. Certified Status

The NCCP distinguishes between "trained" and "certified" status. Understanding this distinction is important for hockey coaches. The combination of the level you coach and the position you hold determines if you are required to be trained or certified.

The primary distinction between these two statuses is as follows:
• Certified status requires a coach to attend a specific NCCP clinic and then be evaluated on their demonstated ability to perform within their choosen coaching context.
• Trained status, howevr, does not require evaluation. The coach must only attend the specific NCCP clinic.
Development 1 and High Performance 1 are the two coaching contexts in HEO that have a certification path and for both the evaluation component is based on a written assignment and practical, field assessment.

NCCP Coaches are described as being one of the following:
In Training - while you are completing the training components
Trained - once you have completed all the training components
Certified - once you have completed all the training and evaluation components

 

Equivalencies

The chart below shows the history of name changes to coach certification levels and provides the equivalencies of today's levels to previous levels.

1980’s 2000's 2014..
Initiation Program Intro Coach Coach 1 – Intro Coach
Coach Level 1 and 2 Coach Stream Coach 2 – Coach Level
Coach Level 3 Intermediate Development 1
Coach Level 4 Advanced 1 High Performance 1
Coach Level 5 Advanced 2 High Performance 2


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