Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
SISFFIT031 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Implement injury prevention strategies
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | SISFFIT031 - Implement injury prevention strategies |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to incorporate an understanding of injury prevention into fitness instruction, programming and provision of fitness advice. It involves the application of foundation knowledge and skills to support the encouragement of healthy posture, effective movement patterns and safe exercise technique.This unit requires the ability to screen the injury risk of clients who have a history of current and/or recurrent injury, within the scope of practice as part of or following industry endorsed pre-exercise screening and risk stratification protocols. It applies to advanced personal trainers who analyse the risk of injury, re-injury or development of avoidable injury complications as well as client response to injury prevention in consultation with relevant medical or allied health professionals. Advanced personal trainers 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 health and fitness goals. Assessment must ensure access to: anatomical and physiological information and resources related to injury prevention anatomical models or images legislation and organisational policies and procedures in relation to injury prevention strategies. Assessment must ensure use of: planning and evaluation templates with space to identify improvements to professional practice client record forms fitness industry standard equipment suitable for analysing client risk of injury and conducting range of movement tests industry endorsed client pre-exercise health screening and risk stratification tools at least four of the following postural screening equipment: plumb line grid photographic technology video analysis tape measure goniometer flexometer plurimeter pressure biofeedback unit medical or allied health professionals for referral processes; these can be: 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 workplace or training organisation clients; these can be: clients in an industry workplace, or individuals who participate in role plays or simulated activities, set up for the purpose of assessment, in a simulated industry environment operated within a training organisation. Assessment activities that allow the individual to: demonstrate ability to incorporate injury prevention knowledge into the instruction of sessions, catering for: beginners, intermediate and advanced participants low and high impact. 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 2 years 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: Consolidate understanding of injury prevention. |
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Element: Analyse client risk of injury. |
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Element: Develop and implement injury prevention strategies. |
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Element: Update knowledge of injury trends and prevention. |
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Element: Consolidate understanding of injury prevention. |
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Element: Analyse client risk of injury. |
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Element: Develop and implement injury prevention strategies. |
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Element: Update knowledge of injury trends and prevention. |
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