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Martial Arts Instructor

Community and Personal Service WorkersUsually a certificate or some on-the-job experience

What the work is

Coaches, trains and instructs participants in martial arts by analysing their performances and developing their abilities.

Would you enjoy the work?

These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.

  • Demonstrates and explains martial arts techniques to participants
  • Plans and organises lesson activities in groups or individually for safe learning, monitors progress and adjusts instruction
  • Leads events such as gradings, workshops and tournaments

Try it

A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a community netball club and an outdoor adventure program run from a fictional regional school camp. They are fictional.

The kind of days you could have

Good days

  • A shy player shoots her first goal and the whole sideline erupts
  • A group of teenagers reaches the top of a hike and nobody wants to leave
  • A losing team walks off with smiles because they know how much they improved

Hard days

  • A sideline parent shouting instructions that undermine yours
  • Turning a group around when the weather changes, and facing their disappointment
  • Training sessions in the rain when only half the team shows up

Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.

Work a mission

Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.

Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 462436, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.