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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for client assessment:codes of conductduty of careinformed consentmandatory reportingpractitioner/client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosurerecords managementwork role boundariesworking within scope of practicepresenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitionerwork health and safetyreferral options for practitioners: professional health services including complementary health modalitiescommunity resources and support services types and availability of further medical testingfactors and barriers that may impact on assessmentphysicalpsychologicalculturalfactors that affect individual health status:constitutionlifestyledietpersonal and medical historyvalues and attitudesbalance of rest and activityphysical environmentsocial environmentclient information required for assessment and the scope and depth of information needed around: client objectives and expectationsclient history and its componentsclient current state of healthsigns and symptomsonsetdurationlocationquality and severitynon-verbaldifferent ways that signs and symptoms of conditions present and how these are interpreted in an aromatherapy framework:physicalpsychologicalsocialspiritualaromatherapy diagnostic techniques, how and when they are used observationpalpationskin inspectionways in which aromatic plant oils and carrier mediums enter the body: absorptionmetabolismolfactoryrespiratoryorallyvia other orificesdegree to which different oils penetrate the epidermis how essential oils interact with different body systems, including:integumentary systemrespiratory systemneuroendocrine systemimmune systemfeatures of aromatic plant oils that benefit disorders of different body systems:integumentary (eczema, psoriasis, burns, wounds)respiratorynervous (olfactory, limbic)circulatorymuscular digestivereproductive endocrinearomatherapy materia medica, including the properties and therapeutic uses of at least 60 essential oilsindicators for the use of different administration methods, including:massagebathsvapourisationcompressestopical applicationspossible reactions, contra-indications to treatment and/or limitations for aromatherapy assessment and treatmentrelational dynamics within and between human behaviour, anatomy and physiology, pathology and the natural worldtreatment planning techniques and considerations