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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to discuss dance safety issues with others

learning skills to become familiar with and apply a range of health safety and injuryprevention information in daytoday activities

planning and organising skills to access and keep a record of sources of professional assistance in relation to health issues

problemsolving skills to identify and report safety hazards

selfmanagement skills to follow safety and emergency procedures

Required knowledge

structure of human body

anatomical foundations including

articulation of the spine

engagement of the feet

bases of support including feet legs hands arms and torso

range of joint motion

differentiation of the legs and pelvis

importance of healthy food choices in relation to wellbeing and injury prevention including five food groups and recommended daily amounts

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

perform a range of warmup and cooldown exercises

apply a basic understanding of anatomical principles to daytoday dance activities

explain the cause of common dance injuries

identify potential safety hazards in a dance studio or venue

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to appropriate dance performance areas or spaces

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence

thirdparty workplace reports of onthejob performance evaluation of hazard reports completed

verbal or written questioning to test knowledge as listed in the required skills and knowledge section of this unit

case studies and scenarios as a basis for discussion of issues and challenges that arise in the context of following basic safe dance practice

direct observation or video recording of the candidate undertaking warmup and cooldown routines

Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands eg literacy and the needs of particular groups eg people with disabilities and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties such as speakers of languages other than English remote communities and those with interrupted schooling

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example

CUEINDC Source and apply entertainment industry knowledge

CUEIND01C Source and apply entertainment industry knowledge.

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Basic structure of the human body includes:	systems, such as: articular muscular circulatory nervous.
Principles may include:	head upright eyes straight ahead chin parallel to the floor shoulders wide and relaxed neck stretching upward chest vertically aligned with the hips body weight distributed evenly between the feet, and kept slightly forward.
Body alignment refers to:	alignment of the body's load-bearing joints in a standing position, that is: shoulders hips knees ankles muscles being in balance: front to back side to side top to bottom other elements, such as: feet pointing straight ahead knees pointing straight ahead level pelvis.
Relevant personnel may include:	teachers community members manager mentors peers performers supervisor medical practitioners.
Purpose may include:	warm-up: to stimulate heart and lungs moderately and progressively to increase body and muscle temperature gradually to increase the metabolism of skeletal muscle to prevent joint injury psychological preparation for performance cool-down: to return respiration and heart rate to normal to help prevent muscle soreness to unwind and relax.
Benefits may include:	physiological, including: higher metabolic rate increased blood flow to muscles higher rate of oxygen exchange between blood and muscles more oxygen released within muscles faster nerve impulse transmission decreased muscle relaxation time between contractions increased muscle elasticity increased flexibility of ligaments and tendons rehearsal effect, that is, muscular patterns of the body to be used later psychological, including: reduced stress due to an increase in endorphin and a decrease in adrenalin increased mental alertness increased concentration inhibition reduction improved technique, balance and coordination through a body-focused mind set.
Warm-up and cool-down procedures may include:	stretching, including: static or passive dynamic joint-mobility exercises flexibility exercises aerobic activities coordinated breathing activities floor work.
Importance of healthy nutrition relates to:	injury prevention and management wellbeing healthy food choices, e.g. five food groups and recommended daily amounts.
Causes may relate to:	bad posture and body alignment overstretching compressing body tissues, such as: muscles bones joints incorrect technique insufficient conditioning and training fatigue inappropriate environmental conditions nutrition emotional or psychological stress.
Common dance injuries occur in:	lower back ankles feet knees muscles and tendons ligaments joints abdomen stress fractures.
Sources of professional assistanceinclude:	general and specialist practitioners rehabilitation therapists, such as: Pilates Alexander technique chiropractors yoga osteopaths physiotherapists massage.
Safety aspects include:	venue or facilities, such as: class size class numbers appropriate for the style or genre of dance and floor area appropriate change rooms and toilet facilities ventilation unobstructed space appropriate heating, cooling and lighting music or sound system doing exercises and performing routines on flooring appropriate to genre and style of dance, including: sprung softwood tarkett sprung parquet tongue and groove hardwood resined for ballroom and Latin dance non-slip for ballet wood for tap and Spanish condition and maintenance of flooring, including: floor surface should be even and free from potentially dangerous cracks, gaps or uneven joins floor surface should be regularly maintained so as to be kept free of protruding nails, wood splinters and loose boards or other potentially dangerous flaws location security, e.g. safe access to and from venue suitable footwear and clothing.
Strategies to minimise environmental impactmay relate to:	measures to reduce energy consumption, such as: using light emitting diode (LED) lights using fluorescent light bulbs turning lights off recycling: waste paper tins cardboard bottles reducing water usage sweeping rather than hosing maintaining biodiversity protecting the natural habitat from damage awareness of air quality and noise.