If you are the person people come to when they need to think something through, this course turns that into a trade. Coaching models, running a session, and the business side of setting up on your own.
A whole topic covers coaching careers and business fundamentals, so the setting-up side is handled next to the coaching itself. Most coaches work for themselves.
Coaching models, goal setting, facilitating change and managing a session. You learn a structure you can run with any client, instead of hoping the conversation goes somewhere.
Managers, trainers and wellbeing staff use coaching skills every week. Personal effectiveness and time management are in here too, so it pays off in your own work first.
Coaching turns up in private practice, in workplaces and in community programmes. The day is easy to picture: an hour with someone who is stuck, a few good questions, and a plan they leave holding.
Working alongside an established coach and building your own client book.
Helping people work out their next move. Goal setting and vision work carry the role.
Coaching inside a business, where session structure and ethics matter most.
Running group programmes rather than one to one. Facilitating change is the topic behind it.
Mentoring in a community setting, where trust comes before technique.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Counselling and psychology are separate fields and run through their own accredited study.
Eleven topics, from the foundations of coaching through to setting up as one.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Managing coaching sessions effectively gets taught directly. Knowing how to open, hold and close an hour is the part that separates a coach from a good listener.
Inclusive and ethical coaching practice is covered as its own subject. In an unregulated field, that is what clients are trusting you on.
Vision and values development sits next to goal setting, so you can help someone work out what they want before you help them chase it.
Coaching careers and business fundamentals covers what happens once you have the skill and need clients.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the course and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement in life coaching.
Completion comes with a SEEK Pass link from the learning platform. Add it to your SEEK profile so employers can see the certificate.
Yours while you study, for student rates on travel, accommodation and more.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay on a flexible weekly plan, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the eleven topics online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, with a SEEK Pass link to add to your profile.
None needed. It opens with the essential skills and foundations, so you can come to it cold.
The plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. Enquire for the full options.
Around 140 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around work.
That is what the last topic is for. Coaching careers and business fundamentals covers the setting-up side, and life coaching is not a regulated profession in New Zealand.
There are none, ever. You are assessed on what you understand, with tutor support behind you.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. Coaching is unregulated here, so nobody is checking for a national qualification. What clients judge you on is how the hour goes.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
The college has been running for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year. Courses are online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching opens as soon as you enrol, including CV help and a LinkedIn profile review.
Picture the client who arrives stuck and leaves with a plan they wrote themselves. Ask your questions and see whether this is the way in.