SISFFIT051 - Establish and maintain professional practice for fitness instruction

    Unit code: SISFFIT051 | Study level: TAFE
    Credit points
    N/A
    Location
    Footscray Park
    Werribee
    Prerequisites
    N/A
    Overview
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    Overview

    This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to establish the industry context for fitness instruction work, develop collaborative relationships with medical and allied health professionals, and use reflective practice and critical thinking for ongoing professional development. It requires the ability to identify and evaluate evidence-based information for use in day-to-day fitness instruction activities.This unit applies to personal trainers who work independently with clients using discretion and judgement to develop and deliver individually tailored client exercise programs, and to provide support to individual clients. They practise in settings such as fitness facilities, gyms, leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes and outdoor locations.

    Assessment

    For Melbourne campuses

    Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

    Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
    Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:

    • source information from credible sources about the current context for fitness instruction work in Australia, and identify and evaluate key aspects of:
    • three established industry practices or standards
    • three legal or ethical requirements
    • use critical thinking processes to analyse and respond to the fitness instruction needs of two clients using evidence-based information for each client need:
    • identify and evaluate current and relevant sources of evidence-based information
    • develop and document a response to the clients needs that is supported by analysis and evidence
    • review own professional development:
    • reflect on and evaluate own fitness instruction strengths and areas for improvement
    • identify sources of industry information about professional development and continuing education and document two actions for improving own skills and knowledge
    • use industry terminology and follow protocols for professional communication with medical or allied health professionals for two clients with health issues that are ongoing, and communicate:
    • client health and fitness status
    • program progress
    • questions and concerns
    • client response to exercise
    • client goals.

    Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
    Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

    • existence and purpose of established fitness industry practices and standards:
    • bodies that develop practices and standards
    • types of existing practices and standards, their key inclusions, and primary requirements:
    • industry accreditation and registration quality assurance schemes
    • code of ethical conduct
    • code of practice
    • scope of practice
    • qualification, professional development and continuing education requirements
    • established protocols for pre-exercise screening, assessment and programming
    • legal and ethical requirements that govern fitness instructors:
    • maintaining confidentiality of client information including requirements for the collection, use, maintenance and secure storage of private information
    • obtaining and documenting informed consent to share client information
    • duty of care
    • responsibilities under consumer protection laws for fair and honest dealings
    • permit requirements for use of public spaces:
    • bodies that typically issue permits including local government, and how to apply for initial and ongoing permits
    • skill, qualification and accreditation requirements for obtaining permits
    • key compliance requirements, how to manage, and consequences of non-compliance
    • how to factor costs into fees charged for fitness services offered
    • environmental sustainability considerations for use of outdoor spaces:
    • typical threats posed by the operation of exercise activities in public outdoor spaces, both environmental and social for local communities and other users
    • typical local government minimal impact codes of practice specific to environmental sustainability, and associated compliance requirements
    • minimal impact practices that can be implemented by fitness instructors
    • different models of work for fitness instructors and how those models may impact work practices:
    • when employed:
    • following organisational policies and procedures
    • working under organisational insurance policies
    • when self-employed:
    • developing own policies and procedures
    • establishing legal and risk management requirements for operation, including those for insurance
    • relationships between fitness instructors and medical and allied health professionals:
    • types of medical and allied health professionals with whom fitness instructors typically collaborate and their areas of expertise:
    • accredited exercise physiologists
    • accredited practising dietitians
    • chiropractors
    • general practitioners (GPs)
    • occupational therapists
    • osteopaths
    • physiotherapists
    • podiatrists
    • rehabilitation physicians
    • sports physicians
    • how to access and search practitioner registers
    • referral systems and communication protocols for providing and receiving information about client health, fitness and progress
    • basic health and fitness terminology and abbreviations commonly used in communication between fitness instructors and medical and allied health professionals
    • benefits of establishing relationships
    • respective roles of fitness instructors and medical and allied health professionals in supporting client outcomes
    • behaviours that support effective relationships
    • barriers to effective relationships
    • networking opportunities
    • contemporary issues and priorities in fitness instruction that relate to:
    • types of services offered
    • impacts of technology
    • changing demographics
    • population health profile and public health priorities
    • reflective practice in fitness instruction:
    • how reflective practice is used to learn from the everyday, and as a process to guide decision making
    • the link with professional development
    • the need for multiple perspectives
    • ways that fitness instructors can use:
    • reflection in action
    • reflection on action
    • common steps followed to create a professional development and continuing education plan, typical inclusions and methods of collating information
    • definition of evidence-based practice and how it relates to fitness instruction roles
    • how to determine the credibility of information sources
    • sources of established and credible evidence-based information that underpins fitness instruction:
    • state, federal and global public health bodies
    • Australian and international industry bodies:
    • fitness
    • sport
    • exercise science
    • allied health professional associations
    • complementary health professional associations
    • critical thinking processes for evaluating information:
    • identifying key questions for the evaluation process
    • distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
    • extracting and summarising key details
    • ways of organising information to support its use in day-to-day practice.

    Required reading

    The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VUPolytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

    As part of a course

    This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

    Certificate IV in Fitness
    SIS40221 | Certificate iv | Duration:

    Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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