Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
SISFFIT026 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Support healthy eating through the Eat for Health Program
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | SISFFIT026 - Support healthy eating through the Eat for Health Program |
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Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to use the Eat for Health Program to support clients who do not have special dietary needs. It covers assisting clients to adapt the Australian Dietary Guidelines to suit their lifestyles and food choice influences using the Eat for Health Program as a guide.This unit requires the ability to provide healthy eating information and assist clients within industry endorsed scope of practice following completion of industry endorsed pre-exercise screening. The scope of practice of a personal trainer does not include:the provision of specific or individualised dietary analysis or advice, or information regarding:specific dietsfad dietsnutritional supplementationsports foodsergogenic aidsnutrition for exercise or sports performancethe provision of information or advice to people with medical conditions requiring specialised dietary advice, or to frail elderly people who are at risk of malnutritionthe provision of dietary information or advice for infants and toddlers. The personal trainer must refer clients to an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Accredited Sports Dietitian, or General Practitioner as appropriate.This unit applies to personal trainers who typically work autonomously in controlled and uncontrolled fitness environments. Work is performed according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Skills must be demonstrated in: a fitness industry workplace or simulated environment with clients with real or simulated healthy eating and fitness goals. Assessment must ensure access to: documented organisational policies and procedures related to providing nutrition information. Assessment must ensure use of: industry endorsed scope of practice for a personal trainer current healthy information resources: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – Australian Dietary Guidelines Eat for Health Educator Guide workplace documents and systems for the documenting of client consultation and referral letters learning and assessment tools validated by: an Accredited Practising Dietitian or an Accredited Sports Dietitian with at least two consecutive years experience in clinical practice clients and medical or allied health professionals for referral processes; these can be: clients, and medical or allied health professionals in the workplace, or individuals who participate in project activities, role plays or simulated activities, set up for the purpose of assessment, within a training organisation. Assessment activities that allow the individual to: provide clients with current healthy eating information from identified resources identify situations whereby the client’s nutritional requirements are beyond the scope of a personal trainer, and refer client to an Accredited Practising Dietitian or Accredited Sports Dietitian as appropriate. Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisation’s requirements for assessors, and: have achieved a Diploma of Fitness or above; and have at least 1 year consecutive post qualification fitness industry experience in the application of the skills and knowledge of the Diploma of Fitness. |
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Competency Field | Fitness |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Identify client needs within the Eat for Health Program. |
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Element: Develop client profiles of food choices and eating patterns. |
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Element: Provide eating pattern and health status information. |
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Element: Influence healthier eating patterns. |
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Element: Identify client needs within the Eat for Health Program. |
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Element: Develop client profiles of food choices and eating patterns. |
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Element: Provide eating pattern and health status information. |
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Element: Influence healthier eating patterns. |
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