Employment Opportunities
If you are interested in becoming part of our small team - submit your application to the office!
Become a Coach!
Are you interested in coaching while at school or university, or do you want to become a career coach?
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Whether you’re teaching recreational gymnastics, team gym, advanced skills or competitive gymnastics, part time, full time or casual – there’s a pathway for everyone! Coaching teaches you lifelong skills not just in understanding movement, biomechanics and training physical abilities, but in class management, leadership, communication, planning, adapting teaching methods to suit learning styles, risk management – and so much more.
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Who can become a coach?
Anyone who enjoys working with children and adults in a sports setting over the age of 14.
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Please read the full information on Gymnastics Australia
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Not sure if coaching is for you? Try before you buy!
Enrol in the free component (ASC Community Coach Essential Skills online course (takes approx 3hrs)
and watch the Welcome to Gymnastics video (via your Gymnastics Australia Flex System)
This is so a potential trainee coach can try-out coaching and determine whether it’s a good fit for them, prior to financial commitment.
Suitable candidates may also be invited to observe lessons on the floor beside a suitable mentor coach to see first hand what coaches do and the day - to - day processes they implement to run an efficient class program.
How to become a coach
1. Register for Voluntary Working with Children Check
2. Send an application to MGS (Minimum age 14. Ideally 18/finished schooling.)
3. Create a LMS Profile on Gymnastics Australia (free) and access your Flex System.
4. Watch the - Welcome to Gymnastics Coaching Video on your Gymnastics Australia Flex System Profile - Free
5. Complete Sports Australia: Community Coach - Essential Skills (Please complete the course via Sports Australia and upload the certificate to the LMS of completion).
6. If your application is successful, you will be invited to - Try Coaching.
Here you can try your hand at coaching with a mentor for a couple sessions (e.g. run a warm up game, be an assistant coach at a station on a circuit. This is unpaid)
7. Confirm if you'd like to continue with pursuing gymnastics coach education and training with MGS (Mentor / Supervisor (Club Coach Educator).
If yes:
8. Update your Blue Card to be a Paid Version and present paperwork to MGS Administrator.
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9. Purchase the Fundamental Gymnastics Coaching - Online Course and Workbook ($250, includes the first 12 months of Technical Membership. Minimum age 14 to start this process)
10. Complete The Online Fundamental Gymnastics Course (Takes approx 2 - 3 hours)
11 Complete On the Job Training at MGS.
This includes co-coaching sessions under supervision of a mentor. (Days and times evaluated on a case - by - case evaluation.
Most classes at MGS are 60 - 90 minutes for beginner sessions.
Attend weekly check ins for debrief (approx an extra hour per week).
​A trainee coach is paid (junior age is applied for trainees under 21)
Takes 6 - 12 weeks doing 1 - 2 modules per week. Hours vary and are subject to classes and coach availability.)
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12. Complete the Workbook (required to be signed by an approved Club Coach Educator).
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13. Upload the Workbook via your Flex System.
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14. Book in and attend your final mentor check-in (No charge, Minimum age 15. A virtual mentor/assessment session that runs for approximately 1hr and 30mins.)
15. If successful in passing. Start coaching under supervision with beginner classes.
16. Start on the Development (formerly Intermediate Pathway) for your gym sport of interest.
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Why coach gymnastics?
With over 200,000 participants registered at affiliated gymnastics clubs around the nation (57, 000 in QLD alone), now is the time to start your career, inspire kids to grow and develop and learn new skills in a supportive environment all while getting paid to do something you love.
Administration Staff
Administration staff are employed and paid by Maryborough GymSports to work in the office. You'll most likely see them during office hours.
They are in charge of the administration side of the club.
Our administrator will be happy to help you find out more information, enrol you in classes, take your bookings for trials or holiday clinics, order in club attire, or even fill up your water bottle.
Our current club administrator, Debbie, is loaded with information about gymnastics, past, present and future. Should you need to contact her, see the contact us page.
Coaching Staff
Accredited Coaches Work Here!
Maryborough GymSports Inc. only employes accredited coaches professionals in accordance with Gymnastics Australia and Gymnastics Queensland requirements. This means they are paid staff members.
Our coaches are required to hold a minimum of:
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Annual technical membership
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Intermediate accreditation in their certified disciplines (or be working towards one)
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Current working with children check (Blue card)
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Ideally they have first aid and CPR training
You will find many of our staff have other degrees and experience in complementary careers including medicine and education fields, thus providing our members with a high level of professionalism!
Trainee Coaches
At times we have coaches learning on the job to attain their intermediate accreditation, which will then allow them to work unsupervised. A trainee coach works under the supervision of a qualified Coach Supervisor (or Club Coach Educator) and are actively working towards their intermediate accreditation behind the scenes.
These coaches will be learning the role of a coach and how to plan, teach and modify lessons to suit the level and age of participants.
Our coaches annually update to maintain their accreditation - thus making them among the most active learners in the entire sporting community!
To retain their annual accreditation license , coaches must engage in mandatory professional development. This is done through methods such as courses, workshops (online or face to face) and judging at competitions. This ensures gymnastics coaches stay up to date with the latest advancements and competent to teach skills in a safe environment.
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There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes in a coach's life. Our coaches are highly involved at MGS. They are active in many areas including:
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Unit and lesson planning
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Learning more about the sport and movement. E.g. technique, drills, injury prevention and rules
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Engaging in professional development and collaboration
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Attending community events, clinics and workshops
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Choreography for end of year routines
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If you are interested in coaching at Maryborough GymSports, we're eager to hear from you. Please submit an application to the office!
Judges
Maryborough GymSports also has paid club judges. Judges are vital for all levels programs, adult masters and all competitive pathway participants!
Maryborough GymSports requires suitably qualified judges for:
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In house assessments and levels tests
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MGS End of Year Competition.
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All away competitions including invitationals, regionals, state and national events
Who can be a judge?
Anyone! Judges can be coaches, parents, past or current athletes. They must have a Blue Card and a Gymnastics Australia Technical Membership.
* Judges must be a minimum of 14 - 16 years old to commence judging
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How to be a judge?
1. Attend and pass the course relevant to your gym sport of interest.
These courses are usually held in person through Gymnastics Queensland (see the Education Calendar here) or online via Gymnastics Australia on your Learning Management System (LMS) via the FLEX system. The course will teach you everything you need to know.
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2. Be linked with MGS
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3. Attend in house events or competitions
If you are interested in being a club judge for Maryborough GymSports, we would love to hear from you!
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